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I've traveled in europe, asia and africa and the americas and the US by far has the best public restroom infrastructure.
If you went to San Francisco or New York, how did you manage your requirements for restroom infrastructure?
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Cops almost never kill law-abiding citizens in the line of duty, so I doubt you'll be able to find much evidence supporting this claim. And no, you're not a law-abiding citizen if you die resisting arrest after committing a DUI.
I guarantee you have broken some laws, even if unwittingly. So you are not a law-abiding citizen, ergo cops can kill you with impunity. Still OK with that?
George Floyd - resisting arrest after committing a DUI, died of fentanyl overdose not police action (confirmed by autopsy + bodycam footage showing him claiming an inability to breathe even before police had started to restrain him).
Rayshard Brooks - DUI, discharged a weapon at a police officer while resisting arrest.
Breonna Taylor - caught in the crossfire after her drug dealer boyfriend opened fire on the police while executing a lawfully obtained warrant.
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Cops almost never kill law-abiding citizens in the line of duty, so I doubt you'll be able to find much evidence supporting this claim. And no, you're not a law-abiding citizen if you die resisting arrest after committing a DUI.
This comment has no relevance to anything. "Law-abiding" is not a requirement for life, and police extremely frequently fail to be law-abiding.
But I can all but guarantee you will not be able to find more than one or two examples of police killing a law-abiding citizen and receiving no punishment. It doesn't happen.
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Cops almost never kill law-abiding citizens in the line of duty, so I doubt you'll be able to find much evidence supporting this claim. And no, you're not a law-abiding citizen if you die resisting arrest after committing a DUI.
> you're not a law-abiding citizen if you die resisting arrest Example one. > I can't breath. There are numerous examples happening on a regular basis in the US. They kill US citizens who are not a threat and not resisting all the time.
Also, the bodycam footage clearly shows him resisting arrest. And the fact that police found him in the driver's seat of a vehicle with fentanyl in his system means he was committing a DUI.
And despite all this, the cop was still fired, so it's still not an example of cops escaping punishment.
So you're wrong on all counts. Try again.
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This comment has no relevance to anything. "Law-abiding" is not a requirement for life, and police extremely frequently fail to be law-abiding.
This comment has no relevance to anything. I never said law-abiding is a requirement for life. But I can all but guarantee you will not be able to find more than one or two examples of police killing a law-abiding citizen and receiving no punishment. It doesn't happen.
Success of public restroom infrastructure hinges more on how people think of themselves and their fellow humans, and less about actual pee and poop needs. America lucks the requisite social contracts.
All good points, but I don't understand the title.
“ But the United States is simply not made for people who pee.” That’s in the 4th or 5th paragraph. That’s the human anatomy the title is referring to.
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I guarantee you have broken some laws, even if unwittingly. So you are not a law-abiding citizen, ergo cops can kill you with impunity. Still OK with that?
That doesn't happen which is the point. If it did, the cops would get fired. Pretty much the only time cops kill somebody is when they're resisting arrest after committing a serious crime. All of the high profile police-involved deaths from the last year fit this description: George Floyd - resisting arrest after committing a DUI, died of fentanyl overdose not police action (confirmed by autopsy + bodycam footage sho…
This is just willful ignorance. The entire problem with police is the lack of accountability. They don't get fired even when they commit murder, let alone go to jail.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/12/i-used-be...
Please look at the data, because you are wildly misinformed.
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I guarantee you have broken some laws, even if unwittingly. So you are not a law-abiding citizen, ergo cops can kill you with impunity. Still OK with that?
That doesn't happen which is the point. If it did, the cops would get fired. Pretty much the only time cops kill somebody is when they're resisting arrest after committing a serious crime. All of the high profile police-involved deaths from the last year fit this description: George Floyd - resisting arrest after committing a DUI, died of fentanyl overdose not police action (confirmed by autopsy + bodycam footage sho…
> Breonna Taylor - caught in the crossfire after her drug dealer boyfriend opened fire on the police while executing a lawfully obtained warrant.
This is the last straw with this comment. The police blindly fired rounds into an apartment and killed an innocent woman. The lawfulness of the warrant and the status of her boyfriend have nothing to do with why people are furious or why the raid was unacceptable.
If you find these actions by the police acceptable, I recommend a period of deep introspection and self-reflection. Ask yourself if this is truly the side of this issue you want to align yourself with.