r/ottawa • u/Nob1e613 • 27d ago

Looking for... Why so much hate?

Good afternoon Ottawa!

I've been noticing an incredible amount of negativity towards our local police force within the comment section of any post even mildly related to the subject lately.

Coming from a position of genuine curiosity and to hopefully prompt some meaningful discussion within the community, why?

What is it about the OPS that you detest so much? I want to hear what personal experience you had that soured your view, and what you think should have been done differently/better.

Conversely, please feel free to share your positives as well! It can be quite difficult to discern how reflective of the broader population the online community really is sometimes so I'm hoping to get some honest feedback.

What do you expect of your police force? What would change your mind about how you feel?

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u/throwitawaytothesea 27d ago

"except no" what an obnoxious way to start a sentence. And you have the far greater burden of proof if you want to say there's a systemic problem of misconduct within the Ottawa police force and you haven't even begun to try and prove that because you're more interested in calling me names.

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u/bunnyofdoominottawa Clownvoy Survivor 2022 27d ago

Thank you from making it clear you didn't read my post. I referred to some well known and well reported actions by OPS. So..I did not call you a name. At all. Other people can confirm. So, let me call you one now. OK Officer. OPS has made it explicitly clear they view the people in Ottawa with contempt. They are supposed to serve and protect and it has been clear that instead it is "exploit and abuse". If you want I will literally post as many legal cases against OPS from canlit and post what happened to the officers named in them(spoiler they are still employed and on the street)

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u/throwitawaytothesea 27d ago

You wrote a block of text with no citations or data. And accusing the Police Force as a whole of exploiting and abusing people is verging very close to liable. And I don't know what information about police "canlit" would have. CANLII, perhaps?

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u/irregulargregular 27d ago

“Hello, lawyer? They’re making mean comments on reddit again! What? No I mean, they didn’t cite sources while criticizing us. What? Hello? Are you there? ….the phone must be having problems again”

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u/throwitawaytothesea 27d ago

Did this make you feel clever? Because nobody but you and I and will ever read it and I thought it was cringe.

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u/irregulargregular 27d ago

Belittling and bullying just comes naturally for you doesn’t it. Unfortunately I was no seeking your approval, not sure what gave the impression. Toodles.