On top of that, if IA was as powerful and menacing as they are in the shows cops might actually be held accountable.

IA feels like HR at any mega Corp, there to protect the institution not actually solve anything or ensure things are fair.

"Dick Wolf"

Capitalism has neutered our ability to speak freely about the most important, most painful truths in our society.

The platforms that most people spend most of their conscious thought-power have told our children and adults alike that things like rape, suicide, murder and nazism are so distant from us, so "unreal" that we don't even have words for them anymore.

This isn't a small thing. Language has massive power in our minds to reshape our world. We use language to abstractify complicated ideas and learn how to examine them from different perspectives. Language is how we built a world a wonders and miracles, but we're being conditioned every day to stop using language. Don't read, scroll. Don't debate, retreat to safe spaces. Don't say bad words, someone might feel bad if you say "rape." As if people aren't currently being raped right now. I wonder how they feel about the word.

But did you knoooowwww, that nearly a quarter of US adults are functionally illiterate? Meaning, they can answer texts, they can read street signs and a grocery list, but are almost incapable of stringing together a whole paragraph? This isn't a small problem, it's why the west is falling, it's why we have nazis marching again. I mean... why we have "armband baddies" marching, or whatever the sanitized term is.

It's so it can be shared on places with algorithmic censorship for the most likes as possible

And then they say "he was following his training" when people get rightfully angry

And that's a huge part of the problem. That is a part of the training. They are taught to see everyone and everything is a threat that wants them dead.

Add onto that cops the constantly work overtime you got a group of people who are sleep deprived, hyped up on caffeine and ready, willing, and able to shoot you for looking at them sideways and won't be held accountable for doing so.

They're immune to punishment for their actions, like the president of the US. That always ends well.

I was a medic back in the day in a large city. Cops are assholes. Big goofy dumb goons. I've seen them do the dumbest shit. Light a smoke for a dead man. Was just one example. I sat at trial two times just to fuck up a cops day cause they routinely fucked people up for no reason. Goons.

There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.

-John Rogers

I used to like The Rookie, but honestly after George Floyd I just couldn't stomach any propaganda cop shows anymore.

Those motherfucker CHOCKED the man to death while smiling.

The show tried to pay lip service to it but honestly nothing they could do could possibly be enough.

Entirely warranted fear of overbearing content moderation on corporate social media.

Capital is taking away our ability to speak to power about societal problems.

It's not a silly little thing, it's a real problem that we need to address. Nearly a quarter of the US adult population is functionally illiterate. They are taking our power to communicate away slowly, little bits at a time. They start with the big, heavy topics that make people upset, the topics that might make people rally together and push back against the system. Rape? Murder? Nazis? Suicide? No no no, those aren't acceptable so we don't say that. Monkey see no evil, say no evil, hear no evil. Be quiet and buy your new phone and buy your celebrity energy drinks.

Tune in tomorrow to see what the next banned ideas are.

Grab your rake and shovel and work those fields, serf.

unless someone actively snitches

Then you go to The Innocence Project and find out how many jailhouse snitches are issuing false testimony to lighten their own convictions.

My town's police department posts info on wanted criminals on FB and people comment on the posts basically doing the cops' jobs for them. Every person who has been posted about has been caught. The cops here rely on the public to catch criminals and they're shameless about it. Meanwhile they spend their time on duty harassing people who ride ebikes.

I feel like you can both enjoy cop shows and know that ACAB IRL.

Honestly I'm not a military fan, but in general they tend to be better trained and are actually a necessary evil, see Ukraine. Sometimes you need people to defend you from tyrants.

Cops are just so much worse, they are given all the privilege in the world and they have comfortable jobs, at least in the western world, yet they act like they are dodging 50cal rounds all day every day.

They think they are at war with the people they are supposed to be serving so this is never going to work.

You mean fuck off?

The restraining order means nothing to the supreme court, also.

"Castle Rock v. Gonzales, 545 U.S. 748 (2005), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled, 7–2, that a town and its police department could not be sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for refusing to enforce a restraining order, even though the refusal led to the murders of a woman's three children by her estranged husband."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_of_Castle_Rock_v._Gonzales

Love how Brooklyn 99 addresses that. Peralta is basically a caricature of the "loose cannon that gets results" cop, but even he doesn't cross the line when it comes to illegally obtaining evidence.