Zero arrests in 6 months of health care professionals replacing police officers

Re:Zero arrests in 6 months of health care professionals rep... by faitswulff on Thursday February 04, 2021 @10:10PM (#26032622)

Civilians aren't universally armed with firearms and both formal and informal legal immunity. They aren't called upon to put an end tension situations.

If the worst a health professional can do is commit you to a mental institution, it's still likely to be an improvement over being shot to death.

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Re:Zero arrests in 6 months of health care professionals rep... by nyolfen on Thursday February 04, 2021 @10:22PM (#26032693)

you have a vanishingly small chance of being killed by a police officer if you are unarmed. this is on the order of tens every year in a country of 300m+ people.

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Re:Zero arrests in 6 months of health care professionals rep... by trident5000 on Thursday February 04, 2021 @10:27PM (#26032749)

I'm not sure what the proportion of citizens armed with firearms has to do with this. Its about rights of citizens in the country, all of whom can defend themselves and end life without trial in the correct circumstance, being self-defence (as it should be).

And nobody in the country should have the right to detain you without trial. If you really believe this I'm afraid that is quite short sighted.

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Re:Zero arrests in 6 months of health care professionals rep... by faitswulff on Thursday February 04, 2021 @10:59PM (#26032952)

No, I’m just saying that, given two poor choices, I’d rather not have firearms in the equation.

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Re:Zero arrests in 6 months of health care professionals rep... by lazyasciiart on Thursday February 04, 2021 @11:45PM (#26033224)

But police do have the right to detain you without trial. For years, sometimes - see Kalief Browder.

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