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http://thefreethoughtproject.com/u-s-citizens-58-times-kille...
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Oh, you should be very scared of the police. They have complete power over you, your life, and your property any time you interact with them, even if you do nothing to invite the interaction. If they choose to invade your home, confiscate your cash, or shoot you dead because you didn't respond to their commands fast enough, or slow enough, or deferentially enough, you have no power to respond.
You have no power to respond on the spot, but you certainly have power to respond later through the court system.
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This extensively documented site ( http://www.killedbypolice.net/kbp2013.html ) suggests that 768 people were killed by police in 2013, compared to the 784 people murdered by trains. If my math is correct, 784/768 is not five. Additionally, that site's statistics are only for may-december, so the actual number is probably around 50% higher.
The authorities can already track the location and speed of all people with smartphones. The location and speed of all trains is also known. The solution to prevent crashes is thus obvious. Hit the car before the crash with a drone-fired missile.
Just need an app that alerts you to oncoming trains.
And you are five times more likely to be killed at a railroad crossing then by a police officer.[1] Headlines like these are obviously created for sensationalism , and while you will be hard pressed to find someone with a bigger animus towards the current USCJS then I, I think we should all be on the lookout for hyperbole, no matter what underlying meme it may be promoting. [1] http://www.popularmechanics.com/technol…
https://h4labs.wordpress.com/2015/10/29/youre-8-times-more-l...
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The authorities can already track the location and speed of all people with smartphones. The location and speed of all trains is also known. The solution to prevent crashes is thus obvious. Hit the car before the crash with a drone-fired missile.
"The location and speed of all trains is also known." Just need an app that alerts you to oncoming trains.
I like numbers, but this one might work better if they put some context: "You're 50% more likely to be killed by lightning than by a terrorist." or "You're six times more likely to be killed by a police officer than by a bumblebee." Or the somber "You're 150 times more likely to be killed by a motor vehicle than a terrorist." (The War on Vehicles should apparently be funded to the tune of $150T a year, if I understan…
Your comment essentially demonstrates why setting public policy based on relative death counts is profoundly silly. How many Americans had the Nazis killed when we invaded N. Africa? Surely a tiny, tiny fraction of the number who had died in coal mine accidents that year. So?
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The authorities can already track the location and speed of all people with smartphones. The location and speed of all trains is also known. The solution to prevent crashes is thus obvious. Hit the car before the crash with a drone-fired missile.
"The location and speed of all trains is also known." Just need an app that alerts you to oncoming trains.
if myself.is_near(train_tracks) and (myself.can_see(train) or myself.can_hear(train)):
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And you are statistically more likely to be killed by a black man than you are by an actual policeman. I agree with chrisBob in that you shouldn't worry about the dangers of policemen in the same way you shouldnt worry about the dangers of black people, even if it's statistically "true". It's simply a bad way to look at it. There is a lot of police brutality news lately in the media so I suspect a lot of availability…
I think that's an over simplification of the issue. And I strongly disagree that I'm more likely to be killed by a black man unless that black man is wearing a badge.
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It isn't hyperbole that US cops are far more violent and unstable than the cops of other developed countries. Look at how many people Germany kills per year. Now look at how many people China kills per year. Now look at the US...
Germans don't cross an empty street against the light, hardly comparable.