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United States has speeding camera technologies but refuses to utilize it along with other modern traffic tools that would lessen how many police we need
the future is held back from us on purpose because it is harder to subjugate a society that has access to tools
This is America.
Doesn't seem like it's safe to comply with police, and we should treat every interaction with the police as a threat on your life. And in that scenario, as demonstrated by the police, you're safer evading capture and fighting back, because the justice system is corrupt and the police are not restrained in any way from killing you.
On Oct. 16, 2023, Mr. Cure, 53, was traveling to his home outside of Atlanta, Ga., after visiting his mother in South Florida, when Sergeant Aldridge stopped him on Interstate 95, not far from the state line.
The Camden County Sheriff’s Office said that Mr. Cure was pulled over for driving more than 100 miles per hour in a 70 m.p.h. zone. It later released camera footage of the encounter, showing Mr. Cure saying that he had done nothing wrong and pulling his arm away from the deputy.
After Sergeant Aldridge told Mr. Cure that he was being arrested because of speeding and reckless driving, they continued to argue and Mr. Cure refused to put his hands behind his back, according to the footage.
The footage also showed the deputy using his Taser on Mr. Cure. The two struggled, with their arms wrapped around each other. The footage shows Mr. Cure grabbing the deputy’s face, pushing his head and body back and cursing at him, while Sergeant Aldridge hit him with a baton. The sergeant then shot Mr. Cure.
As much as I think police brutality is a problem, particularly for racial minorities, my sympathy drops substantially when people engage in violent resistance to arrest. You make yourself a danger to officers, you make them defend themselves and the public via whatever means necessary. Not saying reasonable force considerations don’t apply, but if you get violent, don’t be surprised when violence is used against you.
This sentiment would make much more sense if cops weren't regularly killing people who comply as well.
Cops aren't hurting people to protect themselves or others. They're hurting people because they want to hurt people. "Resistance" is an excuse, not a reason.
For me, it’s on a case by case basis. True, you do have some sociopathic cops out there who just enjoy harassing and assaulting people, and they need to be put in prison. But you also have cops that are just trying to do their jobs and have to deal with some unreasonable and violent members of the population. They deserve the right to protect themselves and the public.
Your suggestion that all cops use violence because they want to hurt people just demonstrates prejudice on your part, and is good grounds for me to dismiss your opinion completely.
But you also have cops that are just trying to do their jobs
Not a single one of whom will stop their colleagues who ARE hurting people for sport. None of them speak out. At a certain point, the good guys become complicit too.
Your suggestion that all cops use violence because they want to hurt people just demonstrates prejudice
It demonstrates a real world observation that the le community has done nothing to assuage people of.
You make yourself a danger to officers
Hell yeah