Officer in Georgia says to woman during traffic stop: "We only kill black people"

[d21lewis]

Jumpin said:

d21lewis said:

I haven't really read any of the posts in this thread and I do agree with you. I just hate that then entire profession of law enforcement are judged because of the actions of a few. An officer in LA can do some vile act and and officer in Carolina will be lumped in right there with them.

 

A soldier can kill civilians and everybody won't say "Everyone in the military is bad". A McDonald's employee can spot in your food and people won't hate all McDonald's employees. It just doesn't seem consistent.

The big difference is that the soldier and McDonald's employee don't get away with it like the aforementioned groups. If they behave in that manner, they are made an example of through punishment - often very severe.

Police, Taliban, and Hutus (I apologize for getting that backwards in my last post!) all get away with it. Skinheads for standing in solidarity with antisemitism, different, but achieves the same sort of effect.

I understand. The bad ones have been getting away. But what about the good ones? Should they be guilty by association?