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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

You'd think the fact that despite all the money for "training" the keep killing more and more people, would be evidence enough?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Well, the implication of the comic is that funds for police training go to police militarization. I'm asking if this actually happened, but like you suggest it's probably more of a vibes thing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It seemed like a more specific claim. The culture problems could just be really bad, or the training was lazy or likely both.

[–] 97ProblemsAndaBitchis2 -1 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Is it completely unfathomable that the majority of shootings are justified?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Wow.
Yes.
Cops are not judge jury and executioner, and they should be able to de-escalate almost any situation, it's literally their fucking job.
Never mind that most other police forces around the world, while also bastards that serve capitalism and the state, still manage to enforce their authority without guns. So maybe just stop there for a minute and think about that entirely fucked up statement you just made, and what makes you think that's normal, let alone justifiable.

[–] 97ProblemsAndaBitchis2 -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You have unrealistic expectations. Not every situation can be de-escalated. And when violence is actively occurring, sometimes shooting someone IS the most reasonable de-escalation.

If you're saying most police forces around the world don't have guns, that's complete bullshit.

If you're saying most police forces around the world enforce their authority without pulling out their guns, the same applies to the US.

You are in an echo chamber and believe things that aren't true.

[–] Blank 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And you live in a fairytale world. Do some research, police in the USA murder civilians at an absolutely alarming rate compared to other developed countries.

[–] MindSkipperBro12 0 points 1 year ago

I like how you ignored most of what he said.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes. Literally.

If the United States Constitution were really being respected, extrajudicial killings would be exceptionally rare events.

[–] 97ProblemsAndaBitchis2 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It literally is a rare event. It may not seem that way when media everywhere you look (especially social media) repeats the same events over and over, but it literally is a rare event.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

"Rare event", for incredibly incorrect definitions of "rare".

Every time I look there is a new obscene event. Just ten days ago, a Latino man was shot in Philadelphia for running at an officer with a knife. Body cam footage revealed the man was still sitting in his car when an officer pulled a firearm and shot him.

The fact that this happens incredibly more commonly in the US than any other and you so zealously defend them despite the incredibly obvious and available evidence is moronic at best.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, but just as you wouldn't trust an airline that crashes as often as cops have unjustified shootings, why would you trust cops? One bad apple spoils the bunch. The police force can't and shouldn't have unjustified shootings. I understand there are dangers etc etc, but that is something they need to prepare for. They are given greater authority and that should come with greater responsibility.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] MindSkipperBro12 1 points 1 year ago

Don’t knock it till you try it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Read the 5th ammendment