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Re:Reddit's top user leaves platform after harassment by downerending on Thursday May 21, 2020 @01:07PM (#23261181)
> When a police officer gets it wrong, you're dead.

Or, as often happens, they're dead. I don't envy members of a profession that have to get every life-and-death decision right in real time on a daily basis.

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Re:Reddit's top user leaves platform after harassment by rootusrootus on Thursday May 21, 2020 @01:57PM (#23262123)
That's a fair point, although statistically the job of police officer doesn't crack the top 10 in most dangerous careers.
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Re:Reddit's top user leaves platform after harassment by downerending on Thursday May 21, 2020 @02:12PM (#23262437)
Similarly, a vanishingly small proportion of citizens (as opposed to bad guys) have a life-altering bad experience with the police.

It'd be interesting to see real numbers, but I suspect officers on the beat get the short end of that stick.

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