They teach kids in school that cops are your friends, which you would think is some kind of state sanctioned indoctrination program, but it’s actually just naiveté on the part of the educators. If you meet a cop, does it feel like they’re your friend, or does it feel like someone puffing up their chest to try and intimidate you even when you’ve done nothing wrong?
I’m white and even as a kid I felt unsafe around cops. As early as maybe 13 I’d reached this conclusion on my own.
I’m not sure what took everyone else the extra few decades.
They teach kids in school that cops are your friends, which you would think is some kind of state sanctioned indoctrination program, but it’s actually just naiveté on the part of the educators. If you meet a cop, does it feel like they’re your friend, or does it feel like someone puffing up their chest to try and intimidate you even when you’ve done nothing wrong?