Body count rises as Philippines president calls for drug addicts to be killed

Re:Body count rises as Philippines president calls for drug ... by tajen on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @08:25AM (#12085569)

> because we don't mourn criminals, thugs, people who reach for guns when confronted by police

1. 1 in 3 black people killed by police in 2015 were identified as unarmed [1].

2. In the current example, the black victim didn't resist arrest.

3. Those 500-600 weren't criminals, because you can only say they're "criminal" after a fair trial (oh, sorry, that's something to do with "human rights", if only you could understand what that means).

4. "Not mourning criminals" or not treating them as humans is the primary reason why USA is not compliant with human rights. The reason why it is important to treat assumed criminals as humans is in my point #5.

5. The reason why people resist arrests is because they have absolutely no trust that the judiciary system will judge them fairly. Today, an innocent would rather die than enter the judiciary system [2].

[1] http://mappingpoliceviolence.org/unarmed/

[2] Innocents are cornered into plea bargain, which is 90% of the criminal cases in USA - It means for 90% criminal cases, there was no formal proof that the accused was guilty. I know, they're black, male, muscular and poor, right!? But that doesn't mean they're guilty. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plea_bargain

So, once again, you "don't mourn criminals, thugs and people who reach for guns when confronted by police", except you ought to mourn the innocent, the weak and the people who are mugged by police, and you should do that because the police also does it to white people, and you have even fewer organizations to defend against that.

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Re:Body count rises as Philippines president calls for drug ... by fido2 on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @09:18AM (#12085882)

I agree. I lived for a bit in downtown Detroit. People seriously need to visit the hood before they talk about the police.

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Re:Body count rises as Philippines president calls for drug ... by obj-g on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @12:48PM (#12087620)

Yeah, I think if people could go on a ride along with police in a troubled community at two in the morning they'd be singing an entirely different tune.

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Re:Body count rises as Philippines president calls for drug ... by TheCoelacanth on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @10:23AM (#12086321)

If the police showed respect for the lives and rights of the people in the community that they are policing, there would be far fewer people resisting and disrespecting them.

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Re:Body count rises as Philippines president calls for drug ... by obj-g on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @12:44PM (#12087600)

Right, all the gangbangers and thugs want is respect from the police! Thanks for the laugh. Honestly though, I'm sure the police try to be as respectful as they can be at first. But because of things like BLM, they don't have a chance, since a cop even stopping and talking to a black person now is considered horrible racism. And probably speaking politely and respectfully would be considered patronizing or something. However you want to spin it. Police aren't here to be your friend. They are here to keep you safe. As evidenced in Dallas, they will even protect those so vehemently against them. But I personally don't think they should be obligated to show respect for people who don't respect themselves or others, which unfortunately, is a rather large percentage of some of these unfortunate communities where you probably wouldn't last a day.

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