This story pretty much sums up the US police, certainly my experience of it.
www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54290575
They're not particularly bigoted towards any one group, not particularly racist towards any one race and not particularly targetting any group in particular - though all of those things are true some of the time.
Fundamentally their problem is that they have no discipline, insufficient training and are out of control- The fact that they carry guns makes it all the more dangerous. They get very over excited, they shout a lot and it all kicks off very quickly. They will pull their guns at the slightest provocation or suspicion and then fire them too easily and often indiscriminately.
They think they are military, they think they are at war, and they think that they're all Dirty Harry.
Out of control. Towards *everybody*.
"Serve and Protect"? My a***. That got forgotten 25 years ago.
It's a pity that racism is the trendy headline of the moment. It hides the real depth and breadth of the problem.
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