[meinmissoula]

This seems like a concerning level of charity being given to cops who ruin people's lives.

Would you accept a world in which "1 in 1000" planes crashed because the pilot was on 3 hours of sleep?

There should be a media storm every time a police officer abuses someone, we should all collectively be outraged. A functioning society has to start with the front-line enforcers being responsible and trustworthy.

[brutusborn]

He’s not being charitable to cops who abuse their power, he’s pointing out that good cops receive backlash due to the actions of bad cops.

Being outraged at cases of abuse doesn’t mean you have to stop empathising with the difficult job that most cops have.

Reminds me of this quote: “almost everything in the world is broken and almost no one is evil.” Don’t let your anger at evil people make you reflexively think badly of their colleagues. Focus on your love of humanity rather than your hatred of authority.

[mensetmanusman]

Planes are about 1 in 10,000,000 in terms of accidents.

There are about 1,000,000 police, so I guess 2 bad police events per month would be equivalent?