Originally Posted by
ItsJustMe
Saying we shouldn't complain about police corruption because other places are more corrupt is invalid. You may as well say that we shouldn't go after people who steal a few hundred bucks from a convenience store when there are other people who steal millions.
There's no rule that says that we have to be only quantitatively better than third world countries. I say we can be qualitatively better as well.
It's understandable that cops tend to take shortcuts and abuse their power. It makes their job easier. And while I respect cops and am glad that there are people that want to do that job, their job isn't SUPPOSED to be easy. It's harder to do a cop's job while respecting the rights of others, but that's tough luck, those are the rules that we operate under.
Also, at least in NY, cops are grossly underpaid so they try not to work more than necessary, They're also under-trained. If cops were getting paid higher salaries, if they were better trained then they could be required to do a better job. As it is, they don't care.