Yeah that’s the thing, there are sometimes “good” people that become cops, but they either have to ignore that goodness or get shunned and quit. My dad was a correctional officer at a state prison, he ended up being closer to the inmates and hated by all his coworkers because he wasn’t an asshole enough. He was never really a fan of police or the justice system, but he said after seeing it from the inside it was like they were purposely trapping the inmates in the cycle, and the officers were almost all racist assholes.
yep makes sense. One of my good friends from high school ended up being a CO at the state prison. After a year or two he was noticably racist. He talked about the ‘coming race war’ more and more often which was just bizarre. Then he cut off all contact with the rest of us after about 3 years in. Haven’t heard from him since really.
Yeah that’s the thing, there are sometimes “good” people that become cops, but they either have to ignore that goodness or get shunned and quit. My dad was a correctional officer at a state prison, he ended up being closer to the inmates and hated by all his coworkers because he wasn’t an asshole enough. He was never really a fan of police or the justice system, but he said after seeing it from the inside it was like they were purposely trapping the inmates in the cycle, and the officers were almost all racist assholes.
yep makes sense. One of my good friends from high school ended up being a CO at the state prison. After a year or two he was noticably racist. He talked about the ‘coming race war’ more and more often which was just bizarre. Then he cut off all contact with the rest of us after about 3 years in. Haven’t heard from him since really.