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Re:What I learned about stop and frisk from watching my blac... by ggchappell on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @07:11PM (#7512429)
> You have a growing problem with police corruption in your country ....

Do we? I'm not sure.

Certainly in recent years there has been a notable increase in the number of well publicized incidents of police corruption (and use of excessive force and various rights violations). But is this because such incidents are becoming more common, or because they are more likely to be reported and/or publicized effectively?

I honestly don't know the answer. I'd be interested in hard evidence on either side.

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Re:What I learned about stop and frisk from watching my blac... by larrys on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @07:45PM (#7512586)
"> You have a growing problem with police corruption in your country ...."

"Do we? I'm not sure."

Actually I find the parent comment such a wide generalization that's it's almost laughable.

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Re:What I learned about stop and frisk from watching my blac... by mbubb on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @07:39PM (#7512564)
It is as much the militarization as the police as out and out corruption...
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