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Out of which 60-70 are unarmed. I think there are way too many police killings, but we should get the context right

• alphabettsy 5y ago
  It’s legal to be armed in most jurisdictions. We should be specific about that part too and what does and does not pose a threat.
  • flavius29663 5y ago
    True, but also most major crime cities have gun control laws. I have a feeling most are legit situations, though, not sure if there's a way to find out. Giving probable cause, police will usually interact with you if you're already doing something bad. Now, we need to make the distinction between "didn't stop at the stop sign" and "just robbed a bank with a gun" bad. Robbing a bank should not be a reason to be killed either...unless people lives were at risk. I want to reduce police killings, but not neuter them. If you do, then you end up with powerless police, which will make matters worse for everyone. E.g. murders in Baltimore https://homicides.news.baltimoresun.com/?range=2014 https://homicides.news.baltimoresun.com/?range=2014 Look at total for 2014, 2015 and 2020. Up until 2014 you had less and less, with just 211 in 2014. In 2015 you had 342 and later years about the same. What happened in 2015? Police killed a suspect in custody and protests ensued. Was it right for police to murder a suspect? Surely not...but now you have 100 more people killed each year in the city...600 extra people died in Baltime since those protests. Those policemen got away with no convictions. The police from 2020 are not walking away from cases like that, so my bet is that we will see a worse wave of murders, this time across America.
    • alphabettsy 5y ago
      Maybe lack of trust in police is a fundamental issue that makes it harder for community policing and violence prevention to work?