Why is it necessary to see BAD cops to have an opinion about them? Do you have to see Saudis to have an opinion about them? I don't think so. You aren't making sense to me. I think I'm in as good a position as anyone.
I've lived in this world for several decades and have had dealings with cops all over California, many other states, some parts of Europe and in Mexico AND Saudi Arabia. Having only "officer friendly" encounters only means that I was POLITE to them, showed them respect and DIDN'T act as if they were the KGB out to bash my head in.
NOTHING wrong or bad positioning when treating the boys in blue, wherever they are, with respect.
“Why is it necessary to see BAD cops to have an opinion about them? Do you have to see Saudis to have an opinion about them? I don’t think so.”
Well, a person with actual experience would give a more informed opinion. If I want information about Saudis, I would give more authority to someone who has known them, or lived in their country, than to someone who has just read books about them.
“I’ve lived in this world for several decades and have had dealings with cops all over California, many other states, some parts of Europe and in Mexico AND Saudi Arabia. Having only “officer friendly” encounters only means that I was POLITE to them, showed them respect and DIDN’T act as if they were the KGB out to bash my head in.”
You can’t explain away every case of police abuse by blaming the victims. Many of them weren’t showing any “disrepect” and they still wound up as victims. So, while your attitude may contribute to non-confrontational encounters with police, you have also simply gotten lucky and not met the wrong cop on the wrong day.
So what did that girl do wrong?