Re:Ketamine that's injected during arrests draws new scrutiny
by wonderwonder on Sunday August 23, 2020 @09:39AM
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I would be really surprised if they estimated this poorly and would guess they were just irritated by him and decided to up the dose as punishment. If I am wrong then they receive zero training when estimating weight and multiple officers are terrible at it. To mistakenly confuse a 140lb for 220lb is poor judgement to the point that it strains credulity.
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Re:Ketamine that's injected during arrests draws new scrutiny
by pessimizer on Sunday August 23, 2020 @12:34PM
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It doesn't strain credulity for me. Most descriptions of the black victims of police brutality by law enforcement inflate them to a monstrous size, and use animal metaphors to describe their terrifying faces.
Never underestimate the degree to which racism is driven by actual, irrational terror.
Re:Ketamine that's injected during arrests draws new scrutiny
by ashtonkem on Sunday August 23, 2020 @06:43PM
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There are actually documented cases of police officers in the early 20th century requesting heavier calibers and hotter loads from gun manufacturers because they believed their firearms were incapable of stopping an enraged <slur deleted>.
Biologically, this is utter nonsense. But the belief that black people are tougher, stronger, and more capable of withstanding pain and drugs is a surprisingly common belief. Doctors are notorious for downgrading black pain in clinical situations as compared to white patients, and administer less pain killers.
Re:Ketamine that's injected during arrests draws new scrutiny
by skinkestek on Sunday August 23, 2020 @10:39AM
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FWIW: My wife work in health care and just a couple of months or so told me how difficult it can be to estimate the weight of a person. She had recently seen some pictures with examples of persons and their actual weights and it had surprised even her.