Nowhere an average police officer is willing to die for a random civilian on the job, that's true. Also the profession pulls "a certain personality type" amongst it's ranks no matter where you are. But US policing really is something else and a clear outlier. I look at France and their singling out of immigrants and actions of the riot police. They are still really fucking tame when it comes to how I see US police and how trigger happy, sadistic, cultish and seeming unaccountable they are.

[–] ComradeSasquatch@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 month ago

The more power you have, the more it can corrupt you. People who enjoy abusing power will gravitate to positions that let them abuse the powers given to them. Give police abroad the kind of power USA police have, and it will be the same.