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I don't think its a hard distinction to make that the bar is higher when you are issued weapons and authority by the state. Leftist asshole talking about "old white men" online = bad Cop who has the power to use force against you or arrest you talking about how "thugs deserve slugs" = worse This isn't hard.
The media is extremely powerful and has amplifying effects on violence. Both they and the police are strong and dangerous.
People who face little to no consequences from being violent endorse violence. Water is wet. More breaking news at 11.
Lots of things are 'obvious' but we do the research to both confirm them and to exclude our biases. When you have enough evidence one way or the other then you can begin addressing the problem properly. Evidence lead policies are the most rational way to addresses things.
Direct link to The Plain View Project itself: https://www.plainviewproject.org/
"a non-partisan, not-for-profit, multimedia journalism organization that conducts in-depth research exposing institutional failures that obstruct justice and equality"
Do we have evidence around whether this is a selection effect or a transformation effect? That is, do racist assholes disproportionately gravitate towards the police force? Or does the police force disproportionately turn ordinary people into racist assholes?
"do racist assholes disproportionately gravitate towards the police force?" This one, probably, as usually racist+fascist assholes are the ones who dream of wearing an uniform and carry weapons so they can "feel the power" over other people. It's a selection problem, which I'm sure those responsible are very aware of and have no intention to change. A violent cop is a perfect weapon for corrupt governments and politi…
Do we have evidence around whether this is a selection effect or a transformation effect? That is, do racist assholes disproportionately gravitate towards the police force? Or does the police force disproportionately turn ordinary people into racist assholes?
> "Two studies have found that at least 40% of police officer families experience domestic violence, in contrast to 10% of families in the general population," the National Center for Women & Policing says. "A third study of older and more experienced officers found a rate of 24%, indicating that domestic violence is 2-4 times more common among police families than American families in general." http://womenandpolici…
Not as a counterpoint to the domestic violence issue but to broaden the picture of symptoms of widespread mental illness, the suicide rate is also higher than the general population. > “The Ruderman Family Foundation, a philanthropic institution, also found that first responders die by suicide at a higher rate than people in the general population, according to an April 2018 report.” https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fo…
Most important is probably access to means and methods - easy access to guns.
Having grown up in a poor community I got to know a lot of police officers and their children. Racism and thuggish behavior was definitely a huge problem. These posts sadly don't surprise me. That being said, Buzzfeed and their ilk routinely make excuses for people on the left posting the same type of racism and thugish messages. "Ironically" calling for old white men to be punished, routinely calling for violence ag…
Oh, boy Americans! Trust me as a Brit you will miss your freedom of speech when it's gone!
Given a lack of per capita numbers and comparison to the general population this seems like concern trolling by an advocacy organization.
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"do racist assholes disproportionately gravitate towards the police force?" This one, probably, as usually racist+fascist assholes are the ones who dream of wearing an uniform and carry weapons so they can "feel the power" over other people. It's a selection problem, which I'm sure those responsible are very aware of and have no intention to change. A violent cop is a perfect weapon for corrupt governments and politi…
> It's a selection problem, which I'm sure those responsible are very aware of and have no intention to change Do you have evidence for this?
If anyone of us had evidence of this the cat would be already out of the bag, so unfortunately I don't. There is however evidence that selection is deeply flawed, so I wonder why the same criteria that would have me sacked in no time by any company HR department if I behaved as such can't apply there. Racist violent people aren't usually that smart at hiding it, I know some of them and usually 30 minutes of chit chat is more than enough to expose their ideologies and how wrong would be to give them that power.