You just said facts don't matter. Your anecdotes can't erase data. Imagine if doctors or scientists thought like you. "Who cares what the data says. I don't need to wash my hands before surgery. None of my patients has gotten an infection."
kneehighmiah
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Generally Speaking Do You Support The Police?
by minimus ini know bad cops exist in many cities.
i know some cops who aren’t “bad” but do have an attitude.
however, i prefer to have law and order as opposed to chaos.
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Generally Speaking Do You Support The Police?
by minimus ini know bad cops exist in many cities.
i know some cops who aren’t “bad” but do have an attitude.
however, i prefer to have law and order as opposed to chaos.
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kneehighmiah
There are certain behaviors that are largely associated with specific types of individuals. The issue is that when these types of individuals end up aligning with racial lines, we all get into a moral panic, because somehow we are all supposed to believe that all races behave exactly the same way.
And what might those behaviors be? It's sad people still hold these racist views in 2019 that have been repeatedly disproven for years. Are you trying to suggest some minority groups are naturally violent?
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Generally Speaking Do You Support The Police?
by minimus ini know bad cops exist in many cities.
i know some cops who aren’t “bad” but do have an attitude.
however, i prefer to have law and order as opposed to chaos.
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kneehighmiah
This is all factual.
Fact 1 - Violent crime overall has reduced significantly in recent decades.
Fact 2 - A disproportionate amount of violent crime is committed by racial minorities.
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Generally Speaking Do You Support The Police?
by minimus ini know bad cops exist in many cities.
i know some cops who aren’t “bad” but do have an attitude.
however, i prefer to have law and order as opposed to chaos.
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kneehighmiah
While violent crime is decreasing overall the number of public mass shootings is increasing rapidly.
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Generally Speaking Do You Support The Police?
by minimus ini know bad cops exist in many cities.
i know some cops who aren’t “bad” but do have an attitude.
however, i prefer to have law and order as opposed to chaos.
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kneehighmiah
Please come with facts to the discussion. United States violent crime rate has decreased by 51% since 1993. This article points out that public perception doesn't match the data as many people think crime is increasing.
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/10/17/facts-about-crime-in-the-u-s/
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Generally Speaking Do You Support The Police?
by minimus ini know bad cops exist in many cities.
i know some cops who aren’t “bad” but do have an attitude.
however, i prefer to have law and order as opposed to chaos.
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kneehighmiah
White men should not be allowed to own semi-automatic weapons since they almost exclusively are the demographic who commit mass shootings in America. Perhaps we also need to start pulling over more white male drivers and give them sobriety tests since a disproportionate amount of white males are arrested for DUI/DWI. Might save some lives.
Sarcasm
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Generally Speaking Do You Support The Police?
by minimus ini know bad cops exist in many cities.
i know some cops who aren’t “bad” but do have an attitude.
however, i prefer to have law and order as opposed to chaos.
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kneehighmiah
So, the Police Dept. profile the suspect. They're looking for a guy who's approx. 5' 8 to 5' 10, medium build, with white, possibly pale skin, and a thick red beard (or heavy red 'shadow' if he's since shaved), and ginger hair. The police wouldn't be looking for black men or black women or Asian men or Asian women in this scenario, right?
It's already beem established that we were talking about racial profiling which is not only illegal but lazy
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Generally Speaking Do You Support The Police?
by minimus ini know bad cops exist in many cities.
i know some cops who aren’t “bad” but do have an attitude.
however, i prefer to have law and order as opposed to chaos.
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kneehighmiah
What does it mean to support the police anyway? I'm grateful for law enforcement and i respect the law. But that doesn't mean being an apologist for racist behavior.
Also all humans are biased. Acknowledging your biases doesn't make you a bad person. Racial bias in law enforcement has been demonstrated repeatedly. That doesn't make law enforcement evil or bad. However as a society we should work to overcome those biases to the best of our ability. Advocating for racial profiling is the opposite and ironically violates the law officers are supposed to uphold.
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Generally Speaking Do You Support The Police?
by minimus ini know bad cops exist in many cities.
i know some cops who aren’t “bad” but do have an attitude.
however, i prefer to have law and order as opposed to chaos.
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kneehighmiah
Another thing about body cams...yes peoples frivolous claims have been debunked, but also police have changed their behavior knowing that they can't hide behind false reports or have their buddies cover for them. Within the last month an officer in Texas was fired and charged with murder thanks to body cam footage. He shot and killed a black woman while doing what was supposed to be a welfare check up. At least we csn agree that body cams csn make us safer. It works both ways.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/officer-bodycam-shooting-killing-woman-home/story?id=66237208
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Generally Speaking Do You Support The Police?
by minimus ini know bad cops exist in many cities.
i know some cops who aren’t “bad” but do have an attitude.
however, i prefer to have law and order as opposed to chaos.
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kneehighmiah
As for "minority and black privelege" who are the ones creating the laws that give minorities this alleged privilege? Oh yeah, white people. But instead of being mad at the white people who made the laws you're mad at minorities and black people. Btw I'm against affirmative action and quotas. There is definitely still racism in hiring, but it's my belief these programs do more harm than good. I graduated and obtained my licenses without having anything dumbed down. I also don't understand why you can't admit that racism is still a big problem. If i can acknowledge faults in my community why can't you be honest about the numerous studies that show that there is a racial bias in crimminal justice? Do i need to show you links?