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chickunsendwich t1_ja0zfyi wrote

There is a weird mythology surrounding the existence of independently-minded cops. Cops draw from people who are ideologically oriented toward reinforcing whatever the existing system is. This is their role in literally every society that's ever had law enforcement. They will never not have sympathizers with extra-legal factions with that same system-reinforcing goal (proud boys).

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Evening_Chemist_2367 t1_ja1j8uj wrote

Ideally they would be better reinforced by a prosecutorial and judicial system that follows through, so that they wouldn't even be entertaining the thought of vigilanteism.

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