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The thing is, it can be true that the police are both generally brutal and racist. In fact that seems the most likely thing given my limited observations of US
by bigfudge 6y ago
The thing is, it can be true that the police are both generally brutal and racist. In fact that seems the most likely thing given my limited observations of US policing.
- chitowneats 6y agoPlease show evidence for your claim. Anecdotes not accepted. Edit: Both links I posted discussed studies, statistics, and analysis relevant to this that belie your claim. Please rebut those or post your own.
- bigfudge 6y agoIt seems like it’s quite widely known that US police shoot everyone at a higher rather than any developed country. You can google those stats as well as anyone. That’s evidence for ‘brutality’, not excluding the possibility that they may also be brutalised by a difficult job with poor training.
- chitowneats 6y agoThat is known. I'm asking for the evidence of racism. That charge is much more suspect when looking at the data, despite it being widely believed. I'll add that much of the international criticism of the number of police shootings in America fails to take into account the number of guns the citizenry has, legally registered or otherwise. This leads to greatly increased risk for all involved and leads police to use tactics that might not be needed elsewhere.