@Mott-The-Hoople saidI am quite sure you would have ENJOYED watching a totally innocent 12 yo harassed by cops because he has brown skin.
😂
You might even love to wear your KKK robe, just be sure to cover your face so I don't recognize you.
@sonhouse saidI didn't read this, but i am always left with the question,,,,what else would you have (the police) do?
"Total fatalities:
One study of data from 2017-2022 found a total of 3,336 deaths in police pursuits, which averages to about 556 deaths per year.
Another study of fatal crashes from 1994-2002 found 3,146 fatalities in police pursuit-related crashes, an average of about 350 per year.
Some reports suggest that officially recorded deaths may undercount the actual total, wit ...[text shortened]... aving a broken tail light rise to the extent of a police chase resulting in the death of the driver?
And would I care about people who choose to put themselves in places where they could get hurt? I predict that no one I know will ever be near an area where police roar in , sirens a'blarin.
@moonbus saidThe infraction for which the person was pulled over is irrelevant. I could be being written up for jaywalking, but if I start throwing punches at the police, I'd expect to get tased or even shot.
Suppose, just for the sake of argument, the following:
1. 99% of police officers were Asian;
2. 9 out of 10 people shot by the police were White, often for minor infractions or no infraction at all;
3. Asian police officers who killed White people were routinely acquitted of wrongdoing or merely given some sort of administrative slap-on-the-wrist;
4. this had been going ...[text shortened]... t when the police showed up? A bit nervous? A bit anxious? Differently than Asians? Sound plausible?
Granted I'm not black, but I have a hard time believing that people who are polite and deferential to police officers are getting shot for no reason.
A cop once yelled at me at the top of his lungs for not moving my car when he put his lights on. I simply didn't know that's what he was trying to communicate by putting his lights on (which could mean "I'm pulling you over" and I figured if I moved my car, he might think I'm fleeing). He got out and screamed at me, threatening to arrest me for failure to comply.
Instead of arguing, I apologized profusely for not paying enough attention, and he calmed down and told me to be more aware in the future. And that was that.
No, you're not constitutionally required to be polite and deferential to police and I would have been within my rights to get into a shouting match with him. But it also would have been stupid. You can probably prevent 95% of problems by just being nice to people.
@AverageJoe1 saidApparently unknown to you are OFFICIAL police policies where some towns with actual adults in charge, realizing there are too many deaths from just PIT runs and they make a rule saying, broken tail light, you got his license plate, don't make a huge incident with it.
I didn't read this, but i am always left with the question,,,,what else would you have (the police) do?
And would I care about people who choose to put themselves in places where they could get hurt? I predict that no one I know will ever be near an area where police roar in , sirens a'blarin.
Carjacking, bank robber, different story.
@sonhouse saidhow is that going to help the lady in the trunk he just kidnapped?
Apparently unknown to you are OFFICIAL police policies where some towns with actual adults in charge, realizing there are too many deaths from just PIT runs and they make a rule saying, broken tail light, you got his license plate, don't make a huge incident with it.
Carjacking, bank robber, different story.
@sonhouse saidThat is one tough business. How about they pull over that NHL champion football player Antonio yesterday or whenever, and he may do 15 years in jail. If you were in charge, you would’ve said oh no don’t arrest the football player he’s famous.
Apparently unknown to you are OFFICIAL police policies where some towns with actual adults in charge, realizing there are too many deaths from just PIT runs and they make a rule saying, broken tail light, you got his license plate, don't make a huge incident with it.
Carjacking, bank robber, different story.
Liberals have no reasoning ability. Here you are dictating a lite hearted way of handling Police work. if you have been in charge, Antonio would be floating free.
Why do I banter with such losing posts.
@Suzianne said?si=ywHHVcU2GdQt7eej
Usually when the driver is black.
Or they pull them over, then shoot them.
How many times have you heard law enforcement say, "I was in fear for my life."
Really? The color of someone's skin scares you so much you're in fear of your life?
Why did you become a cop, then, you pussy? To kill blacks?
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@sh76 saidHere's a news item about a Black woman who was shot dead in her own home because--get this--she was standing near her window to see who was prowling around her garden. Guess who was 'prowling': a police officer. He later said he felt threatened.
The infraction for which the person was pulled over is irrelevant. I could be being written up for jaywalking, but if I start throwing punches at the police, I'd expect to get tased or even shot.
Granted I'm not black, but I have a hard time believing that people who are polite and deferential to police officers are getting shot for no reason.
A cop once yelled at me at t ...[text shortened]... also would have been stupid. You can probably prevent 95% of problems by just being nice to people.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50032290
@Mott-The-Hoople saidSo what infraction did this woman commit? Standing at her window, looking into her garden ...
This is where you insert a false claim…
“often for minor infractions or no infraction at all;”
Crime data shows blacks commit far more crimes per capita than any other race.
They get stupid when stopped by cops.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50032290
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@moonbus saidyou left something out
So what infraction did this woman commit? Standing at her window, looking into her garden ...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50032290
"Atatiana Koquice Jefferson was a 28-year-old African-American woman who was fatally shot inside her home by a police officer in Fort Worth, Texas, in the early morning of October 12, 2019.[1][2] Police arrived at her home after a neighbor called a non-emergency number, stating that Jefferson's front door was open.[2]
Police body camera footage showed officers walking outside the home with flashlights for a few minutes then one officer yells, "Put your hands up! Show me your hands!", while discharging his weapon through a window.[2] Police found a handgun near Jefferson's body, which according to her eight-year-old nephew, she was pointing toward the window before being shot.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Atatiana_Jefferson
@Mott-The-Hoople saidYou want to come up with unlikely scenarios, I guess you figure 'boy I got him that time'
how is that going to help the lady in the trunk he just kidnapped?