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I am sure the militarization of police in the US has helped this a lot too. Honestly, aside from major metro areas (and even then) I see of no reason why cops n
by goolz 3y ago
I am sure the militarization of police in the US has helped this a lot too. Honestly, aside from major metro areas (and even then) I see of no reason why cops need a Humvee with a mounted .50 cal turret.
My dad works in police training and talks a lot about how systemic the violence is within the culture of these departments (this observation was made by training all different departments at all different levels, over years).
And the best part is, they don’t want change and I suspect a lot of them actually enjoy this entrenched Us v. Them position. I probably would too if I had qualified immunity. And a Humvee.
- rcurry 3y agoThe only cops I meet these days are in the jiu jitsu gym, and they are usually very nice people. It’s interesting to just be playing a sport with someone but also realizing they are actually seriously training for the danger of getting into a life or death struggle with a 260lb guy who has some grappling skills. I can’t imagine having a job like that. My biggest threat in life is a complicated Jira ticket.
- sh34r 3y agoI would seriously consider entering a cage fight to the death with a 260lb guy if it meant I’d never have to use Jira again.
- WirelessGigabit 3y agoI'm with you. 2vs2?
- gonzo41 3y agoHigh risk. Though if it works out for you it's a great upside. Though if you get beat your dieing moments may be seeing your Scrum master yell "Finish Him!" as your supporting developers scream for mercy. Either way you'll probably end up a statue.
- sh34r 3y agoEither way, I never have to use Jira again!
- DropInIn 3y agoHave you ever considered they're being fake? You are aware of how systemic police gangs are right? Inherent to that is constant deception...
- Stevvo 3y agoA big problem is all the cops who are not in the jiu jitsu gym. They may well end up shooting that 260lb guy because they didn't have the grappling skills to deal with him.
- mushbino 3y agoThe issues with police are more systemic than personal. But, if you add personal issues to the mix, well...... we've seen the results many times.
- mnd999 3y ago> aside from major metro areas Wtf? They don’t need that at all
- constantly 3y agoWhat about the Nakatomi Plaza incident in 1988?
- adhesive_wombat 3y agoAnd the Bowling Green Massacre!
- mnd999 3y agoOne New York cop sorted that as I recall. He didn’t even carry a gun initially.
- Der_Einzige 3y agoYou say that now, but you'll be begging for militarized police when it's your kid at Parkland, or Uvalade, or wherever else it happens next.
- ClassyJacket 3y agoAustralia doesn't have militarised police and school shootings don't happen in the first place. Also: every other country than the US.
- smcl 3y agoYeah the UK had a shooting in Dunblane that shocked the country. Then, like Australia, something happened and somehow we didn’t have any more school shootings. If only we could pinpoint that something. Like if there was a lesson that could be learned from both of those cases, something the USA could take and apply to see a similar decline in such mass shootings …
- _v7gu 3y agoYou guys now have things like “mass stabbings” and truck attacks. I don’t know how the numbers were effected, but the underlying issues still seem to exist. After all, it is not the guns that convince people to commit mass murders.
- smcl 3y agoI don’t think you want to do a US vs UK comparison on violent crime. Hell the American police alone committed more homicides than there were in the UK last year.
- _v7gu 3y agoI know US is much worse in violent crime, but you can’t fix problems by addressing its symptoms while overlooking their main cause. If UK is still running campaigns like “safe a life, bin that knife”, then maybe targeting guns was not the correct solution to the problem.
- treis 3y agoPolice don't get Humvees with 50 cal machine guns. They get them without guns. And they're useful for places that see inclement weather or floods or rural places with bad roads.