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>>dtagam+(OP)
There needs to be a psychology study done with cops to understand why they act the way they do. I believe there's an underlying problem in how they are trained or something else because police brutality is kind of a global phenomenon. When someone kills or severely hurts the people they are supposed to protect, it seems like there's something else going on. I've been in a few protests and I can easily say that I have never seen more hatred in someone's eyes other than the cops that were beating up people.

>>lorthe+mz
> because police brutality is kind of a global phenomenon

No it's not. Police in Europe is, on average, very kind. When they stop you, you don't have to be afraid of anything, and more often than not you stop them to ask for help, even if it's just to ask for directions.

>>deeper+lB
> Police in Europe is, on average, very kind.

I generally agree. "The left" in Germany does disagree completely, though, so I think it's pretty controversial and not really as simple as you make it out to be.

>>luckyl+RD
Nobody in the left in Germany will claim police brutality is at any level near what America is facing as that's completely absurd.

However, people do acknowledge police is authoritative, profile racially, and abuse their power at times.

I think you can acknowledge both without being inconsistent.

>>arianv+nE
> Nobody in the left in Germany will claim police brutality is at any level near what America is facing as that's completely absurd.

And that's not what I said. They certainly won't agree that police in Europe is "on average, very kind".

> However, people do acknowledge police is authoritative, profile racially, and abuse their power at times.

That's an overly euphemistic way of describing "ACAB", which is very common and not controversial on the left.

>>luckyl+OI
Extreme left. I don't think this sentiment is popular on the left as a whole.

>>xorfis+In1
That's hard to say, of course.

There's little rejection in left wing parties and German trade unions (with the exception of the police unions, obviously) with regards to ACAB and similar messages, although you won't find anybody running for chancellor embracing it. As they will march with the Black Bloc on ocassion, I don't think you can draw a clear line.

The parties' youth organizations are generally significantly further left, so that's a different story entirely, but that's probably true for any youth organization.