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The best way I heard this articulated: * Black Americans have increased interactions with the police, variously due to profiling and/or material conditions * T
by ashleyn 6y ago
The best way I heard this articulated:
* Black Americans have increased interactions with the police, variously due to profiling and/or material conditions
* The police in the US are exceedingly quick to use deadly force compared to other nations
- sgt 6y agoMaterial conditions is key. If you grow up in a neighborhood with high crime rates, the likelihood of you being exposed to crime and taking part of it simply rises. It's very unfortunate, and acts as a vicious circle keeping many minority communities pushed down. It's ironic that the protests and riots going on are just doing more harm to minorities than ever before, by damaging downtown businesses.
- onetimemanytime 6y agoUS jails are in the same spirit, punish not rehabilitate /work with them. This is ingrained in the laws and public opinion that cops have a hard job ((they do) and we must give them all the leeway needed to do their job. Time to change the laws a bit so they are held responsible a lot more for pushing the envelope.