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[Happymeal]

I do agree with the general consensus in this case (and I typically don't comment upon topics in which I agree with the majority as there would be no point, but I do feel this is a fairly important topic), but the most I agree with is "I do believe race plays into this, but that it is not all that is happening, and that it's more a police problem than a race problem"; there's an inherent problem with allowing individuals so much power over others, especially when you oftentimes see an unqualified individual doing such (you can tell through how many cops do not follow proper protocol at all times when regarding the unqualified), but that's just the nature of these sorts. An occupation which allows individuals so much power is going to be abused by those who crave it (I'm not stating that the majority of police officers partake in these sorts of events, but there's certainly enough of these to be proven problematic).

I won't state I necessarily have a fair or efficient solution (as I do admit my intellect is most likely less than a majority of others who comment upon these sorts of topics), but perhaps the only solution that might avoid conflict (peaceful protests is a solution that I also feel is at least somewhat efficient) is creating a system which properly represents the ones in the communities whether that be selection of certain race, ideology, sex, etc. over others or decreasing of people within those general areas mentioned (ideology, sex, race, etc.) that aren't within the majority of that community to decrease of the amount of disproportionality. Of course, there are intrinsic values and problems to a system I proposed (as it may be difficult to find qualified individuals to replace others, but I think we can all agree that anyone who puts a man in a chokehold solely for resisting an arrest without any sort of weapon is already not qualified for such a position) such as the one mentioned in the parenthesis and the values held by many that justice should be colorblind (but it's obvious due to the statistical evidence in at least several controversial areas that it's not colorblind everywhere) so it's certainly not the best solution and it's difficult to impose, but it's something (though I only recommend it currently for something that's already inefficient such as the Ferguson police force for example).

[RockyRaccoon]

Fun facts related to the topic:

It is exceedingly rare for a police officer to get indicted for murder at all, regardless of race

Black people are 21 times more likely to be shot dead by police than whites.


All that together creates a problematic dynamic.
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I feel like benpaco managed to name almost every case in which police used horrifically undue force against white people in the past few years, and only a tiny fraction of the cases where the victims were black or Hispanic.
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[SuedeSwede]

There's only so many times you can use the "dog chewed my homework" excuse - let's face it they wouldn't have got into the department with the incompetence of confusing an object that looks nothing like a firearm for a firearm. If so, there's gonna have to be stronger measures to get into the department.

However, I doubt incompetence is the case at all though I'm sure a naive British 16 year old like me couldn't even nearly prove that so I'll end there.
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