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Indeed! Though even in non-rural environments their response times are too low to generally be of assistance in life-threatening violent altercations; and that
by dleslie 6y ago
Indeed! Though even in non-rural environments their response times are too low to generally be of assistance in life-threatening violent altercations; and that response time is typically lower in predominantly african american neighbourhoods.
It's kind of a mark of white privilege to believe that the police will arrive in time to protect you, and that when they arrive they won't harm you.
Even for de-escalating domestic disputes and dealing with petty vandalism and neighbourly feuds they are likely a worse tool than social workers and such.
- defnotashton2 6y ago> It's kind of a mark of white privilege to believe that the police will arrive in time to protect you, and that when they arrive they won't harm you. This is a gross overstated political narrative. A) Most police response times are well after most conflicts. B) Poor and targeted neighborhoods often have better response times because of the larger constant police presence. C) Socioeconomic signals predict treatment better than the color of your skin.
- dleslie 6y agoD) Race is strongly correlated with socioeconomic status. E) The police responses in poor and targeted neighbourhoods often involve harming residents and criminalizing the impoverished and racialized. F) 911 is a Joke