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> 1 defect in 10,000 is not arbitrarily 'good' No, I'd argue it's pretty awful. The average person probably interacts with the police ~10 times during their li
by semi-extrinsic 11y ago
> 1 defect in 10,000 is not arbitrarily 'good'
No, I'd argue it's pretty awful. The average person probably interacts with the police ~10 times during their life. If 1 in 10 000 cop interactions ended up with you getting killed, police brutality would be in the top 10 causes of death in the US (on par with suicide).
- vacri 11y agoTemporal said 'criminal', not 'fatal', and gave the example of 'maimed or fatal'. There are also non-fatal, non-injurious ways to be criminal in policing.
- semi-extrinsic 11y agoTechnically yes, but they also gave an example of a serious, non-fatal, non-injurious way of being criminal in policing ("terrorizing innocents at gunpoint") and classified that outside of the 1 in 10 000 frequency.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoI didn't mean literal "criminal" as in criminal law vs. civil law, I was aiming for differentiating between things that seriously stress you up at worst, and things that leave you (or your family, or your dog) with damaged health or property. Bad choice of words on my part.