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just_an_ordinary_guy t1_jal0epp wrote

Reply to comment by anonymouspoliticker in As construction begins on Atlanta’s “Cop City,” Pittsburghers are concerned about an allegedly similar local project by LostEnroute

Shut the fuck up, we all know that the corruption is in pretty much every single department, and especially every single big city department. Don't be so obtuse.

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anonymouspoliticker t1_jao0mwx wrote

That's not very nice, neighbor. Local governments set up and are responsible for the actions of their own police departments, and there's tens of thousands of them. How can you assume there are problems in one because there are problems in another? What other bureaucratic or corporate structure or occupation is held to that standard?

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just_an_ordinary_guy t1_jao87nr wrote

Yeah, I know it's not very nice. That was the point. We're assuming the same problems in one based on another because it's pretty well documented that it is a systemic issue. Every single time they go looking in any police department in the nation, these problems are found. Every single time, to varying degrees.

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burritoace t1_jaqruix wrote

Are you kidding? Basically every public institution is treated this way. Fuck off with this bullshit.

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anonymouspoliticker t1_jbiapt6 wrote

If DC city council decriminalizes all violence, is the city-council form of governance systemically corrupt?

If a public university in Florida abolishes their office of diversity, equity, and inclusion, do you think less of the University of Pittsburgh?

Or public transit. Or state government, mostly. Or healthcare- I think Pittsburghers have good experience with identifying problems with UPMC and not baselessly projecting them on, say, AHN.

The only public institution held to this standard I can think of is the judiciary, and they are closely intertwined with police anyway.

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