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In the US, there are hundreds of thousands of police officers who have hundreds of millions of public interactions a year. Almost 100% of those interactions are
by throwawaysea 5y ago
In the US, there are hundreds of thousands of police officers who have hundreds of millions of public interactions a year. Almost 100% of those interactions are fair, just policing and not an instance of racism or brutality or some other offense. Also consider that an overwhelming majority of black Americans want policing to increase or stay the same (https://news.gallup.com/poll/316571/black-americans-police-retain-local-presence.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/316571/black-americans-police-r...).
- geofft 5y agoSure - I think that reinforces my point that there isn't and won't be any political will to send unarmed social workers instead of cops on mental health calls solely on the abstract merits. Almost 100% of cases where the police check in on mental health cases end up fine, even though the cops are armed. If the attempted rhetoric is that sending in armed cops is a bad idea, the evidence suggests that it's generally fine in practice and probably does not warrant a change. What is new about the "defund the police" and "racist murderers" rhetoric is that it suggests that almost 100% is meaningfully different from actually 100%. Almost 100% of interactions Jack Ruby had with people ended up with them surviving, but he is still a "murderer."