I’m also white, but I’ve never understand the positive opinion some other white people have towards police. I’m not sure what was different about my upbringing but I would only call the police if I have to (like, for a car accident) or if I was in a situation where I legit feared for my life (like a home invasion), and even then I don’t expect them to be very helpful… My general working assumption is that any police officer is an asshole until proven otherwise and my personal life experiences have done nothing to disabuse me of that.
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I’m also white, but I’ve never understand the positive opinion some other white people have towards police. I’m not sure what was different about my upbringing but I would only call the police if I have to (like, for a car accident) or if I was in a situation where I legit feared for my life (like a home invasion), and even then I don’t expect them to be very helpful… My general working assumption is that any police officer is an asshole until proven otherwise and my personal life experiences have done nothing to disabuse me of that.
That’s probably a reasonable working assumption!