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I’m familiar with these talking points and what influences you would have to regurgitate them. That talking point still assumes that the killings of armed peop
by vmception 6y ago
I’m familiar with these talking points and what influences you would have to regurgitate them.
That talking point still assumes that the killings of armed people was necessary. It doesn't tell you if they were legal holders, responsible concealed carry holders, the type of weapon or anything.
Supporting this frame of thought requires being too much of an apologist for an institution that just has too many options with too little accountability.
It is a false dichotomy to simplify it to more police or less, the same goes to people saying defund the police. Accountability is an overarching theme. Overpolicing certain areas is a self fulfilling prophecy that even pollutes your own stats. Black and white people commit arrestable crimes at a similar distribution while the areas black people live in are policed more, or enforced more.
- flavius29663 6y agoI don't think police should kill as many people as they do. They are way too trigger happy. I was making an argument that the police is about as shitty for whites and blacks. It's not a matter of racism, but of bad policing. I want police to be better to everyone, not just black people. If we don't address the root of the problem (and racism isn't it), you just end up with other Baltimores. For example just the other day I saw in the news that NYPD is losing officers at twice the rate since 2020.
- zpeti 6y agoAnd in fact the solution is more money and training to the police. Police don't get trained, especially in high pressure situations, which creates even more mistakes. People upset with the police should be asking for funding the police and more training, not defunding them.