Bette Midler asks a good question

[supergee]

Are police departments magnets for sadists the way the church was a magnet for pedophiles?

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[minoanmiss]

Good question, obvious answer.

[griffen]

At the very least, I'd say police departments are magnets for bullies.

[cynthia1960]

Havens for authoritarians who then get their brutality training in-house.

[lavendertook]

Yes. And by looking at some of the training institutes they use of the shoot first variety, if they don't start that way, they are trained to be so.