Does Anyone Have a Good Explanation For Why American Cops Seem to Be Getting More Violent & Aggressive in Recent Times?

We are mixing that word up. Volunteer is a person who is not paid. Officers and soldiers are paid (too damn little, for sure). Soldiers are not volunteer vs. drafted. They are free will or drafted. They are hired or drafted. But we call them volunteers. No they are not. See, that is another semantic that basically our government has screwed up to make going into the army sound extra giving of self. Soldiers are hired and it is their work. They hire on to give their life with the understanding that our government is suppose to be moral enough to keep that from happening except under life threat to the people here. But it is their choice to make that decision. If they don't trust the government to make a moral decision, then they need to not apply for the job.

I know 2 people who scored TOO HIGH on their exam to become a police officer, one for San Jose Police Dept. and the other for Battle Creek, MI police dept.

I have read recently that they fear people with too high of an I.Q. or score will get bored with the job, I think people with a high I.Q. might actually think for themselves, and refuse to arrest people who arent breaking real laws.

Sheriff, "Yeah, we all wanted to be state patrol. They got the cushy job and get to go wherever. Those of us who didn't make the cut... well we became sheriffs. Those that don't make that cut and become sheriffs... Well, they become city cops..."

The more the demand for law enforcement officer the more money it takes. OR... the lower the bar for required prerequisite.

Combine that with post 911 fear mongering, chemical environmental manipulation. (fluoride,aspartame,GMO,RBGH,chemtrails,legal drugs,etc...)

If the government could change something they didn't want wouldn't they just change it? Perhaps what they/we are getting exactly what they ordered.

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Personality profiling. Take personality test, pick a certain group of traits. It is the "us versus them" mentality. It is very easy to do, succumb to the temptation of power. Only Frodo and Samwise resisted the Ring of Power.

We changed style of policing the last several years. We used to have peace officers, cops who did not assume people were criminals, they would look the other way as long as no one got hurt. They kept the peace. Now we have law enforcers. They activily search for anyone who is, or might be, breaking the law. Totally diffent mind-set. Think about Sheriff Andy Taylor from Mayberry, as an example of a peace officer. Law enforcers discussed the finer art of arrest with Rodney King.

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No, I don't think all cops are bad; I know quite a few and for the most part they're good people.

I do take exception when they seem to receive much different treatment than "civillians" when they break the law. I don't like it that those "in" law enforcement or the court system (judges) get to play by a different set of rules.

Most of these newer cops are veterans of these awful wars. The cycle continues on into the civilian world.

Hell, the first place I applied to work when I got out of the corps was the local police department.

If something happens in New York, I hear about it on my news all day. This hasn't always been the case. Second, we have a society that is fraying at the edges, which causes chaos and often provokes a violent response. Third, many cops are now veterans of Iraq or are trained by veterans of Iraq, they come back and handle security duty like they handled it there. Fourth, and also importantly, our civil rights are being ignored and trampled on at the highest levels, this trickles down. The Neocon philosophy is one that asserts that the state should do whatever it takes to maintain order and peace without regard to rules and rights.

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has become more Violent and Aggressive. Look how quick people turn on one another discussing issues. I baby sit a little girl and her older brother. The boy seems to run that house hold. I tried to tell the parents in a nice way they need to regain control of their home. Not cruelly or anything, there are ways to do it without aggression. Unfortunately, they don't seem to have a clue how to do it. Wow, the boy is only 7 yrs. old I hate to think what he will be like when he becomes a teen. Hope I'm not around. Peace

Just like everyone else the economic times are hitting police officers and their families hard too. They aren't getting pay raises fast enough to keep up with inflation. This in no way justifies their behavior but it might help explain the apparently short fuses we are seeing.

Additionally we are more aware do to the fact that we are here and waking up to the real world. Some for the first time. Kind of like getting a new car. Suddenly everyone has the same one as you.

All police departments in the US, State, Local, Tribal, all ultimately answer not to the citizens that employ and pay them, but to Chertoffs Department of Homeland Security. It is just a taste of things to come.They have been trained to think of us not as citizens that they swore an oath to protect, but as the enemy, to be made to comply.

If you want my opinion, it stems largely from the low regard military culture has ingrained in it's soldiers towards "civilians". I remember well from my short military career how we were taught to think of ordinary citizens as less than ourselves. Add to that the fact that the welfare culture has infested liberty's garden with human trash and weeds of every sort and you don't have to imagine the outpouring of frustration and hostility, you can watch it on youtube.

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are good people,just like Soldiers they have a job to do that is in itself a fine line to walk.There may be a few rogue agents out there but most are just regular people doing a job.Now sometimes it may become a blur to them what that is.I mean when you start to equip them with military style weapons and train them to become an assault force and mirror military action that fine line gets even thinner.But those who abuse their power should be dealt with.But a lot of times when you see these videos and things you only see a part of what really took place.A citizen can't expect to enrage a officer and not expect to get railed on it's human nature.If you point a weapon at a officer you should be aware of the consequences of such a thing.When you threaten with deadly force it is met with deadly force.

and if there is a local issue with an incident, then handle it locally with tack and w/o prejudice. And contact your local officials with the issue.

There are good and bad EVERYWHERE! I've seen some posts here where a cop made a mistake and they wanted to make a federal case out of it.

Again, remember to choose love. Two sides to EVERY story.

I think that the traing has changed and the federal funding has increased through Homeland inSecurity. New training guidelines and procedures and money for new weapons, uniforms and training all coming from the fed.

by assuming every person agrees with you.

It's the reporting and the availability of information that has changed, not the police. Look into the history of Chicago during the prohibition. I think you'll find that it negates your argument to some degree.

I think there are plenty of good cops. They go to work and return home without killing people. Just like you.

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Our state police are the best.

Everyone makes mistakes and the media just cranks up what they want for their reasons.

If you have any concept of how difficult a policeman's job is you wouldn't bother with this crap.

These guys are dedicated to their jobs.

Alex Jones hates cops go there and post.

What makes you think by just showing the bad that we will never see any good? There are always two sides to every story. I'm sick of all of this cop bashing anarchy bull crap that goes on in here. Bad cop did this, bad cop did that! What about good cop did this, good cop did that? I guess this is what happens when people of different cloth's come together under the banner of freedom. If there were no laws. No cops. Then that means I could come over to you, any of you, and take you out for not believing in my goat demon pagan god. Tuff titties said the kitties but the milks still good. There are more good deeds that go unoticed than the bad. Are we so gullible that we believe movies and TV of all things for this "I hate the man" immature frame of mind. Oh wait I guess people pick that up and drop it in adolescence. Grow up.

It's perception. The truth is cops are probably mostly the same, but more things are illegal now, and the Internet permits people to see what happens to abused suspects worldwide in an instant.

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1) Authority & power corrupts. People should have authority because they've 'earned' it by their charecter. But not so in this world.

2) My feelings and this is just my opinion but people are attracted to what is IN them. If you are freedom loving you will be attracted to the Constitution. If you have a sadistic or mind control bend in you, you go where you can express that. I throw Dentists into this category too.

Alot of cops I know were bully's in scholl as we were growing up. I've also met some who I percieve to have deep seated self esteem issues.

But thats my 2 cents

Same as the "people" in the airport TSA
1) Improper Training
2) Too Much Authority

Also Jack Mclamb, a police officer who trains police to respect the rights of sovereign individuals has said most precincts are hiring and promoting the most dangerous and immoral officers over nice guys. Felons, illegal immigrants and Iraq veterans with PTSD are all being hired as officers.

Steroids are pretty rampant in the police academy these days too.

Is that they are getting upgraded to a "blackwater" sense of training since adolf Bushler decided to install the homeland security police state.

"our country has become sick and twisted." The cops are a product of our society.

This notion of mine is not something I got from reading a book. I'm old enough to have watched, with my own eyes, our society run off of the edge of a cliff.

You know how they have those simulation screens where cops have to determine who the bad guy is? Notice how the whole goal of the training is to shoot the bad guy? how the bad guy always raises a gun at the cop?

Their training is detemine what the threat is, and act. They are taught to use force for the most part. And because of that, they have the convenient excuse of "I was only following what my training taught me to do".

If you dare speak when they tell you to be quiet.. because apparently cops have the authority to tell you that you cannot speak... then you will be beaten. If you dare try to block my repeated blows with my metal baton on your legs when you won't shut up like I told you and put your hands behind your back (something that is very hard to do when another person, even a cop is beating the shit out of you) then you will be beaten.

Ever tried to force someone's arm behind their back? Ever had someone do it to you just playing around? It's not a very effective technique if you want someone to relax and submit to you. I don't care who you are, it will only make you tense your arm up to prevent yourself from being injured. But natural automatic responses to prevent injury, are seen as resisting arrest to them. So they use more force.

You cannot be a natural human. You cannot do or say as you want. You will shut your mouth, you will obey, and you will not dare film their abuses. You will respect them or you will be dealt with swifly and forcefully.

Cops are being trained to view people as their enemies. We are all a potential threat and we must all be dealt with the same. End of story.

Humanity is EVIL, haven't you seen the TV? Talk to your average democrat and you will learn that humanity is indeed evil, unless of course, they work for the government.

I just had that discussion with the local county democrat chairperson. She ended by telling me that 'people' are so bad that there must be much, much, more regulations. I guess in her world, saints, or maybe extra-terrestrials, are those who run government. The Ignorance runs deep! Just ask that dork cameron dehart.

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that as the criminals become more brazen, the police have to counter that effect by being more forceful. It ain't easy being a cop, you are indeed putting your life on the line every time you put on your badge.

So, the academies that train officers treat it like military boot camp, and once they finish their training, they would lock their own mother up for jaywalking.

And remember, that cops don't make that much money, so finding quality people willing to risk their lives isn't that easy. So more than a few degenerates make it into the police force.

But, this is only my opinion.