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[quote=Anonymous]My BIL and FIL are cops. They aren't exactly racist but they have three categories for people: dirtbags, potential dirtbags, and non-dirtbags. A person's race is fairly irrelevant.

They are generally meatheads (both have college degrees and one's a former naval officer but meatheads all the same) and they are somewhat tiresome to be around.

That said, they have discussed cop problems:

There are two basic categories of problem cops: (1) violent cops like this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Daniel_Shaver
and (2) fearful cops.

They aren't seeing a rise in category 1. Those cops are there and always will be and they are a serious problem. But, its category 2 that's more of a problem. They are seeing more fearful cops. Police officers, both men and women, who aren't secure enough, confident enough, and spook easily. These are the cops who are more likely to use the tasers. Some of them might be more likely to shoot. Despite the terrible news, cop shootings are relatively rare on a per cop interaction basis. Obviously they should be even more rare.

They think that police departments need to stop protecting these cops and police unions need to stop defending them.[/quote]

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