To be fair, if I'm going to call cops pigs, feature recurring posts on pigs in the pokey linking to their misconduct, and say they are all bad and racist, I should also note when there is a cop acting kindly. The truth is: I think there are some cops who intend and try to do good and maybe the majority are not intentionally racist but we all act with implicit biases. Why I get more mad at cops for having the same implicit biases that we all have is that thoses biases result in a disproportionate number of people detained, arrested, and ultimately incarcerated because of their race.
Anyway, I am reposting this tweet that a public defender JJC follows wrote the other day. I am sure we all have stories where a cop we destroyed on the stand showed us compassion or did us a favor when he was off the stand. So, to those cops who respect what we do, even though I joke about it and it may not be clear I'm joking, I respect you too.
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