bigdogwerdpoor

[bigdogwerdpoor]

Police are never, and will never be,

required to endanger themselves in

any way for any reason. This has been

litigated thoroughly.

The argument cop reps make is that

nobody's job can require that they jump in

front of bullets or tangle with psychopaths.

This argument is reasonable, nobody's job

should demand the employee's death as a

condition of employment.

The obvious problem, of course, is that

cops' job is purportedly to protect people

from violence.

The corollary is that this is not a cop's

actual job. They have no duty to prevent

violence, no duty to put themselves at any

risk, no duty to help anyone.

No cop will ever be punished for refusing to

help, ever. Neither will they be reprimanded for refusing to put anything at risk.

This is why cops insist so hard that their

jobs are intrinsically dangerous! They don't

have to take any risks, so their narratives

emphasize that they are actually the

victims.

Corollary: never, ever believe anything a

press release tells you about what cops do

or did, because cops tailor them very carefully!

This is why cops primarily assault people

who are not armed, and why they do so

with deadly weapons. To minimize risk

The primary responsibility of any individual

cop is to minimize risk to themselves.

No cops 'confronted' the shooter, because

they could have gotten hurt. No cops

entered the school, because they could

have gotten hurt.

The tricky bit here is that they didn't let

parents help.

Because once they're on scene, and

protecting themselves, if they had let other

people get involved they would have

increased the risk to themselves, the cops.

And the cops' job is to show up, protect

themselves, and document their fear of

risk.

That's it.

This easily gets tossed up in the PR cops have traditionally done in the past.

"To protect and serve" is not a statement of duty.

No cop is required to protect or to serve. Most of us have some perception of a "good cop" who has responsibilities.

That is fiction.

Any portrayal of a "good cop" is not a

portrayal of a cop engaging in their job. If a

cop helps someone for any reason, it is

entirely external to their identity as a cop.

They might have done a "good thing"

but a doctor who holds the door isn't necessarily a "good doctor."

Eliminate this fiction wherever you

recognize yourself engaging in it.

Never fucking watch die hard again, never put your kid in a police costume, never instruct anyone to run to the nearest PD employee if in danger or engage in any police procedural.

Because when we collectively think cops

should be responsible or do any good, in

the smallest way possible, they will not.

This is why it's more dangerous to be

literally anyone else than to be a cop.

Everyone's job requires interaction with

danger. Teachers!, public servants, healthcare, mental health, the hospitality industry is incredibly dangerous, construction, etc. nevermind dealing with cops!

Cops make up a guy and then kill him for

their own safety.

Institutionally, police are pretty much the

only profession that permits its members to

arm themselves against a hypothetical

threat and then kill anyone who overlaps

with it.

The rest of us have to be polite, follow the rules, take direction, stand by and hope. Cops don't.

This is why cops hate civilians so much.

If a cop is in danger it is because a civilian

inconvenienced them.

Something bad happened, and a civilian

saw a cop nearby or attempted to invoke

one.

This causes risk to the cop. Punishable by

death.

Takeaway: it is dangerous just to call the

police. It is MORE dangerous, in many

ways, to call them rather than not because by exposing them to danger you give them excuses to punish, assault, or kill you.

And, as above, their job is to identify risk

and then eliminate the source.

In Uvalde, this is what happened. Cops

were seen by civilians, and they did what

cops do. They protected themselves, and

then controlled the most convenient source

of risk to their jobs - the civilians that saw

them.

And then they lied about it. Poorly.

[bigdogwerdpoor]

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