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[quote=Anonymous]Not sure if you’re still reading, OP, but my answer is complicated:

When I was a child my parents told me proudly that my Dad was always confused for LE. He was an Irish guy in the Bronx in the 70s. So, in my mind, LE was to be admired.

After we left NYC my family lived in a very small town north of NYC. My parents ran a tight ship: get good grades, don’t get into trouble—period. Respect LE. I followed their rules to a T. Still viewed LE in a positive light.

Imagine my surprise when in middle school I would see LE at HS parties **drinking**. I wasn’t even AT the parties, I was walking home from babysitting and they were on the front lawn on duty. Multiply that scenario many times over 8 years of late elem + HS.

Then, I watched at some some of the least engaged in school kids I went to HS with go into LE. I won’t say they were unintelligent b/c school isn’t for everyone but they were not engaged AND they were bullies!

Then, add to that years of watching LE kill innocent people of color.

Oh, and if you are still in doubt: the Karen Read trial! Do I think all of LE is like this: nope. But, my experiences have made me very suspect of them.

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