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Originally Posted by mynameisjim
I will agree with that, the actual level of wrongdoing is probably somewhere between our two viewpoints. Also, I live in Chicago, so perhaps my view is a little jaded as Chicago police corruption is legendary.
But just to be clear, I do believe there are good cops out there, perhaps it's just the culture that keeps those good cops from speaking up and keeping the bad cops in check, and that's what perpetuates the problem, at least in Chicago.
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For sure. I would imagine if I lived in a big city where I was exposed more to that kind of stuff I might have a point of view that is a little more skewed. I think part of it too is that a couple of my really good friends are cops and they are good guys and good cops so the cops I know are through them and they are also good guys and good cops. If I were to meet a cop that was corrupt or was introduced to people through them that were not good cops I would guess my opinion of it may be different as well. But, like you said, in a small town things are a lot different. I live across the street from the mayor and know most of the city officials pretty well. If a cop were to do something bad here (and we had a pretty big deal about 3-4 years ago where a cop was buying steroids from a dealer and selling them to a couple of high school kids) it gets outed pretty quickly and if you speak up against it there isn't a large contingent of people who might later use that against you like you could have in big city.