# Controversial encounters between law-enforcement and civilians - the omnibus thread

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 10, 2014, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread/700942 "2014-10-10T07:35:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread/700942/2553 "2015-05-08T16:32:12Z")

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> The ONLY reason this police corruption is so wide spread is that citizens like yourself are willing to completely ignore thier crimes and in fact say that the police have no duty to follow their own oath.

What “widespread corruption”? There is no widespread corruption. What we have lately is a series of non-stories trumped up by the race-baiting “activists” and the media because it’s the flavor of the month.

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> When a police officer commits a crime they are also breaking that oath which you seem to hold dear.

_If_ a police officer commits a crime. The overwhelming majority of people who cry “police brutality” are criminals who are mad at the cops for enforcing the laws they were breaking.

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