I don't know if this is allowed here, but this entire blog is... Unsettling.

That entire graphic is bullshit, and the fact that you perpetuate it as a reliable fact is almost laughable if that attitude wasn't so pervasive.

Where do I start? Well, to begin, the "study" that the graphic cites for a huge chunk of its claims here was done in May 2000, but published in 2012 by Copblock, with the title "A neutral look..." cause we all know Copblock is here to be neutral lol.

Now I'll be honest, I didn't tear up EVERY claim they made, but I started at the first one... "43% agree that always following the rules is incompatible with getting the job done." I looked up this claim in the original source. Not only is the graphic skewing it to make it sound worse, but whoever wrote it up decided to conveniently ignore the line directly above it where 75% of respondents disagreed with the statement "It is sometimes acceptable to use more force than is legally allowable to control someone who physically assaults an officer." And not to mention that the bit about "always following the rules" doesn't even clarify which rules. Technically, if I go to a call without my hat, I'm not following the rules. But I'm pretty sure even a "neutral" party such as yourself would rather I leave it in the car when someone's getting their ass kicked and time is a luxury.

That same study was used a bunch of times, where the author of the graphic pulled out convenient "neutral" facts, while simultaneously ignoring the big picture...and if you're too lazy to read the whole thing to get the big picture, the author of the original study even wrote it down the side on page 2:

Key findings: The results of the survey indicate that the majority of American police officers believe that: ● It is unacceptable to use more force than legally allowable to control someone who physically assaults an officer. ● Extreme cases of police abuse of authority occur infrequently. ● Their departments take a “tough stand” on the issue of police abuse. ● At times their fellow officers use more force than necessary when making an arrest. ● It is not unusual for officers to ignore improper conduct by their fellow officers. ● Training and education are effective ways to reduce police abuse. ● A department’s chief and first-line supervisors can play an important role in preventing police from abusing authority. ● Community-oriented policing reduces or has no impact upon the potential for police abuse. In addition, the survey finds race to be a divisive issue for American police. In particular, black and nonblack officers had significantly different views about the effect of a citizen’s race and socioeconomic status on the likelihood of police abuse of authority and about the effect of community policing on the potential for abuse.

But none of that fits the "neutral" narrative that Copblock wants to put out, so it was conveniently left out. The rest of it I'm not going to get into. Whoever made that graph has already proved to me that they lack any sort of integrity for it to be worth my effort, and whoever takes it seriously probably wont be swayed by my efforts anyways, so I'll leave it at that.

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