26 Reasons to Not Trust the Police

The web-site 'Filming the Cops' gives 26 Reasons to Not Trust the Police.
Their 26 reasons are below. Visit the web-site for a discussion of each reason listed.

1. The Police Have No Duty To Protect You

2. Private Prisons Have “Lockup Quotas”

3. Police Profit From Enforcing the War On Drugs

4. SWAT Teams Are Corporations, And Are Used VERY Commonly

5. Police Can, And Do, Lie To The Public

6. The Police Kill Far More People Then Commonly Thought

7. Police Officers Are Not In The Top 10 Most Dangerous Jobs

8. Police Kill A Lot of People’s Pets

9. Police Will Share Private Photographs With Each Other For Amusement

10. Police Can Enforce Laws They Don’t Know

11. Police Have Technology That Greatly Infringes Our Right To Privacy

12. Police Will Potentially Kill For Even The Most Minute Laws

13. Police Unions Keep Violent Police On The Street

14. The Police Have Their Own Secret Society Called The Fraternal Order of Police

15. They Can Discriminate Against New Hires On The Basis of Too High Of An IQ

16. Even Small, Local Police Departments Have Received Military Equipment

17. Cops Are Going Out Of Their Way To Hire Returning Veterans

18. Police Have Little To No Real Accountability

19. Police Officers have High Rates Of Alcohol/Drug Abuse and Domestic Violence

20. Many Police Departments Have A Culture Of Racism

21. They Have No Mercy For The Homeless

22. Some Police Departments Do Weapons Training With Targets Depicting Pregnant Woman, Children, And The Elderly

23. They Will Plant Evidence On People

24. They Have Ready Made Stories Designed To Clear Them Of Wrong Doing

25. If Things Get Bad In Your Area, They Will Simply Stop Responding To “Lesser Crime”

26. They Would Rather Go After Drug Users Then Violent Criminals