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> I think people get a skewed perception of the police force from a relatively small number of highly publicized incidents.

Or perhaps people arrive at their perceptions based on personal experience? Certainly my own experience with police has shaped my views far more than anything I've seen in the news.




> > I think people get a skewed perception of the police force from a relatively small number of highly publicized incidents.

> Or perhaps people arrive at their perceptions based on personal experience?

Probably also a factor, but that's also not representative and subject to perceptual biases.


>but that's also not representative

One occurrence possibly. When it happens multiple times, I'm not inclined to attribute it to perceptual biases.




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