Terminated Allegedly White Nationalist Cop Sues Department

[GMDino]

(04-22-2019, 02:56 PM)fredtoast Wrote: It is not that simple.  Openly stating a bias can cause a lot of problems when it come time for a judgement call.

Think about a judge who was an open member of the KKK.  What happens when he rules against a black guy in court but insists it was not just because blacks are inferior to white people.

Eventually there is going to be a problem with a white supremacist acting as a police officer.  If he ever makes a judgement call against a black person that turns out to be wrong the police force is going to be in trouble for having him around.

Another point that I got reading this is let's say one of these officers covers a black neighborhood.  They all like him, he seems to treat them fairly.  (For the sake of this argument we're pretending that officers can still get to know the areas they cover more deeply than driving around because they are understaffed.)

What happens to that trust that has been built when the people there find out he is a member of a group that hates minorities?  Even if he acts the same, law abiding way, and treats them the same they now have a (reasonable) suspicion of him and he may not get the same respect he got there before...which may affect the way he interacts with them too.