Ketamine that's injected during arrests draws new scrutiny

Re:Ketamine that's injected during arrests draws new scrutiny by fareesh on Sunday August 23, 2020 @11:58AM (#24252764)

Policemen do one of the toughest jobs in society, especially in places where crime is high. Society owes them a great debt for enforcing the law because there are some hard criminals out there who would run amok if a weak and ineffective police force were the norm.

Armchair criticism of the police with zero consideration for their point of view is not helpful to anyone, most of all victims of crimes.

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Re:Ketamine that's injected during arrests draws new scrutiny by rbanffy on Sunday August 23, 2020 @12:12PM (#24252868)

They do, and this is precisely why we must prosecute the bad policemen with extreme rigor. We allow them to use lethal force against our fellow people on the condition they do so only as a last resort and in order to protect society.

We should not forget that condition.

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Re:Ketamine that's injected during arrests draws new scrutiny by fareesh on Sunday August 23, 2020 @12:24PM (#24252993)

Definitely but the conversation is about the use of ketamine, not prosecution of bad policemen, which everyone universally condemns.

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Re:Ketamine that's injected during arrests draws new scrutiny by comfyinnernet on Sunday August 23, 2020 @03:45PM (#24254695)

If the police are acting like Judge Dredd and murdering people then a weak and ineffective police force is exactly what you have.

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Re:Ketamine that's injected during arrests draws new scrutiny by fareesh on Sunday August 23, 2020 @05:05PM (#24255287)

Is there some empirical metric where this can be demonstrated as true?

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Re:Ketamine that's injected during arrests draws new scrutiny by hnlurker on Sunday August 23, 2020 @12:10PM (#24252853)

Well said.

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