‘You won’t need to abolish us – we won’t be around for it’: Why many police officers like me are quitting the force — RT Op-ed

‘You won’t need to abolish us – we won’t be around for it’: Why many police officers like me are quitting the force — RT Op-ed
"Travis Yates is a serving police commander in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
He is a doctoral student in Strategic Leadership, a graduate of the FBI National Academy, and the author of "The Courageous Police Leader: A Survival Guide for Combating Cowards, Chaos & Lies”.
This article was first published on lawofficer.com"

"The nasty words we, the police, get called all the time have now turned into rocks, bottles and gunfire.
It’s over, America: we are leaving.
This is the hardest thing I have written.
...If someone attacked a cop, they were seen as such.
Now we martyr them and sue for millions.
We used to be able to testify in court and we were believed.
Now, unless there is video from three different angles, no one cares what you have to say.
With all this talk about racism and racist cops, I’ve never seen people treated differently because of their race.
...You aren’t going to have to abolish the police, we won’t be around for it.
...If you think Minneapolis will never turn into Mogadishu – it’s coming.
And when it does, remember what your complicity did.
This is the America that you made..."
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