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This article says the word "police" is racist. >Built-in alarm sparks anger from city officials amid concerns over racism and policing: ‘This is a threat to pe
by assblaster 8y ago
This article says the word "police" is racist.
>Built-in alarm sparks anger from city officials amid concerns over racism and policing: ‘This is a threat to people’
- bifrost 8y agoUnfortunately, until we have a secondary form of law enforcement that is what you should do if someone is stealing...
- gowld 8y agoYou could also choose to not leave junk in the street to yell at people.
- seiferteric 8y agoWho is stealing? It sounds like this is essentially abandoned property in city streets?
- xanderstrike 8y agoJust like a parked motorcycle or bicycle right? You can just throw it on your van because it's abandoned.
- seiferteric 8y agohow long can you park your car somewhere before it is ticketed and eventually tagged as abandoned and towed away? Almost all parking is time limited. Does the company even care about that?
- bifrost 8y agoA while, and then its removed by law enforcement, not the general public. "Theft by Government" is wholly different.
- bifrost 8y agoIf you're walking off with someone else's property without their permission to use it, its not abandoned and is stealing.
- seiferteric 8y agoI think the law is not so clear on that as you seem to think. How long can the scooter sit there? Eventually it could be considered abandoned if they are not coming to pick it up ever.
- bifrost 8y agoIf it was truly abandoned, maybe. However if the scooter is alerting that its being stolen its probably not abandoned... We're not talking about sitting somewhere for a week, more like a couple hours, I doubt you'll find anyone who reasonably thinks thats abandoned.
- ceejayoz 8y agoNo, it doesn't.
- crooked-v 8y agoNo, the article says that it's a threat to people. The racism comes in with the way that many white people presume a benefit of the doubt for interaction with police that many black people never experience. For example, I'll presume you've never lived in a neighborhood where a black man got shot by police while literally laying on the ground motionless with his arms up. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna745716 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna74...
- assblaster 8y agoBlack people in general actually appreciate the police and are thankful for them and their work. The "systemic racism" allegation against police has been proven false, yet race hustlers like the author of this article, continue to try to promulgate this false accusation. I'm white, yet when I'm near police, I feel anxious. Does that mean that police are racist against white people too?
- ceejayoz 8y agohttps://ropercenter.cornell.edu/black-white-blue-americans-attitudes-race-police/ https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/black-white-blue-americans-a... > Blacks and whites have very different perceptions of how much police are held accountable for misconduct. In a December 2014 poll, over twice as many whites as blacks said that they were very or somewhat confident that police are held accountable. > Whites today are more than twice as likely as blacks to say they are confident that the police in this country are adequately trained to avoid the use of excessive force. > 37% of blacks, compared to 17% of whites, say police in their community make them feel mostly anxious instead of safe. Only 38% of blacks give their local police good or excellent ratings for controlling crime – the same proportion as said back in 1969 that the police in their neighborhood were doing a good job. Nearly seven in ten whites today give their local police excellent or good ratings. That said, this bit is kinda fascinating given the above: > When asked about preferences for police presence in their local area, blacks are 20 percentage points more likely to say they would prefer a larger police presence, indication that many blacks see underpolicing in their communities as a problem. Blacks and whites are equally unwilling to decrease police numbers in order to lower taxes.