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I view the police as dangerous but recognize their danger as a necessary cost for effectiveness. I'm afraid of the police, but I'm more afraid of no police.

• foobarbazetc 8y ago
  This is a very US centric view of policing.
  • kazinator 8y ago
    That's hardly the case; police consists of semi-educated goons all over the world. Perhaps not everywhere, but it's not purely concentrated in the US.
  • protomyth 8y ago
    This is a very regional US centric view of policing.
• aphextron 8y ago
  I'm equally afraid of no police, and calling the police. Figure that out.
• r00fus 8y ago
  There are stories every month of police going out of their way to shoot people or with trigger-fingers turning a normal situation into a police homocide - mostly impacting people of color.
  • thucydidesofusa 8y ago
    Race does seem to have some information value to explaining police shootings, but it's not as information efficient as class. I defend the right of officers to employ force, but I don't defend every instance of it.