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youtocin t1_j179rww wrote

Reply to comment by plaid_piper34 in After Arrest of 7 Cops, LAPD Reminds Its Own Officers Not to Drink and Drive by Exastiken

My dad was a cop and worked with a guy who cracked beers on his drive home after every shift.

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[deleted] t1_j188w4r wrote

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The_Phaedron t1_j18c2wy wrote

I wonder if there's a handy acronym to describe this widespread problem.

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KeyanReid t1_j18fse7 wrote

Right? It’s like the job has coddled awful people for so long that awful people know they can do awful things and seek that position out now.

So we have police forces manned by awful people seeking to use their power to do awful things and they protect each other.

Remind me why our taxes fund these assholes and not healthcare again

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youtocin t1_j18vbj7 wrote

Dad wasn’t that kind of cop. He was on corrections, not enforcement.

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shadowgattler t1_j18fgl2 wrote

And so your dad arrested him, right? Your dad was a good cop, right? He upheld his duty in an unbiased manner, right?

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youtocin t1_j18veyo wrote

He was a jail guard, not on the enforcement side. He didn’t have powers of arrest.

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MalpaisMarauder t1_j18rxl3 wrote

If they aren't above the legal limit, that doesn't really matter.

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youtocin t1_j18visx wrote

My state has open container laws, it was very much illegal regardless of the BAC.

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