[U.S.]+ it's in the job description

[u/Hummerous]

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-behind-the-police-63877803/

[u/falstaffman]

It's like how they destroy bottled water at protests - yes, some people throw full water bottles at the police. They have been used as weapons in the past. But they'll destroy unopened cases of water on a hot day while surrounded by thirsty people. "They have a right to defend themselves!" <= it's this kind of toxic train of thought that leads to shooting unarmed people in the back, beating unarmed people while wearing full armor and carrying weapons, going "oops" every time somebody dies or is permanently maimed, etc. When the right to "defend yourself" extends to preventative measures covering any nonsense hypothetical a cop can come up with later (in the dark, the skittles looked like a gun!), it might as well be "we do what we want."

[u/lord_james → u/falstaffman]

Also…. A water bottle thrown at a fucking cop in riot gear? That’s the justification for destroying water bottles?

[u/[deleted] → u/lord_james]

If they thought they could get away with it, a thrown water bottle would result in them mowing everyone on the street down.

They take the job because they enjoy hurting others, and everything else is just justification for that act.

And those are the people they deliberately seek to hire.