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Wow, it's nice to know that police protect and serve ducks. Would be cool if they also protected and served people, but I guess ducks are a little easier to wo

• lukas099 4y ago
  They often do. What do you think the world would be like without police, roses and fairie dust?
  • cm2187 4y ago
    "Often" is an understatement. I wish software had as few bugs per line of code as there are incidents of police brutality per number of police interactions in the country.
    • pksebben 4y ago
      the stakes are way lower. My buggy code doesn't kill people.
      • xracy 4y ago
        I think that's the point they're making...
        • xracy 4y ago
          Nvm, I misread it. Yeah, you're right.
    • ilostmyshoes 4y ago
      https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2020/06/05/policekillings/ https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2020/06/05/policekillings/
      • Georgelemental 4y ago
        The US also has more crime per capita than the other listed countries. More criminals -> more work for police officers
        • ilostmyshoes 4y ago
          Police work = killing people?
          • Georgelemental 4y ago
            Sometimes, yes. In any interaction with police, there is a certain probability of the police killing someone. The killing may be justified (defense of self or community), or occasionally it might not be. But more criminals -> more interactions with police -> more opportunities for an interaction to become deadly.
            • ilostmyshoes 4y ago
              Well I guess first do you have any sources for the more crime per capita claim? Secondly, other countries seem to manage to do police work without killing a ridiculous number of citizens, so that's definitely kinda weird
              • Georgelemental 4y ago
                https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/homicide-rate https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/homicide-rate (Homicide is generally the most accurately tallied crime, so best for such comparisons) In general, countries with fewer killers and thugs per capita can afford a softer police touch. Maybe one day we in the US will figure out how to reduce or reform our population of unsavory individuals, but until then law enforcement have to deal with them as best they can.
                • ilostmyshoes 4y ago
    • seanicus 4y ago
      If anyone ever says "hackernews brain" isn't a thing I'll be pointing them to this comment
  • xracy 4y ago
    Yeah, I can't help but feel anytime a police officer stops me on the highway for 8 mph over the speed limit that they're really keeping all the crime away. That's why people stop speeding, cause they get a ticket once and after that they never do it again.