It definitely makes a difference. I live in Italy now and the police are always visible and often just out walking the streets. They are armed but they're not kitted out in all the gear, except for the tax police (who they wan't people to be scared of). Crime is consequently quite a bit lower, despite it being a poorer country than the UK.
Protests following the killing of George Floyd
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It definitely makes a difference. I live in Italy now and the police are always visible and often just out walking the streets. They are armed but they're not kitted out in all the gear, except for the tax police (who they wan't people to be scared of). Crime is consequently quite a bit lower, despite it being a poorer country than the UK.
I lived in SF and Mountain View and worked in Berkeley a few years ago and Bay Area cops seem less aggressive than cops in Texas (where I lived for most my life). But then again marijuana has been more or less decriminalized there for a while and. places like the Tenderloin exist.
I'm not surprised that's your experience.
Yeah we do this a fair bit. Mostly around Christmas. They'll usually set up in a place where you can't get out, such as a highway exit, or one way streets.
Not sure where you get your information from, but it's misguided. First, places like NYC are already in the process of doing so.
Secondly, by defunding the police local governments can move those funds towards inner-city social welfare programs, which has shown to decrease crime.
Lastly, nobody is saying abolish the police so your last comment is just plain silly.
This post doesn't make any sense and shows a lack of understanding of the whole defund movement. It's about shifting the priority from over-policing to building social safety nets in these communities. George Floyd's death is simply a symptom of a systemic issue in the US.
Just attending the NHS all-staff-briefing. Simon Stevens talking about the creation of a new centre to investigate the impact of race and ethnicity on people’s health... Also lots of talk about black mental health, black lived experience, health inequalities, workforce race equality, psychological safe spaces... such a huge topic. Ending with a message from a BAME representative: "Don't be racist!".
What an abortion of a post.The propaganda against cops is quite somethingThere even are talks about defunding the police which is borderline retarded. How stupid you have to be to even suggest that? They are underfunded if anything. Jeezus. I mean I am sure all the criminals and looters would be excited but cmon people.
Conservatives claim ‘woke race mafia’ is erasing history after HBO temporarily removes ‘Gone With The Wind’
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/co...r-hbo-temporarily-removes-gone-with-the-wind/
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/co...r-hbo-temporarily-removes-gone-with-the-wind/
To be fair, pretty soon history is going to be their happy place, where whites enjoy all the advantages and can look down on and abuse the inferior coloureds, so you can understand their concern.
Cannot make out if this is a real person under the knee but either way it is a disgusting thing to do. America is totally divided and the hatred isn’t going to die down anytime soon
Woke race mafia sounds like if 3 6 mafia started making socially conscious music.
Sounds like a song title from The Fall.
You'll laugh but I think 3 6 mafia had a few threads of social consciousness in their music
You're probably right, I've never listened to 3 6 outside of their big hits.
it's another distraction. squirrel!
The focus from the elected officials in govmnt should be on de-funding police and changing the rules on who pays for legal settlements.
Wholesales changes are needed otherwise we'll be here talking about it again next week, next year, in 5 years time.
Christ
This is probably why it should be elevated to first degree murder. They knew eachother and Chauvin, when presented with the possibility, used his police job as a convenient pretext to go after him.
Yeah probably but there's a higher chance of acquittal and more social unrest. Consciously or unconsciously I'm sure that was a factor
An existing relationship between the two certainly makes it harder to suggest such sadistically over the top brutality was merely accidental.
It's a video from The Sun so I would hope it does.
Pizza driver lives matter!
Oh this is brilliant
I don't follow?
Is piloting that dangerous? Accidents are rare if you're a commercial pilot. Obviously if there is a problem with the plane your chances of dying become much greater but I think being a police officer is more dangerous.
When did all those pilots die?
Fighter pilot would be highly dangerous. Are air traffic accidents more frequent than I imagine?
What's the relevance here? No armed forces mentioned but I'd imagine a tour of Afghanistan during conflict would be more dangerous than being an athlete. I'd take a pulled muscle over an IED any day!
Probably because the total number of pilots being so low every death counts more on a per capita scale, plus accidents in small/charter planes that don’t make the national news.
There are plenty small choppers and planes working for the mining companies, forestry companies, fighting fires... It's a shity job, but well paid. Accidents happen all the time.
Remember the famous basketball player that died not so long ago? Also the tourist chopper that went down in the grand canyon? shit happens but not always gonna make the news.
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Yeah but even that doesn't seem to happen frequently.
I can see this being the case.
It’s due to the sensationalism in media, if it bleeds it leads. Roofers or loggers dying from accidents on the job won’t get much attention. An officer getting murdered by another person is newsworthy and grabs people’s attention. Same is true when police injure or kill a citizen, whether justified or not. Add race to the picture? Perfect. Let the shitstorm begin.
"White Privilege does not mean your life is not hard. It means the colour of your skin is not something making it harder" basically implying what @Thats'sHernandez has said.
This was quote was written on a poster stuck by someone today on property we are renovating.