“Better we should, upon seeing an officer making a such a demand where there is no obvious suspicion of bad action, raise our voice in alarm just as if it was a man in plainclothes”
If we did, the first one to do so, judging from the recent news reports in Denver and elsewhere, would be beaten and arrested. That tends to put a damper on others stepping in.
I don’t know what the solution is, but if things keep going down this road, I think we might see things develop into a situation akin to what we see in Black communities, where distrust of police is nearly universal. There, people assume the worst and won’t cooperate with police even when it’s in their own best interest. Reciprocating, some police start viewing all the members of the general public in those communities as the “enemy” and treating them as such.
If things keep going down this road, I think we might see things develop into a situation akin to what we see in Black communities, where distrust of police is nearly universal. There, people assume the worst and won’t cooperate with police even when it’s in their own best interest. Reciprocating, some police start viewing all the members of the general public in those communities as the “enemy” and treating them as such.That's another aspect of HOW Cops Cause Crime.
"Cops" meaning those uniformed officers on patrol. Plainclothes officers not the same, people react to the person and not the uniform then. By plainclothes I mean clothes that are the regular wear in that environment.