Contempt of Cop
A former Army SF trooper posted the following at Warrior Talk:
” ‘cop hater’ – anyone noticing the institutional corruption of civilian law enforcement.
To compare “police academy” to BUDS, SFAS, Ranger School, or similar program shows a complete ignorance of those programs…. See More
We learn by failure. When a wise negotiator/salesman does not get the deal closed, he reviews his techniques to determine how to do better.
If a negotiator succeeded every time, he’d assume his technique was sound.
But in all LE interactions with their fellow citizens, there is the unspoken threat of force.
Cop: “Please move over there, as I do not want witnesses to my actions” Citizen: “No thank you, I will remain here.”
Cop: “Please move over there” (or a will bash you with my night stick, taze you, or even shoot you and have 6 of my buddies swear you attacked me). Citizen: “Yes Sir.”
The cop probably thinks he’s great at “managing” people. But change the dynamics and he finds the badge, gun, and threat of force (legitimate or not) were his only negotiating tools.
My best friend’s mom was the first female prison guard in CA. She could not go toe to toe with inmates in physical strength or ego. She rarely had any problems because she brought no ego for the inmates to clash with.
Compelling people to obedience through force is not leadership, and is a type of conditioning that is antithetical to motivational leadership.”
Another gem from said poster…..
“It is when the administrator of implied force steps beyond their “legitimate” authority, or exercises that authority in an arbitrary 
and capricious manner, that they earn contempt. To the petty and vindictive, that contempt reinforces the “us versus them” mentality, motivating those with some power to “get them” or “show them who is boss” which earns them further contempt. When the conflict reaches crisis, and the “victim” has no confidence in his ability to petition his grievance, he takes desperate measures. When enough people agree, there is revolt.
I do not resent being pulled over and ticketed for speeding, when I was in fact speeding. I resent a MCSO officer pulling me over – and lying – claiming I was swerving and crossing over the divider multiple times, and then pretending he was doing me a favor by not ticketing me for something I didn’t do. I further resent a “system” that will take the word of a lying punk with a badge over my own. When my rights are trampled by my neighbor, I have recourse. When I am assailed by a criminal, I have recourse. When the criminal wears a badge, I am helpless. Who, therefore, should I rationally fear?
Psychological experiments have demonstrated time and again when one person is given arbitrary authority over another (or a group with authority over another group) that those in power rapidly abandon any principles of fair play they may have claimed to previously have. This process is rapidly accelerated when there is affirmation from peers and supervisors that the behavior is acceptable. That is why I do not believe for a moment the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuses went on without the knowledge and tacit consent of the commanders, nor for a moment believe the actions of an individual LEO are not well known and tacitly approved by his FTO, SGT, and LT. In these cases – one guy does something out of line. He notices that it is not immediately reprimanded. So he does it again. Others notice this new “acceptable” behavior and the cycle continues.”
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