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They often do. What do you think the world would be like without police, roses and fairie dust?
by 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 agothe stakes are way lower. My buggy code doesn't kill people.
- ilostmyshoes 4y agohttps://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2020/06/05/policekillings/ https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2020/06/05/policekillings/
- Georgelemental 4y agoThe US also has more crime per capita than the other listed countries. More criminals -> more work for police officers
- ilostmyshoes 4y agoPolice work = killing people?
- Georgelemental 4y agoSometimes, 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 agoWell 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 agohttps://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 agoI don't agree that homicide is the best for comparison, the original claim was about crime in general
- Georgelemental 4y agoI should have been more specific, said "violent crime". For example Germany has no speed limits on highways, so I suppose they must have very few speeding tickets—but that's not very informative
- seanicus 4y agoIf anyone ever says "hackernews brain" isn't a thing I'll be pointing them to this comment
- xracy 4y agoYeah, 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.