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>Can't we find some better cops?

I feel like cops in the U.S. are just bitter Army rejects that didn’t make the cut due to their overly unhinged behaviour.

They're trained to be afraid by watching videos of cops getting shot, then they're trained to react instinctively at a perceived threat.

Overzealous and primed for violence

So, trained killing machines.

so we give a bunch of paranoid scaredy boys guns and authority - nothing bad will happen I bet

And permission to do almost anything they want to almost anyone. (Well, guaranteed forgiveness, close enough).

I see I’ve hit a nerve there - helps to confirm my suspicions.

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