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ironmanDX on 31 August 2017
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Soundwave said:
ironmanDX said:

He joked about it. You mentioned we should throw every white in jail... Not too different in my eyes. Both inappropriate comments. The police officer is simply in a place of power which does make it more inappropriate. He won't and shouldn't get fired for this.

Looks like he is getting fired. And why shouldn't he be? 

Do the "pro Police" people understand that simply having zero repurcussions to "bad cops" doesn't help "good cops" any? They are the ones that are poisoning the well for everyone. If you can't operate at a higher moral/responsibility level, take off that goddamn uniform and stop fucking ruining it for the people who do their job properly, because right now you have a situation of extreme mistrust between the police and large portions of communities and that isn't good for anyone. 

The whole "lets not blame police" for anything attitude needs to go or nothing is ever going to get better. Police need to be held to a higher standard and those officers that cannot live up to those standards -- get the fuck out. You're only doing a disservice to your community by fostering negativity you are ruining the standing general police officers who are better than you by acting irresponsibly. 

If you want to be making sarcastic jokes ... go do stand up comedy. Being a police officer is not where you should if that's how you handle the position. In general cops in the US need far, far better training. European and Canadian police seem to handle day to day situations like this far, far better on average. 

 

It was a dreadfully distasteful joke in a apparently vain attempt to calm the drunk woman. I've said worse things in jest to friends and even acquaintances at times, though not in a racist manner. He should be penalised, don't get me wrong but... At the end of the day, it was a joke. The woman has succeeded in shifting the focus from her drink driving, a much more serious and actually law breaking offense, to a terrible and racist joke that the officer told.

I'm sure there are worse police officers doing worse things and getting away with it. Using excessive force for instance yet only get a suspension. If he does get fired, think of the precedence this sets for cases like this in the future... Police are already under enough stress and scrutiny. This could have a worse effect on the good police.

I agree that the US police system is very flawed. 19 weeks is nowhere near enough training time. Compared to 119 in Australia... Not to mention they can get into the police force without even finishing high school last I knew. Hopefully they have an extensive Psych evaluation...