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they won't blame you for the hit and run, but what if a store near there gets robbed an hour after you talk to them, and they decide you're a suspect because yo

they won't blame you for the hit and run, but what if a store near there gets robbed an hour after you talk to them, and they decide you're a suspect because you look somewhat like the description and they know you were in the area?

dekhn 3y ago
I think you're stretching to make your point here. You can construct many "what ifs", but they mainly apply if the police are actively subverting the normal rules of law or incompetent. There are a subset of cops who are corrupt, or racist, or classist, where merely interacting with the police can lead to serious outcomes, but that's sort of a different problem that has to be addressed more systematically.
- mschuster91 3y ago
  > You can construct many "what ifs", but they mainly apply if the police are actively subverting the normal rules of law or incompetent. Cops in the US barely receive training - the average length is 22 weeks, while Germany clocks in at 2.5 years [1]. Of course a lot of police will be incompetent in the first place given the length and priorities of these trainings, made worse by cargo-culting from "senior" officers and by "killology" training [2]. [1] https://abcnews.go.com/US/police-training-us-falls-short-compared-rest-world/story?id=96729748 https://abcnews.go.com/US/police-training-us-falls-short-com... [2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/11/police-training-warrior-mindset-killology/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/11/police-trai...
- adgjlsfhk1 3y ago
  > There are a subset of cops who are corrupt, or racist, or classist, where merely interacting with the police can lead to serious outcomes, but that's sort of a different problem that has to be addressed more systematically. The fundamental problem is that you don't know whether the police officer you are talking to is good or not, and if you find out, it is too late. Talking to a police officer is like petting someone else's dog. Don't do so unless you've talked to someone who feeds it first.

dekhn 3y ago

I think you're stretching to make your point here. You can construct many "what ifs", but they mainly apply if the police are actively subverting the normal rules of law or incompetent. There are a subset of cops who are corrupt, or racist, or classist, where merely interacting with the police can lead to serious outcomes, but that's sort of a different problem that has to be addressed more systematically.

mschuster91 3y ago
> You can construct many "what ifs", but they mainly apply if the police are actively subverting the normal rules of law or incompetent. Cops in the US barely receive training - the average length is 22 weeks, while Germany clocks in at 2.5 years [1]. Of course a lot of police will be incompetent in the first place given the length and priorities of these trainings, made worse by cargo-culting from "senior" officers and by "killology" training [2]. [1] https://abcnews.go.com/US/police-training-us-falls-short-compared-rest-world/story?id=96729748 https://abcnews.go.com/US/police-training-us-falls-short-com... [2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/11/police-training-warrior-mindset-killology/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/11/police-trai...
adgjlsfhk1 3y ago
> There are a subset of cops who are corrupt, or racist, or classist, where merely interacting with the police can lead to serious outcomes, but that's sort of a different problem that has to be addressed more systematically. The fundamental problem is that you don't know whether the police officer you are talking to is good or not, and if you find out, it is too late. Talking to a police officer is like petting someone else's dog. Don't do so unless you've talked to someone who feeds it first.