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> The relationship between the police and the public in the states also seems dangerously adversarial and does not inspire me with confidence. This is greatly
by zepto 5y ago
> The relationship between the police and the public in the states also seems dangerously adversarial and does not inspire me with confidence.
This is greatly exaggerated. Not that the bad things you see in the news don’t happen. Just that most interactions with the police aren’t in fact any more adversarial than in other countries.
I am not white, and I have been stopped by police multiple times in the US, Europe, and Asia, as well as selected for additional screening in airports in the US, London, and the Netherlands.
Whether the police were adversarial or not was not a function of whether they were in the US. Indeed the one time the police actually behaved in a threatening way was in the UK.
- marcod 5y agoNot saying your anecdote isn't true, but the data in the US, speaks a pretty clear language. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/young-black-adults-less-trusting-police-poll-finds https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/young-black-adults-less-... https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/press-release/poll-7-in-10-black-americans-say-they-have-experienced-incidents-of-discrimination-or-police-mistreatment-in-lifetime-including-nearly-half-who-felt-lives-were-in-danger/ https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/press-re... https://www.statista.com/chart/21872/map-of-police-violence-against-black-americans/ https://www.statista.com/chart/21872/map-of-police-violence-...
- zepto 5y ago> Not saying your anecdote isn't true, Given that your links are not cross cultural comparisons, your response doesn’t seem to be in good faith. It looks like you just used my comment as a chance to post some anti-US policing links that aren’t actually relevant to what I said. Bear in mind that racism and racist policing are present in Europe, and Asia too. I assume you have no experience of police in different countries yourself.