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I agree that this is something that should never happen at all, but you're hyperbolizing the parent's statement. They didn't say there are only 8 cases in the U
by Stupulous 6y ago
I agree that this is something that should never happen at all, but you're hyperbolizing the parent's statement. They didn't say there are only 8 cases in the US, they said it's uncommon.
Taking Minneapolis as an average (parent believes they are worse than average), it happens to .00063% of the population there per year or 1890 Americans per year. I'm having trouble finding the arrest rate in Minneapolis, which would help get to a more accurate estimate.
- luckydata 6y agoIt shouldn’t happen at all. The amount of people ok with “a little dystopian policing” is disturbing to me.
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoWhat do you feel should happen, then, in the rare cases where medical personnel need to treat someone who's uncontrollably violent? Police on their own can be (and are) trained to just physically restrain the guy indefinitely, but paramedics can't treat someone if they're thrashing around. (I agree it'd be dystopian if police were themselves carrying around sedatives, but that's not happening here.)