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Fear is the mind-killer.


Yep, and police training deliberately cultivates it.

https://www.insider.com/bulletproof-dave-grossman-police-tra...

> His overly aggressive style prepares law enforcement officers for a job under siege, where they're front line troops who are "at war" with the streets. Officers need to be prepared to battle the communities they're told to protect, Grossman has said. And ideally in Grossman's eyes, officers need to learn to kill less hesitantly.


My friend married a guy who ended up becoming a cop. Within weeks of him starting training she sends me a snapchat about how "When we go places he always wants to sit facing the exit" and another of him quite literally playing with one of his service weapons, like a damn nerf toy.

Police training is garbage, and the police community is pathetic.


> "When we go places he always wants to sit facing the exit"

I mean this isn't bad advice. I was cornered by a large man once as a child and ever since I've tried to always be aware of an exit and ideally be in view of it.


"But why do ppl hate cops??"


Yep. What I left unstated, which I now realize the lack of leaves my comment ambiguous, was "and that's why they use it."




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