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Hidden under the counterintuitive headline is this tidbit: most Americans, especially Black Americans are not very confident police will treat them with courtes
by istjohn 6y ago
Hidden under the counterintuitive headline is this tidbit: most Americans, especially Black Americans are not very confident police will treat them with courtesy and respect.
- ovao 6y agoI don't see that as counterintuitive. People wouldn't call for or desire for more police so they could have more encounters with more courtesy or more respect — they'd want more police because they feel it increases their level of safety and the level of safety of the community. A LEO can be incredibly discourteous to you while still keeping you safe, and you might reasonably accept the former to gain a greater sense of the latter.
- Wolfenstein98k 6y agoI don't see anything counterintuitive - I don't call the cops for respectful conversation, and if my actions have got them called in, I don't expect respectful treatment. Harsh maybe, but also true. Ideally they would be polite, but my interactions with police (here in Aus) are exclusively when something has gone wrong.