The Venn diagram of Americans who lionise cops because "they risk their lives every day!" and Americans who think cops are justified in lethally shooting first because "their life might've been at risk!" is a circle.
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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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As I understand it, shooting to wound is not easy. Too likely to miss entirely which is dangerous to anyone else around. Cops not having a gun unless specifically responding to a call about violence makes more sense. (Though that wouldn't have stopped this latest murder by cop.)
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frankly, if shooting to wound is "too hard" for professionals trained to use guns on a daily basis, then they shouldn't be using them at all
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Shooting to wound kind of isn’t a thing because even trained people are bad at shooting, generally, and especially when frightened, but I’m with you 100%. Why is a “perceived” threat worth more than another person’s whole life? Simply does not track.
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I get that shooting to wound is harder, but it seems to me there's a vast gulf of both capability and intent between "trying to incapacitate someone with a single shot, then rendering aid" and "unleashing a hail of bullets with no intention of leaving a survivor."
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