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[-] Kopfrkingl@hexbear.net 47 points 1 month ago

Keep in mind that the PPB of 2020 is basically nonexistent. There’s been massive turnover and hiring since then. Ask yourself who are the type of people who would willingly join after all of the Summer of 2020 protests. And the city HATED cops in the wake of that. It makes sense the new recruits would be people who believed in changing the system from within. At least, that’s my optimistic view overall.

I’ve been super impressed with chief Day’s eloquence and rising to meet the moment, and being a leader.

Totally real and not fedposting

[-] Lussy@hexbear.net 40 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Ask yourself who are the type of people who would willingly join after all of the Summer of 2020 protests. And the city HATED cops in the wake of that. It makes sense the new recruits would be people who believed in changing the system from within.

think-mark

Just think! Who could possibly want to be a cop after all of that?!?

Here, ladies and gents, is the exact type of liberal that has been laundering cruelty for our fascist overlords. There’s many types of liberals, this is the most prominent and influential type of lib. Unwitting accomplice or not, this is a powerful grade A dumbass that has been fucking us all over

[-] ThermonuclearEgg@hexbear.net 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Who could possibly want to be a cop after all of that?!?

How does someone actually ask this question and then not immediately think of Derek Chauvin and all the other complicit officers? Do they actually think that was just a fluke and that >99% of cops wouldn't have been running up to help him or standing by complicit themselves?

[-] Chulk@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 month ago

Ask yourself this question that I made up to rationalize my own, incredibly stupid and naive beliefs. It made me feel a lot better.

[-] ThermonuclearEgg@hexbear.net 22 points 1 month ago

the PPB of 2020

Counterpoint: PIGPOOPBALLS

[-] Philosoraptor@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

Yeah, what kind of person could possibly want to be a cop after it was repeatedly shown that despite massive public outcry, the only consequence they'd face for their many violent abuses of power was getting more money and more power? Surely only the best and noblest of us!

[-] gay_king_prince_charles@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

The PPB^[lmao] has 800 officers compared to Boston's 2,7000, despite both being cities of ~600,000. Looks like bullying works.

[-] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 33 points 1 month ago

call me when the cops wage an insurgent war against the encroachment of federal agents

[-] PKMKII@hexbear.net 25 points 1 month ago

Unless they started arresting ICE agents, I’m not impressed.

[-] LangleyDominos@hexbear.net 22 points 1 month ago

Picture of Equal-Object-3010

[-] regul@hexbear.net 21 points 1 month ago

I fucking died when I saw it.

r/Portland has been utterly insufferable.

It's all either posts about how nice out it is and how it's not a war zone or posts about how protestors should not "take the bait" and "remain peaceful". And then I saw this shit this morning. Fucking bootlickers. The cops are specifically ignoring the request of city council to not go to these protests because they don't fucking do anything and they're racking up absurd amounts of overtime pay to do said nothing.