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That is crazy to me. I'm an American and in the probably twenty or so times I've interacted with police at various times in my thirty plus years, I've never onc
by hoorayimhelping 11y ago
That is crazy to me. I'm an American and in the probably twenty or so times I've interacted with police at various times in my thirty plus years, I've never once had a gun drawn on me nor had the threat or implied threat of having a gun drawn on me. I can't think of a single person I know well who's ever had a cop pull a gun on them either.
- Analemma_ 11y agoAre you white? There's your answer. Not even joking.
- dghughes 11y agoIf the police barge in guns drawn does that mean they peek in the window first before they go in to check what the people look like?
- ant6n 11y agoYou don't have to look into a window to know whether you are in a black or white neighborhood.
- res0nat0r 11y agoThe plural of anecdote is not data. Every single time this topic comes up here there are always one off incidents of how violent the police are, or are not. These one off's really aren't useful either way. Also another reason why police arrive here with guns drawn when they've been called to some kind of incident/argument/disturbance is there is a much higher chance that someone here has a gun and could do them harm. I'm not sure why everyone glosses over that fact when the USA has 300 million guns vs. some place like London.
- indlebe 11y ago>there is a much higher chance that someone here has a gun valid point.