Make Him a Suspect: Rochester PD's Response to Killing of an Unarmed Black Man • Hacker News Board

Re: Make Him a Suspect: Rochester PD's Response to Killing of an Unarmed Black Man

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Post by scarface74 » Mon, Sep 28, 2020, 3:42 AM UTC

0xfaded wrote: post #23

the-dude wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am hardly interested in your internal affairs, not to mention your self-centered attitude.

Do you live in the West? If so, the US is the one of two super powers which is most closely aligned with western, and most likely your, values. No other western country has the ability to project the soft and hard power required to protect these values, and I for one am indeed very concerned about their internal affairs.

Yes. I’m sure all of the foreign countries that we have destabilized and bombed “to bring our values” are very appreciative of our efforts.

Re: Make Him a Suspect: Rochester PD's Response to Killing of an Unarmed Black Man

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Post by gremlinsinc » Mon, Sep 28, 2020, 9:12 AM UTC

kelnos wrote: post #26

jhardy54 wrote: post #16

Hilarious that this was flagged. It's a shame how many Americans see facts they don't like and try to respond with censorship. I wish there was a word like "cowardice" except with 10x the magnitude.

I'm not one of the flaggers, but it's questionable that this falls under the umbrella (per the site guidelines) of "anything that good hackers would find interesting" or "anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity". I agree that this is an important article in general, but it's reasonable to hold the opinion that it doesn't belong on HN, and flagging is the way to signal that.

Couldn't good 'hackers' potentially find opportunities in the shitstorm that is modern policing? Perhaps there's a business or some other way to 'disrupt' policing, and make it more fair/balanced/honest. Can't do that if we fail to have substantive discussions about what the problems are.

Re: Make Him a Suspect: Rochester PD's Response to Killing of an Unarmed Black Man

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Post by nojvek » Mon, Sep 28, 2020, 2:03 PM UTC

Out of every other modern Nation, why is it that US has such extreme police brutality (bullying)?

Is the #1 reason that there aren’t balance and checks for power? I.e there isn’t effective policing of the police? When was the last time a police officer was put in prison for stepping out of line?