Like, I'm sorry, but if a cop's first reaction to perceived risk - not even actual risk, just *perceived* - is to open fire in the knowledge that they'll likely face little or no consequences for a mistake, then the only *actual* risk is to the civilians they encounter, not THEM.
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"But cops are TRAINED to shoot first!" YES WELL DONE, THIS IS INDEED A MAJOR PART OF THE PROBLEM, CONGRATULATIONS ON IDENTIFYING ONE OF THE MANY FLAWS IN THIS DEEPLY FUCKED-UP SYSTEM!
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There is no part of American policing that sits well with me, but the thing I find absolutely wild is that, in a context where cops are allowed & expected to use guns, why is there is zero importance placed on shooting to wound?? LIKE?? EXCUSE ME?? WHAT??
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"I thought the perpetrator was reaching for a gun so I shot his hand, then rushed in to subdue him while doing first aid" vs "I thought the perpetrator was reaching for a gun so I emptied five rounds into his chest and let him bleed out in the street" MOTHERFUCKER *WHAT*??
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The extent to which so many Americans accept that shooting to kill is justified on the basis of suspicion, because the cop - the person PAID TO RISK THEIR LIFE - might've been in danger from a civilian - the person THEY ARE OSTENSIBLY MEANT TO PROTECT - is just nuts to me.
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Don't get me wrong, USian policing is a racist-ass failed system that can't be reformed, but a case in point as to why that's so is the hostility with which even reasonable reforms like "officers must demonstrably attempt non-lethal force or face meaningful consequences" are met
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Also to be clear, policing in other countries like Australia and the UK is also flawed and racist as hell, because the entire *concept* of policing and carceral "justice" is backwards to a medieval degree, but there is markedly less state-sanctioned gun murder.
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not to be a fantasy writer on main but when I read or write about city guards in fictional pre-industrial societies and those guards are exactly as corrupt as cops now, which is in keeping with quote-on-quote historical accuracy, One Wonders when we're gonna like... change stuff.
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I’ll never forget the conversation I had at my former dojo with another member who was a retired cop. I told him my issues with cops & how the position that there was a war being waged on cops wasn’t supported by the data. His response was frightening.
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as long as mass shootings and anti-vaxxers persist, we risk our lives every day just doing normal shit.
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