Federal Judge Strikes Down Idaho ‘Ag-Gag Law’

Re:Federal Judge Strikes Down Idaho ‘Ag-Gag Law’ by eevilspock on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @10:27PM (#10007722)

"On any given day, in any police department in the nation, 15 percent of officers will do the right thing no matter what is happening. Fifteen percent of officers will abuse their authority at every opportunity. The remaining 70 percent could go either way depending on whom they are working with."

- from http://www.vox.com/2015/5/28/8661977/race-police-officer

So if K.L. Williams, "who has trained thousands of officers around the country in use of force", is right, the 15% bad actors (your "overwhelming minority") turns into 85%. That is consistent with not just the survey troym links to, but the experiences described by those people victimized by police injustice. I doubt many HN readers are in that population.

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Re:Federal Judge Strikes Down Idaho ‘Ag-Gag Law’ by mattm on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @10:34PM (#10007749)

When I was teaching English in China, one student got locked out of his apartment. Apparently, the city has authorized locksmiths you can call to open your apartment after proving that it's you. So he called one and was shocked at how quickly the locksmith could open the door.

The locksmith said to him "Locks aren't for people like me. If someone wants to break in, a lock isn't going to stop them. 15% of people will try to steal no matter what you do. 15% will never take anything even if you leave your door while open. Locks are for that 70% in the middle that will steal if the opportunity is right."

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Re:Federal Judge Strikes Down Idaho ‘Ag-Gag Law’ by rosser on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @11:39PM (#10007926)

I'd really like to see some citations for that assertion. Pending that, I'm going to file his claim under "73.6% of statistics are made up on the spot."

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