[barlescabbage]

Folks are getting really carried away with this type of thing. If you curse out a cop, you're probably up to no good and you will be harassed or detained. If not then you're an idiot. Why curse out a cop? Why?

Crime could possibly get worse with the consequences of this recent anti-police sentiment which isn't really fact driven but an availability bias drummed up by the news, social media, etc.

By injecting excessive bureaucratic checks in the manner in which police keep the peace, we're putting a hurdle in front of their ability to provide it.

[mbillie1]

> If you curse out a cop, you're probably up to no good

I just want to point out that this is an overwhelmingly class-based statement. If you are materially comfortable, especially if you're white, you would likely never have the slightest reason to curse at the police. If you are constantly seeing friends harassed and detained without cause, shot and killed, or experiencing it yourself (as at least a few of the folks in this article seemed to experience it), you might think a little differently. It's easy to make the fallacious argument that "anyone mixed up with the police was up to do good in the first place" when you live in a relatively affluent area, when you are not perceived as a "dangerous minority", etc.

[wfo]

The anti-police sentiment is certainly fact-based. The apologists claiming "it's really not that bad" because they desperately wish it to not be that bad aren't really fact-driven, they are illusory-comfort-from-a-place-of-privilege driven. Social media and the news just make it possible for us to hear the facts; normally they would never surface because the police lie to cover each other.

And about the cursing, sometimes when people are being abused by bullies who are supposed to protect them they get angry and mouth off; they are human. It's obviously not a measured logical decision, it's a natural response to someone abusing their power, being a jerk, or even just doing their job when it happens to cause problems for you. Cops aren't gods who get to beat you up and lock you in a cage because you don't act like an obedient servant. Is it smart? No. But it's fully understandable, emotional, and human.

[Retra]

There's a lot of "argument from ignorance" style "if it doesn't happen to me, it doesn't happen at all" thinking when it comes to understanding disparate communities and their perceptions.