Re:America is giving up on the pandemic?
by maxerickson on Sunday June 07, 2020 @07:24PM
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Most police have never had cause to use their firearm while on duty:
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/02/08/a-closer-lo...
Policing doesn't even make it near the top of a list of dangerous professions
Statistically speaking it's very rare, yet many cops unjustifiably spend all day of every shift on edge like they could get into a gun battle at any second. And it shows in how frequently cops unjustifiably escalate situations to deadly force that didn't remotely require it.
Evidence? Statistics? Most cops are not ready for gun battle at any second.
Re:America is giving up on the pandemic?
by chrisseaton on Sunday June 07, 2020 @09:25PM
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> Most cops are not ready for gun battle at any second.
In the US they've got loaded and cocked guns on their waist belts ready to use in a second.
Note that when I was in a literal warzone I didn't even always keep my rifle cocked.
But most policing tasks don't involve interactions with people looking to fight to the death. Do people really react to being stopped for speeding by starting a firefight? Is that genuinely a routine concern?