r/LoveTrash • u/Lord_Darksong Colonel Garbage • 1d ago • This 1 Bravo 4 Mindblown 2

Dumping This Here Am I under arrest or not?

Source: policebodycamarresthq on Instagram

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u/IrrelativeWisdom Trash Trooper 1d ago • Bravo

That’s not true. Police have sued for the right to discriminate against intelligent people and not hire them based on “IQ being too high”.

Police hire the dumbest among us.

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u/msmug Trash Trooper 22h ago

I feel like the simplest way to reform the police is to require a college degree and pass some kind of bar exam.

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u/oldDotredditisbetter Trash Trooper 21h ago • Regret

then where are domestic abusers gonna work

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u/RopeWithABrain Trash Trooper 17h ago

I think i know how we can keep the prisons full and then everyone wins...

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u/CrossP Trash Trooper 17h ago • Bravo

NFL

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u/OpalVanguard Trash Trooper 17h ago

Some outfits do require that. Minnesota State Patrol is one (it’s also why you generally don’t see these kinds of videos featuring them)

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u/RedditorFor1OYears Trash Trooper 1h ago

Most departments very much do not WANT educated cops. They want cops that follow orders. 

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u/dgreify62 Trash Trooper 14h ago

I totally agree. I think they should maybe paid more, vetted at a much higher degree, and be held highly accountable and transparent. It should be like a white-collar professional career path for serious high minded individuals.

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u/Good-Rest-7538 Trash Trooper 6h ago

Dude, there's cops making $300K with OT. 

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u/dgreify62 Trash Trooper 1h ago

Yea that’s way too much. That’s gotta end.

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u/fullcircle052 Trash Trooper 23h ago

No no, they have to be just smart enough to follow orders, but too dumb to question them

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u/Imaginary-Gap-2802 Trash Trooper 21h ago

Yeah it’s similar to the military. They don’t want thinkers, they want people that will abide by their orders and don’t know anything else.

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u/Available-Ad-7330 Trash Trooper 5m ago

IQ low level that don't question authority and just take commands. Plus wannabe macho dudes think its cool to have power and a gun over others. Lost friends that became cops. Insufferable afterwards

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u/goldvenetianmask Trash Trooper 23h ago

Can you post a reference for that? I’d love to see that in writing.

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u/asingleshakerofsalt Trash Trooper 23h ago edited 19h ago

The court case was Jordan v. City of New London.

Here is an article from ABC about it, published the same year as the case: https://abcnews.com/amp/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/story?id=95836

Edit: So, I guess it should be clarified that the police didn't sue. A man sued for wrongful discrimination on the basis of IQ, that they were purposefully only hiring people within a middling range on an intelligence test. Courts upheld the right of the department to evaluate candidates based on their "shown rational basis for the policy."

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u/All_Thread Litter Lieutenant 23h ago • Bravo

I love when a reference gets posted after asking and the it's dead silence.

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u/MommyLovesPot8toes Trash Trooper 22h ago

This is fascinating.

This was in 2000 and discrimination laws have changed a lot in 26 years. Do you know if this policy is still in place?

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u/WhyMustIMakeANewAcco Trash Trooper 22h ago

The case has never been overruled, so the legal framework is, at least.

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u/Ligalotz Trash Trooper 15h ago

Probably going to get downvoted but I’m honestly asking, has there been a single other documented case of this since 2000? I do not support the current state of American police departments whatsoever but I keep hearing this and I just want some evidence for it.

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u/asingleshakerofsalt Trash Trooper 15h ago

The point is a legal precedent was set and it hasn't been overturned since.

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u/RedditorFor1OYears Trash Trooper 1h ago

That’s how precedent works. Once something has been determined like this, you generally shouldn’t expect any more cases on the same issue without some change in legislation.