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  In my experience it also attracts people who like to work a system - minimal labor, rules they can bend to their favor, pension after 20 yrs.
context: A cop from my hometown was busted for stealing $5k from the funding for a private gym in the police station. He had to pay it back, but that's it. He was still a cop. >
  
  Sounds eerily similar to how people of wealth and privilege avoid the consequences for their actions.
  It sends a clear message to us all, they might say they are like us but when it really comes down to it the slogan actually means blue lives matter more. >
  
  It also sends the message: if you’re a shitty person, the safest job to get is being a cop. I don’t know if this is actually true, but handling matters this way definitely sends this message, and can be expected to attract the wrong people to the profession. >
  
  Anecdotally, it’s true.  Before the interwebs and proliferation of police beating videos, just locally in the Northeast, the worst dudes were the ones that became cops. >
  
  It's always been that way. It's a job that attracts people who like power over others.