law enforcement, brotherhood of blue. our next guest former cop of the st. louis police department recently wrote, cops were not being held accountable for their actions and racism on the force was rampant. a couple officers ran a website called st. louis cop talk where officers could post about their experiences and opinion. at some point during my career it became so full of racist rants that the site administrator temporarily shut it down. cops routinely called anyone of color a thug whether a victim or a bystander. joining me a former st. louis cop. redditt, you had a great post about your time being a police officer. why did you enter the force and why did you decide to leave? i entered the force largely due to the fact that i saw it as
a couple officers ran a website called st. louis cop talk where officers could post about their experiences and opinion. at some point during my career it became so full of racist rants that the site administrator temporarily shut it down. cops routinely called anyone of color a thug whether a victim or a bystander. joining me a former st. louis cop. redditt, you had a great post about your time being a police officer. why did you enter the force and why did you decide to leave? i entered the force largely due to the fact that i saw it as an opportunity to help in the community from an empowered position with access to resources, and in many respects, it was that. ultimately, though, chris, i had to leave the department because i became so profoundly disillusioned with the criminal justice system in the united
our next guest former cop of the st. louis police department recently wrote, cops were not being held accountable for their actions and racism on the force was rampant. a couple officers ran a website called st. louis cop talk where officers could post about their experiences and opinion. at some point during my career it became so full of racist rants that the site administrator temporarily shut it down. cops routinely called anyone of color a thug whether a victim or a bystander. joining me a former st. louis cop. redditt, you had a great post about your time being a police officer. why did you enter the force and why did you decide to leave? i entered the force largely due to the fact that i saw it as an opportunity to help in the community from an empowered position with access to resources, and in many respects, it was that. ultimately, though, chris, i had to leave the department because i became so profoundly
upon almost immediately as was tragically 12-year-old tamir down in cleveland where the officers hadn t even exited the vehicle before they opened fire on this kid. yeah, it s a tragic story. you bring this very interesting perspective having been a member of the st. louis police force. you write in your op-ed, many of my peers were deeply racist. how widespread do you think this problem is? i think it s widespread. i think it s widespread. early in my career, there was a website that was established called st. louis cop talk. you could go on that website anonymously, which is very important, without leaving your name and express any point of view about anything that you wanted to and largely the dialogue on that site was so racist and vitriolic and angry as it was directed towards the black community in st. louis that ultimately at some point the site administrator had to shut it down.