Quote from: K-Dog on Dec 06, 2024, 02:18 PMFYI Marxist do not consider Policemen members of the working class.
This one considers their commitment to protect and serve before making an individual determination. The Retired NYPD individual in the video is obviously an asshole. He serves an upper class.
I've always considered cops "the enemy". I've never been helped by or had a positive interaction with a cop. Every contact has been adversarial. Mostly the 3 times I was stopped for a traffic violation. The others were when smoking dope in the park or having an open beer. Never actually got arrested just the threat of it was there.
I realize they probably keep the streets safer by arresting some violent offenders and bank robbers so that's helping me indirectly, but my direct interactions have always been negative. I remember them from the days of student protests when we referred to them as Pigs, and today I see them as Gestapo, the enforcement division of the Fascist State.
I've had a couple of close family friends who were cops and OK people off duty though. Never dealt with them when they were on the job.
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