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> Chief among this escalation was the killing of eight on-duty Canadian police officers in just the last six months. For context, between 1961 and 2009, a grand
by joenot443 4y ago
> Chief among this escalation was the killing of eight on-duty Canadian police officers in just the last six months. For context, between 1961 and 2009, a grand total of 133 Canadian police officers were murdered in the line of duty – an average of one every four and a half months.
Imagine my surprise that years of ACAB and calls to defund the police would lead slain officers. It's depressing to me as a Canadian that we allow what's happening in the US to drag us down; I think our country can do a lot better than that type of discourse.
- njovin 4y agoI can't speak for Canada, but for the US I think it's important to acknowledge that leading up to (and beyond) the "years of ACAB and calls to defund the police" we had/have rampant police corruption and lack of accountability. I don't agree with ACAB but I also don't think enough departments are doing enough to clean house despite the light that body cams are beginning to shine on these previously-hidden practices.
- zo1 4y agoWe're incapable of discussing this topic, it's ridiculous. Even this article, flawed and biased as it may be, could have spawned heated but productive discussion. And every sane comment here that doesn't tow the inclusive and left-wing narrative has been down voted. Likewise the whole thread is now flagged. Bullies have taken over and their intellectual allies are enabling them. We're watching this play out all across the net and in media. I don't know what the overarching meta narrative or cause of all this is. My best guess is that it's the natural course of events or emergent behaviour when politeness trumps everything.