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"I ain't done no drugs" or "I ain't doin ne drugs" are still uncompelling. People, especially those used to constant policing, aren't so afraid of the them that
by washadjeffmad 6y ago
"I ain't done no drugs" or "I ain't doin ne drugs" are still uncompelling. People, especially those used to constant policing, aren't so afraid of the them that they wouldn't tell them they needed medical help.
When you're used to the police, you behave a certain way around them, but it's not fear of authority. There's wariness, but you know what the police, at least the ones you know, are there for and what they do. It's not just blind fear and animosity.
Wealthy people are worried about their credit and what probation would mean for their reputations and careers and would do anything to avoid engaging with the court and criminal justice systems. When you have no expectation of generational wealth, when engagement with the system is the norm and none of this is new to you, your family, or anyone you know, you don't worry about maintaining plausible deniability or not giving police evidence. You're in, your out, that's life.
I don't think anyone who doesn't already understand what that's like would be able to model how someone could possibly do something that wasn't in their best interest like tell a police officer they're about to OD.
- Ar-Curunir 6y agoThe fuck? If you know the police routinely kills Black men, any reasonable person would be afraid of them.
- Leparamour 6y ago>If you know the police routinely kills Black men, any reasonable person would be afraid of them. If you know Black men routinely kill police officers, any reasonable person would be afraid of them.
- Ar-Curunir 6y agoIf police seek out and engage black people violently at higher rates than they do people of other races, then it's natural that their deaths at the hands of black folks will be higher. Also, seems that over half of police deaths are accidents: https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-releases-2019-statistics-on-law-enforcement-officers-killed-in-the-line-of-duty https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-release... So maybe try to back up your racism in facts next time?
- codyb 6y agoThis seems to assume a lot and generalize very broadly. It’s entirely plausible someone would deny doing something illegal while being placed under arrest.