Gravitas: Why no one wants to be a cop in America

Accused of racism and brutality, American cops are finding it hard to recruit newcomers. Departments are reporting a 45% rise in retirements after calls to defund the police. Palki Sharma gets you a report.
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[@hongkongers9160]

Not just in America. In Hong Kong, nobody wants to be police ,too. They cant find any people who want to be police.

[@adama4213]

why

[@RoRZoro]

HongKong is different. There the Police have to be under an dictatorship. That's why no one want it. Here it's democracy.

[@aleenaprasannan2146]

@@RoRZoro Do you not know what is the only way an authoritarian government falls? It's when the law enforcement and military, take the citizens' side and turn on the government...

[@far-middle]

@@aleenaprasannan2146 there is a thin line between what you suggest and a military coup like in Myanmar.

[@pherg4072]

Good news I'm sure many will apply if the US decides to import applicants from the Philippines. .

[@xi-tler3873]

2050: This is how RoboCop was invented and slowly they capture the whole country.

[@johnwong5317]

Basically yes, the corporations will buy cities, have theirs own police forces and military forces and then eventually be like China with theirs own Robocop, eliminate the human factor and those at the top will total control with machines. China's government just ahead of US in this with PLA, the military force for the CCP Party, not for China, but for the party.

[@XBASS247]

yo you right lets all standby

[@senkumeow5095]

I'm actually thinking,this might just became the truth

[@MH-ir7ep]

@Happiness Rules For some. But not for all. A REMNANT will prevail. No matter what.

[@letmereflectonthat2843]

lol

[@lifeisfun_n_diy1254]

In India being a cop means working as personal hitmen for Maha Vasooli Aghadi, Khangress and the likes.

[@bhupendrapopat53]

👌👏🙏

[@hehehaha202]

Libtards and leftists triggered

[@suresh-dv7he]

In BJP states, police get targeted by leftist media for doing duty.

[@far-middle]

@@suresh-dv7he you have only good cops in the bjp states? Cops are just as crooked as politicians, if you don't agree then you're living in a naive bubble.

[@bedantagogoi281]

@@far-middle there are crooked cops everywhere but when media labels bjp ruled states cops reports as questionable and possibly faked but the same instances in left ruled states are shown to straight out facts with no questioning is a problem

[@DipJyotiDeka]

I read somewhere, that in America, the police are not responsible for saving you, only to catch the culprit after you've been killed.

[@chokeonthis2932]

That's everywhere, and it makes sense, police don't have time to address every call out people make about protentional violent people, because if nothing happens then they've wasted time on a dead end that could have been used elsewhere on an actual crime.

[@DrewDienno]

The problem with attracting people who want to become cops so they can be the change they want to see is the culture inside each police department preventing new officers from speaking up and suggesting new ways of handling problems. Why would anyone who passionately wants to change policing sign up just to be shushed and commanded to do what you're told?

[@zedrhyx1788]

Yeah like you can police you fellow cops if they shoot innocent people you just have to shut up if you police you fellow cops you will lose your job

[@mr.bubbles8351]

Yep nothing but pawns in this wicked war games

[@far-middle]

Almost everyone that sincerely wants to change policing realizes that becoming a cop is one of the worst ways to achieve that change in policing.

[@trapbois4573]

Politicians have more reach changing how cops act than actually being in the force tbh.

[@VINAYKUMAR-fu8cj]

Turns out People are not civil anymore

[@jwarmstrong]

This happen when voters found out they could take from the working class & give to themselves

[@takiyaazrin7562]

@@jwarmstrong Better 1000 cops died than 1000 criminals

[@Nostalgia_Addict]

@@takiyaazrin7562 🤲🐷

[@mbrazzier275]

@@jwarmstrong were you this mad when congress gave billionaires a tax break and now they pay NO tax but mad the little guy can get help from their goverment like it should be

[@animeuniverse5586]

i would recommend a movie called "shool" a realistic cop story placed in UP , Cop= Manoj bajpayee , then acting wont be an issue and then u will see how an actual life of a cop is under politician

[@adama4213]

It's funny how they are using black cops as the face of the police in the videos.

[@user-vn6ol1jn9l]

My thoughts exactly. This is half ass reporting, by not showing WHY MORE people don't trust them anymore.

[@davidbilla8063]

@@user-vn6ol1jn9l Wion report correctly after George Floyd case people lost trust in police Biden need to do something USA is influenced by Left ideology they completely hating police now

[@4weekshighlights246]

@@davidbilla8063 Hell with the reporting just come and visit for a week or 2. Ill be gladly to show u how great the United States is for color people such as myself. Every day and every year is the same oh sh!t man. Cops are the number gangstas.

[@SAVAGE-ln7jd]

@@davidbilla8063 stop with the politics and look at people being killed by police it's injustice. No fuckin right or left. It's just plain wrong simple

[@SeeLasSee]

There are quite a few black cops. The head of the cops in Minneapolis was black. The stats don’t support police racism per se. The stats are good too.

[@tokiburoak7457]

Not one white guy in that recruitment class lmao.

[@abihakhan3426]

You are so right toki 💋🇵🇰🇵🇰❤️😂😂😂

[@jwarmstrong]

13% of US population is black but 34% are male in prisons & 18% female. Politicians want those votes

[@TheOne30264]

There's a reason for that. It's the same in the army recruitment. They want to diversify the police force because it's pretty much dominated by white. There's a lot of racism and discrimination within the police force.

[@scottdellrobinson]

Great, they should not be patrolling in black communities anyway

[@joshr24]

@Pablo Rivera Jr. yes there should be

[@Farhan917]

Imagine asking new recruits to make changes while those at the top are rotting to the core 😓

[@MrLarry-mz4zz]

I wanted to be a cop. But I didn't want to serve during an administration that demonized the profession.

[@femioyekanmi2746]

And wea wud u find such an administration?

[@joesmith942]

Profession? LMAO. If you won't join because your thuggery is being limited, that's OK.

[@Damnmac1]

I think its videos that did it, not politicians.

[@femioyekanmi2746]

@@joesmith942 excuse me sir! If u dont mind me coming in here,on the contrary, I think that in a significant number of cases joining the police actually enables people with Thug mentality and attitude practice their "Art"more brazenly since they now operate wt the cover of the uniform and d authority it carries!

[@nulse55]

Its not the admin that demonizes the profession, its the multitude of dirty cops that have ruined it.

[@KevinWakliFitness]

Okay, when can I become a cop there? I'm from KENYA 🇰🇪 Much Love from me my Indian people INDIA 🇮🇳 I love you ❤️

[@dhanrajtolar4297]

😂😂 whatz in it for me attitude 😝😝

[@sann2809]

Hahahaha Good Joke for the briers

[@sann2809]

@dudhia gulam Well, In India the Indians bribe the cops😂😂😂😂

[@achienglilian6395]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 umenijazz

[@achienglilian6395]

@@sann2809 we bribe them in Kenya too.. and all over Africa Oh wait, all over the world too🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@danielchigbue7962]

Let me tell you a real event that happened in Nigeria. A friend of mine who was accepted in the police academy was undergoing training and drill. It happened that they were asked to race. So he was so fast that they stopped him and scolded him for running too well. Saying that he ran like a thief being chased" so he was disqualified... 😂😂😂

[@aliendude4064]

😂😂😂... Is this a joke..

[@Shashikant-lc2ok]

come on who do that? Are you sure that he was in police academy?

[@jeffwarner9451]

@@Shashikant-lc2ok Police Academy 4

[@CCP-Lies]

Pretty sure if he was white, he'll get qualified

[@chrisf3098]

I was an innocent canadian tourist and I was severely abused by american cops and they lied and refused to release the bodycam footage. As a canadian I will say, you Americans deserved the first september 9 elleven, and your gonna deserve the next one. Because I am not the only victim of America, Sincerely a Canadian, and dont tell me to file another lawsuit, already did that and you know yourself that american cops are corrupt and american courts are corrupt. so let me just say this.... september 9-elleven the Sequel, is going to be spectacular... because... *Everybody wants revenge on America..." sleep tight Americans. :)

[@platinumpig]

The ones saying "Defund the police" in America actually have their own private security teams. Don't ask.

[@far-middle]

The cops in LA make $100-250k a year. They cant make that anywhere else so I dont think they'll be leaving their jobs anytime soon.

[@khrisbrowne3788]

Is money everything

[@far-middle]

@@khrisbrowne3788 not everything unless it's a job that changes many good people into POS.

[@akashpatel8410]

@@khrisbrowne3788 money is not everything but it's necessary

[@victorcervantes2636]

You are wrong they make more than that thanks to the corruption you don’t have idea

[@far-middle]

@@victorcervantes2636 true, I was only talking about their legal income

[@deathsurgeon4660]

In india every one wants to be cop , Its not to serve people but for other things 😬

[@naturechannel4k548]

What type of corruption happens over there?

[@deathsurgeon4660]

@@naturechannel4k548 this is our country secret 🤣

[@wkhan8284]

@@naturechannel4k548 watch a Bollywood movie. 😂🤣

[@RoRZoro]

@@naturechannel4k548 Police is just the 'security' of the ruling party in a state. If you are a ruling party member, you can do anything and police won't even touch you. In Kerala, a student party leader beat up a cop in broad daylight in the capital city. It was caught on a CCTV camera and media published it and police did nothing to arrest that guy. These ruling party workers are the only people that cops give respect. For everyone else, Police that them like dirt. Police in USA is actually nice compared to many other countries. The only countries that have nicer police than USA must be in Scandanavian countries like Sweden. But crime rate in those countries are also low. So it's not a good comparison.

[@naturechannel4k548]

@@RoRZoro Thats horrible . Politicians are always getting special treatment and priviledges citizens dont have . This needs to stop .

[@stephenhogg6154]

Twenty years ago people were speculating about how the militarisation of the US police would pan out. It was seen as a threat to civil liberties.

[@joelspringman7748]

That's because it's a threat to civil liberties. Anyone who's not alarmed, *should* be.

[@dhanrajtolar4297]

China will see an OPPURTUNITY in this.

[@nulse55]

who cares what China ccp thinks, they are even bigger liars

[@takiyaazrin7562]

@@nulse55 Better 1000 cops died than 1000 criminals

[@twinturbo3461]

They will build robot cops in their Amazon factories ?

[@sheenalslatchmi9461]

China has its own to look after respectively I am sure.

[@ch3feri]

@@twinturbo3461 bullshit xd

[@hriday1341]

Protesting is the best career option nowadays. Edit - *Terms and conditions apply

[@joelspringman7748]

Soros was paying $35 an hour, which is nothing to sneeze at.

[@renzeusoya5828]

Where can I apply? 😲

[@joelspringman7748]

@@renzeusoya5828 Contact the mayor of Portland? Maybe Nancy Pelosi or Hillary can tell you.

[@elmsanti574]

yea we want to join .. were BLM too.. Brown Like Money..

[@furyxtv5540]

Only in democracies,not in China

[@johnurssing6958]

Just because law-enforcement is supposed to be respectful doesn't mean it is

[@adbhutkumar559]

Indians there are job opportunity let's join😂😂😂😂

[@GhostOfSpartAAA]

Yeah

[@anubhavsood1510]

Let’s be the IT Guy who can control all CCTV cameras at once and disable them and tell all White officers “Hey catch that guy”. Coz honestly speaking, we can’t compete with these 6.5 feet, 140 kg dudes.

[@assassin9763]

@@anubhavsood1510 all you need is a gun...stature don't matter there...

[@sakshambhadauria5709]

@@anubhavsood1510 don't need to fight physically unless you are sure, taser can do the job

[@jotendrakumar2852]

USA Biden team will give to Chinese or Muslims or African Americans or Latin Americans as it lovea them. Indian Muslims can give a try

[@iamthatiam44444]

I feel cops are bigger criminals than the actual criminals these days😔 sad days indeed.

[@FelixMangrove]

The term "overkill" towards the police is wrong. Most citizens can own a firearm and criminals have many military weapons. The police have to have better equipment to neutralize these crimes.

[@sivapratap9902]

Yeah US cops can control with KNEE ( Knee > Overkill ) ..... I think George Floyd thinks about only ' Overkill ' but not about ' Knee '..... what you said that's right using Overkill is wrong

[@femioyekanmi2746]

Countless citizens cold bloodedly(pardon my English there) murdered in broad daylight(George Floyd inclusive were not armed at list not at the time police killed them!

[@clarenceedwards2866]

It is so ironic that the police have to use overkill to neutralize crimes some of which aren't crimes at all and some in which they lie and plant evidence to fabricate more crimes making it seem that crime is out of control, but completely ignore or pay very little attention to the real crimes, like on Wall Street and in the boardrooms and with the good old politicians.

[@femioyekanmi2746]

@@clarenceedwards2866 yessir! Something like "overkill" the lesser people who commit crime at list to convince the world that you're fighting it! but overlook the crimes of the big guys because they are tin gods and untouchable!

[@mitchellslate1249]

Nobody has military equipment except police! What are you talking about!? They literally burned and killed 76 people, including 25 children, just to stop a religous cult from owning 3 fully automatic guns!

[@herbtapp3031]

American Cops : When all you have is a hammer in your toolbox, all your problems look like nails.

[@taiyoctopus2958]

When criminals don't care much about the repercussions of prison life because it's only marginally worse than their current living situation... Maybe it's time to bring out the hammer?

[@funveeable]

If criminal lives are worth more than law abiding civilian lives, then the only thing to do is wait until the civillian life has been killed so you can gun down the criminal. In that case you have the right to shoot

[@matthewestrada407]

@Northern Finnish Believer why should people fix the lives of people they don't know? Life is hard all around.

[@00chla50]

@@matthewestrada407 All boats rise together. Giving strangers the means to eventually become self sustaining is beneficial to me. More tax payers and less crime. And far less multi-generational poverty. This is why things like universal higher education and job training would pay for itself in one generation. And its morally the right thing to do. You know, its what jesus would want. And its economically better to create a productive populace.

[@matthewestrada407]

@@00chla50 I agree with the job training but higher education seems like a oxymoron these days. There are few degrees that people can actually use ,engineering, sciences thing's of that nature I wouldn't want my tax dollars going to gender studies liberal arts or literature.

[@santhoshreddy3882]

Johnny Sins is a friendly cop of all times😋

[@jayantjain6550]

He is such a decent cop ,that he is everready with his weapon .🤣🤣🤣

[@joelspringman7748]

Sins when?

[@ngashjr]

That guy can do any job

[@christinapomponio6452]

Bcuz they r getting pissed that they r starting to b held accountable for their foul actions. They r used to the way things have always been n now they feel like they r the victims.

[@dronestrikejr]

Wion my fav news I’m in NY and it better then any US news channel 💯

[@amariethomp5118]

So much better!

[@BeautifulNaturalDramatic]

Community Policing needs to be the Focus NOT Militarization of Police Departments. And of course, most of US Society as a whole is now so much more aware of, ashamed of and disgusted by the systemic racism and brutal behaviour of many Police Officers that has resulted in excessive violence and murder of US Citizens. Restructuring, Re-Training, Re-education across the whole of USA is the ONLY way to build a solid and respected Police Force.

[@shivasirons6159]

I was gonna be a cop but they said i was too smart and my morals were too high.

[@datboi5227]

So you became a McDonalds worker

[@ag4eng]

Last 20 years, they focused on buying more equipment and not improving work conditions, training, pay and retirement. Police depts cannot stay competitive with other fields that don’t require risking life. Add to that the most counterproductive defunding of police and you get a perfect storm.

[@maxm6814]

they often didnt buy equipment but did get it from the military which need to be sold/send otherwise noone can explain the usfulness and huge overproduction of war equipment . just political cartels trying to sell staff to the govermant

[@ronniebaker4549]

They have bought military equipment because they are at war with "We the people".

[@eazye088]

Every cop I see from small town to big cities, the cops are armed to the teeth and wearing enough gear to invade Fallujaha again.

[@trapbois4573]

Defunding lol think again, all departments are getting more funding than ever. The only thing they are not getting is good pay.

[@WGCE]

"Why no one wants to be a doctor anymore in India?" Respected Madam Palki, kindly do a thorough reporting on this issue too. Thanks.

[@WGCE]

@@future-lh3fv Indiscriminate attacks by hooligans on Indian doctors is a reality which is similars to attacks on cops in America. Do thorough research before commenting on a topic, not google search.

[@radhakrishnaputri6071]

@@WGCE yes government must do something it.

[@hmarzote007]

@@future-lh3fv coz of our population plus in India we include Ayurvedic students as Doctors they r produced in twice or tripple the numbers than for MBBS

[@gunner4ever924]

Lmao, the premise itself is wrong

[@MrDrgdf]

@@WGCE Now it's un-bailable offence.

[@joelspringman7748]

"Fight crime and protect civilians." ON WHAT PLANET!?? Certainly not *this* one! Btw, the police ARE civilians, despite the trend to militarize the poilice.

[@fischergriess6321]

Oh really, Noseberg?

[@fischergriess6321]

Oh really, Noseberg?

[@mitchellslate1249]

No, they are soldiers, and kill like them too.

[@manishpatelvi]

This is when leftist agenda is so much powerful..

[@shadmanhasan4205]

Can't blame them much when the Right is equally... or even more morally detestable. Until Capitalism + Societal values can be properly maintained again, it will remain a cesspool.

[@JTST1234]

@@shadmanhasan4205 it wont be properly maintained again, this is a downhill. Nations and empires rise and fall. The West which rose, is now going down. Someone else who is determined to rise will take the spot.

[@Mike_Davidson]

*I'm sure crime will go down on its own without cops.* 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@numbersdontmatter1116]

"If everything is so wrong, why not join the force and set an example?" Sorry American cops, it takes a few decades to set a good example among the police departments and sometimes not all of us even the smallest individuals can create an example to change the regime of the American police.

[@AnotherUnknownPoet]

I went to school for Criminal Justice and Graduated. I have never applied to anything in the field and never plan to.

[@JM-qr8qz]

Cant get past backgrounds, am I right?

[@SJ-xi3ug]

In most countries, law enforcement is a respectable job?...May I know which countries are they?

[@ajayraturi8763]

North korea I believe.....

[@GuessWhooou]

Canada is one country where the police is respected. I would say, probably the only country. They make mistakes but cases are very rare, very very rare. So yeah, Canada police are very respectable.

[@andrewosier614]

In Australia they're pretty respected, despite our propensity to give them crap the vast majority of them are decent. Only ever met one true a-hole cop even when I was in trouble with the law as a stupid kid, rest were just doing their job or actually pretty friendly.

[@theallseeingeye9388]

@@GuessWhooou Canadian law emforcement has been facing issues with serious crimes among the native communities.

[@SAVAGE-ln7jd]

@@GuessWhooou you must be white or very privileged, Canada 😂😂😂 you joking right

[@op1240]

Good riddance! It's a job. People change occupations several times in their life. This is not a tragedy. Keep in mind nobody wants to be a cop because cops have made police a dirty word. Nobody did that to them but them.

[@Etymon-jt3zw]

I'm sure if we took an honest look into law enforcement around the world especially given the last year they have committed far more crimes than they have ever prevented.

[@mitchellslate1249]

Thank you sir. Now get a gun and join the Revolution. Down with Republicans and Democrats, we need a Common Law, not a government.

[@ronniebaker4549]

I know great cops in 60 countries, but I know no honest cop in the United States were I spent 64 years.

[@ankn01]

Calling 911 : hello there is an emergency Computerised voice : sorry no one is here to help.

[@BUSeixas11]

If decent people no longer want to be policemen, crime and police abuse will only get worse. It is necessary to increase the status of police again.

[@nickm5419]

Bring back Cop Shows like Chips,Starsky and Hutch, and Miami Vice; they were GOOD cops. i mean yeah its tv but still

[@akaoikwakye5932]

In those past days, when one saw a police officer, it was an admiration, one felt secured and if one felt threatened, seing a police was a moment of security, but now one has to run away from a police because he is the danger intead of the criminal.

[@lordbendtner7021]

If you genuinely feel this way, you are likely the pos in this scenario.

[@munchkin54]

@Luke D not really

[@raamyasharahla535]

@Luke D Ignorance is not an excuse for stupidity……… let that sink in!

[@munchkin54]

@Luke D lol

[@ronniebaker4549]

I have always known US cops are terrorists. They have not changed. The difference is everyone has a camera.

[@berkekhan9914]

***HIGHEST IQ= ENGINEERS , DOCTORS, , PHD, SCIENTISTS . LOWEST IQ= COP , JANITOR, REFUSE COLLECTOR, DRUG DEALER*****

[@cancelmychannel]

I wouldn't want to be silenced to cover up police corruption or retaliated against if I didn't participate

[@adreamingboy7488]

Its hard to recruit people 🙄🙄, whose fault is that ???...

[@weeguy52]

Probably yours🤣😅😂😁

[@Devo72]

Crying Liberals that would never take the job only complain about it. Actions speak louder then words. Let’s see them do better.

[@kmrao06]

The civilisation of any country should be judged by the way the police treat common man in the country and the respect they command from people.

[@suresh-dv7he]

Bullshit. How if they get pelted with stones and attacked as in Delhi riot and they are ordered to 🏃‍♂️run? Why be a impotent police?

[@young10again]

Brought it on them selves..... They will blame it on crime. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@stargradient3000]

Something seriously wrong with the justice system in the USA. 😂 😂 😂

[@wonderfulworldwelive]

Be a cop, just don't go to places where people need help. Just collect the salary and chill.

[@brucesims3228]

For thousands of Americans, the goal of being a Law Enforcement officer is harried by many of the same issues as any other Service Job including Teaching, Military, and Healthcare. These issues can include but are not limited to poor pay, high liability, physical risks and mental health issues, not to mention attendant higher rates of self-medicating behavior, divorce, suicide and depression. Further, Service jobs tend to used by Middle and Lower Socio-economic levels for what upward mobility can be had, both ethical and unethical. Just sayin....

[@neone4759]

Australians Killed Emu's , Snakes, within their habitant area...Now a Rat plague is overwhelming.

[@uncleruckus4060]

When I was young you had to have your uncle as mayor to get a police job Now they can find people to do it Nobody wants to deal with the bs

[@hiltongourley5815]

Newton- "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction"

[@joelspringman7748]

Cause and effect?

[@Belgianperspective]

Never ABUSE people coz one day, aty may happen to you or your family! at the clinic where my sister works, and I have no idea if it is a coincidence or not, but most of those diagnosed with cancer or Alzheimer’s are either former guys like those ( many are former police or people in partition of power before) and who used to work in the excessive use of force.. or bullies like this or those ones! I am also not astonished to have heard a story of a white French girl (in A big city of France) whose boyfriend was brutalized by French police. She managed to get work at a bistrot (I will not name the place for obvious reason) which has many French police clients and she spitted in their expressions or soups!! You may be a French cop with power but people are smarter than you and can add “champagne” in your coffee!

[@priyaiyer2007]

I want to be cop in USA but USA is not recruiting foreign citizen

[@theshadedshadow5993]

Crime is getting worse of course, the people are going to do what they have to do.

[@Pepecoin123]

Actually nobody wants to be a cop because it’s just to much shit they go through before actually gettin hired

[@ChicoTheMan69]

They don't want to be held accountable, Let the corrupt and racist leave they can be replaced.

[@Melinda_Ross]

In my town, they are crooks. I am harassed for no reason. I’m 65 and female. I was a teacher’s assistant and Sunday school teacher.

[@Imorekid]

Are cops there to protect the public (people) or the system? This system seems to divide more people than get rid of crime.

[@AllStar4261]

🎯

[@mitchellslate1249]

A genius is amongst us! Now grab a gun and a friend and wait for the Revolution...Neither these Republicans nor Democrats can be allowed to rule us anymore. No more government people. We need a Law, but one that doesn't change and have someone else controlling it.

[@jollydodger]

Dammed if they do....dammed if they don't....don't blame them for leaving.

[@engineeringoyster6243]

It is foolish to imagine that an idealistic cop can effect measurable improvements on how American police forces operate. The overall negatives of the job are so overwhelming that only 2 types of people are attracted to the job: The ideaistic and those who have a record of failure in their life. That us, they are losers with no alternative oprions in life. Those with sound political skills advance into the command staff, which contributes to the negatives of the job. American policing is generally ineffective with about 1.8% of arrests resulting in convictions and about 70% of felony arrests are never prosecuted. Thus, after a few years, the ideaistic leave to pursue more attractive options while the losers stay because they don't have better options. It is fiction to imagine that 2% of competent, sincere cops could have a positive impact. They just can't counteract the 98% losers. American policing are ineffective, militarized to view the law abiding public as the enemy and as such, they take outbtheir frustration on the law abiding public to give an illusion of effectiveness.

[@Arwar555]

Come on BLACK and BROWN Brothers and sisters this is the time to join the Police and take control of the racism youve been facing all these years!!!!!!

[@CriterionBiz]

Boe Jidens Merica!

[@scottdellrobinson]

Are you 3rd world

[@far-middle]

Fixing trumps mistakes

[@shashanksingh788]

@@scottdellrobinson people claiming to be fighting against racism being racist.

[@onepom63]

President potato

[@far-middle]

@@onepom63 prefer a carrot?

[@stupidburp]

People who want to do it for honorable reasons avoid it knowing that they may have to compromise their integrity or quit due to the corruption and lack of accountability. Thus you get a mix of naive idealists and tribal bullies applying with the former either changing over time or being forced out. The broken system perpetuates itself.

[@ronniebaker4549]

This is true but a gross understatement.

[@daviddeborde2542]

Years ago I predicted you would be driving down the road speeding, a camera takes a snapshot of you and immediately a sum of money deducted from your bank account with a text saying, "If you wish to contest this......"

[@nishantaadi]

In India being cops mean lots of under the table kick back. Many cops in Mumbai become millionaire in covid.

[@syamsagar439]

Thats simply the truth bro

[@atriacharya2967]

Our beloved, 'friendly' Indian police is no better.

[@stupidburp]

It is a global problem. But it can be addressed through reforms requiring greater accountability, adherence to standards, and preference given to less harmful use of force methods.

[@atriacharya2967]

@@stupidburp Singaporean police model can be followed. Increasing salaries (especially at lower levels) and severity of punishments on corruption. Police have to stop bowing down to political pressure. The only reason they were unable to do anything to prevent the cow vigilantism was because each group had a BJP leader supporting it. Similarly, Delhi Police stood and watched silently as Congress executed the Sikh genocide in 1984.

[@atriacharya2967]

@Arkangel Flights people are afraid of sedition charges these days. Many people, including journalists are in jail for writing FB posts. Police corruption and inefficiency pervades the country.

[@andrewosier614]

After seeing what the Democrats have done to their states with regards to law enforcement, I wouldn't want to live there, let alone be a cop in those states. Not even American, I care less about their internal politics, but it's easy to see what damage they've done.

[@far-middle]

cops in LA make 100-250k a year while enjoying some of the nicest weather, youre too caught up in politics to see what actually mstters.

[@andrewosier614]

​@@far-middle LA, no thanks, I'd much rather get myself educated in a professional field that could potentially earn around that same bracket and work in a safer environment. I'm caught up in what politics specifically? I couldn't give a damn about either sides 'view'.

[@ramzeechloe4866]

Law enforcement hardly respectful in any country

[@lesau3640]

Imagine that! I can’t understand why.

[@pamelahomeyer748]

There are still a good meeting people who want to become policeman in America including families who have served as police officers for Generation after generation. Unfortunately there are an enormous number of better-paying jobs. Or jobs with better Retirement Systems. Similar dilemmas involved in the oil industry.

[@a_nayak]

Good deeds are too mainstream for people and media to digest.

[@blanksheet6627]

Look, not joining the police is not the solution here.The training method and mindset should be improved during the course of training in order to produce good officers just sayin

[@danielwhyatt3278]

Deescalation techniques? Looks like they are finally taking a page out of British police training books. We’ve been hoping they would do this for years now.

[@zealot00]

Thank you DemoRATS for this.

[@jackalister1662]

Canadian cops are getting out of control. They need to wise up before they lose all support and respect.

[@iamanovercomer6906]

Since no one wants to be a cop, everyone should learn how to fight crime on their own.

[@gerrald5272]

When you are now becoming terrorists in uniform sending 11 patroll vehicles for a traffic citation.

[@melelconquistador]

"I am the law!"

[@francisesquega525]

The media has to tell the same news on each station otherwise you get everyone confucjus

[@jeraldineclark5163]

So get a Government grant and form your own protect the people . Got my vote .

[@falcon127]

US POLICE: Occupying Force!

[@Ayushkumar-pd3nl]

misleading thumbnail .

[@fan3002]

I wouldn't be a cop for 500,000 a year.

[@satriojumeneng7055]

Not only Police, but the whole institutions under Security Force.

[@SAVAGE-ln7jd]

It's still happening in 2021police are the biggest threat to life in America

[@patrickreed8043]

I want to know. What percentage of people "killed by" the police were uncooperative and disrespectful to the officers authority?

[@silverhawkscape2677]

We don't need inconvenient facts here.

[@patrickreed8043]

Baloney, where the drama begins that is where it ends.....every action has a reaction....everyone wants to go home to their kids, and that includes popo.

[@patrickreed8043]

Oh but it is. The police want to go home to their families too.

[@bhupendrapopat53]

Yes! ALL THE TROUBLE starts from there.

[@zedrhyx1788]

So do your own research stop asking for handouts

[@amarumann8187]

Cops have earned every bit of the disrespect they endure!

[@jimcook8241]

Yes they have.

[@AP-jl3rs]

The problem is that there has been no accountability for years for these, "peace officers". You talk to even the most kindest, peaceful person and they get anxiety during a basic traffic stop. You shouldnt fear the police. You should look to them as the people who want to help you. But what they represent has become so corrosive, so toxic, that until there is major change or some sort of "reset" on what they represent, no one will safe while these "Peace Officers" are whre they are now.

[@kundrapuharitha5187]

In future no one wants to be a teacher.

[@jpwoelfling]

My first thought, when I saw Kapernick taking a knee. "Leave your NFL team and go become a policeman. That is how you change how the police behave. Become one and change them from the inside.

[@Chucklecheese69]

This is fantastic! Now everyone must rely on each other and their second amendment to defend themselves instead of those crooked cops

[@christinemott8799]

No ull go to freaking jail then duh

[@hongkongers9160]

Cops just give out tickets and eat donuts

[@vishnusaitejanagabandi4358]

Simple solution….just hike the salaries of police by 100 percent and then you see the competition for recruitment……

[@femioyekanmi2746]

Well u are right! But what quality of people wud hiking police salaries attract? Think about it?

[@vishnusaitejanagabandi4358]

@femi oyekanmi absolutely…..but do you have a better one

[@indianastan]

Thank God my nephew got out after 1 year .He said after Ferguson Mo. He saw what was coming and is now a 1st responder

[@beansbeansbeans4025]

Police in America do not have grenades.

[@doctorchaotic3415]

All 99% was doing a great job till that 1% did a trouble. And then that 1% is being highlighted with the rest of the 99%. I wanna see US military be the Police just to see people reaction.

[@mozammalhoq]

Ha ha... There were no white guys in this interview.😆

[@acefrm1593]

In most countries the cops and people are the same race. Not so in Amerikkka!

[@tysonfelix4861]

Liberal cities not conservative cities DEMOCRATIC CITIES NOT REPUBLICAN CITIES.

[@yakigesher-zion7289]

This is what happens when the Police acts the way they do