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Re:For cops who kill, special Supreme Court protection by tehwebguy on Friday May 08, 2020 @01:04PM (#23116963)
Cop killers are arrested and prosecuted in record time. The system throws the book at them and even the book is heavier when the victim is a cop (enhanced sentencing etc) even though the occurrence is rare.

Meanwhile, cops are murdering people with impunity at a rate of about 10x the former.

"Police" is a subculture of anti-society though and behavior and for some reason we keep giving them guns.

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Re:For cops who kill, special Supreme Court protection by JoeAltmaier on Friday May 08, 2020 @01:27PM (#23117228)
Nothing about that scenario refutes "cops need guns". Its a violent society; the police are under attack in some places.

I don't like it; but it's not helpful to shout blame. Have to understand where we are, to drive any change.

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Re:For cops who kill, special Supreme Court protection by mrguyorama on Friday May 08, 2020 @02:35PM (#23117956)
Garbage collectors are 3x more likely to die on the job than a cop https://qz.com/410585/garbage-collectors-are-more-likely-to-...
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Re:For cops who kill, special Supreme Court protection by JoeAltmaier on Saturday May 09, 2020 @07:40AM (#23123893)
...and garbage collectors aren't armed! Thank you for the confirmation.
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