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To say that the police will protect you is not accurate. The police are a preventative institution. They try to maintain order and reduce the incidence of crime
by dauertewigkeit 3y ago
To say that the police will protect you is not accurate. The police are a preventative institution. They try to maintain order and reduce the incidence of crimes and act as a deterrent for those who would otherwise commit a crime.
But they aren't a condom around violence. If somebody wants to hurt you, they can, and you're mostly on your own. They will only be brought in to investigate the case later, and maybe catch the perpetrator.
It is kind of funny how we Europeans are brought up with this illusion of safety, believing that the police are some kind of superhero characters that will spring to action the second before we get knifed or shot.
- ryan93 3y agoIn the US there are tens of thousands of violent criminals in prison. The police were integral to many of those investigations or arrests.
- rpgwaiter 3y agoPlease look at the proportion of Americans in prison compared to the rest of the world, then realize that the rest of the world manages to maintain law and order without holding 25% of the entire world's prison population
- ryan93 3y agoStupid comparison. To dramatically reduce our prison population would mean releasing tens of thousands of very violent black men into poor black communities. Europe has tons of low level violence and intimidation that they punish with EXTREMELY short sentences. They would be much better off with a lot larger number of people in prison.
- JAlexoid 3y ago> how we Europeans are brought up with this illusion of safety That's not exclusive to Europeans. But also - many Europeans aren't particularly fond of this delusion.
- satellite2 3y agoThe illusion of safety prevents people getting armed to their teeth and as such participate to their safety. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=07o-TASvIxY https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=07o-TASvIxY