[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.