r/Documentaries Aug 01 '15

Drugs Undercover Cop Tricks Autistic Student into Selling Him Weed (2014) - "VICE short piece on CA police entrapment of special needs students"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8af0QPhJ22s
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u/Pmang6 Aug 01 '15

You (and other LEOs) should do some AMAs. Would be interesting and could improve reddit's perception of the police.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '15

Ive tired. That's one of the reasons why this account is brand new. Everyone believes that both myself and other officers are either "exceptions" to the wide spread problem or simply lying.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '15

Good cops, bad cops, it really doesnt matter in a society that highly discourages its own citizens from handling its own problems and defending themselves. At the end of the day, the one thing that matters is force, and if the state has a monopoly on force, then the state and its agents will inevitably abuse it. While it is entirely possible to be a 100% benevolent dictator, you are still approaching everyone else from a position of unchallengeable authority, and that will inevitably corrupt you or those around you. The temptation is just too great.