LAPD arrests man on suspicion of making deadly swatting call to Wichita police

Post by freedomben » Sun, Dec 31, 2017, 5:11 AM UTC

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I couldn't agree more, and I'm sorry to hear about your wife's family. Your thesis statement: > Police have made these mistakes without false information... I put the biggest blame on them, also important to not label all police officers the same as some are very upstanding citizens. Is exactly what I wish more people on this forum would read. There's so many people painting every cop with the brush of evil, or eithe…

Except that because of the 'Blue Shield', police are rarely ever charged with any misdoing. A cop is never wrong, unless there is more than a mountain of evidence against them, and that makes me see all police as complicit. Those 'very upstanding citizens' are the same ones who sit by silently as hundreds of unarmed Americans are shot each year by police.

Post by aswanson » Sun, Dec 31, 2017, 5:14 AM UTC

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Exactly my point. Why should a so called trained officer of the law have more fear and less ability to preserve life in at a level of risk the average commuter or health care professional has? Nurse aides are confronted with more violent situations statistically and don't kill anywhere near the rates of cops.

> Nurse aides are confronted with more violent situations statistically source?

Post by freedomben » Sun, Dec 31, 2017, 5:16 AM UTC

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> and that makes me see all police as complicit. It took me about 5 seconds of Googling to prove you wrong: http://time.com/4503030/ohio-police-chief-tulsa-cops/ https://thegrapevine.theroot.com/black-female-police-officer... http://www.cleveland19.com/story/36401439/retired-african-am... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkJUVrNrV5Q If I was mugged by a person of a particular race, and some people of that same race di…

He never said all sit idly by. It's dangerous to assume a universal generalization that wasn't levied.

Post by brucephillips » Sun, Dec 31, 2017, 5:21 AM UTC

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He never said all sit idly by. It's dangerous to assume a universal generalization that wasn't levied.

He did (I edited my response to clarify): > and that makes me see all police as complicit.

Post by JoeAltmaier » Sun, Dec 31, 2017, 5:30 AM UTC

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Its a very different world if you're not white and live in the American South. Easy to believe the best, when you are relatively safe.

Police violence is a universal problem. A Harvard study has shown that white people in the US are statistically more likely encounter lethal force from police than people of color [1]. [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/07/13/why-a...