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242 points LinuxBender | 2 comments | 18 Nov 24 00:39 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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elzbardico ◴[18 Nov 24 14:55 UTC] No.42172833[source]▶
The militarization of law enforcement and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.
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graemep ◴[18 Nov 24 16:20 UTC] No.42173879[source]▶
> The militarization of law enforcement and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.

Do you mean for the US, rather than the human race? Some of us live in countries where the only weapons most cops carry are truncheons and tasers.

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1. dowager_dan99 ◴[18 Nov 24 17:31 UTC] No.42174702[source]▶
This is at best naive, and reads pretty smug and self-satisfied. You likely still have a military, and policing isn't really about the weapons a cop carries. Ironically less deadly weapons can encourage more liberal use, so maybe you can be proud of your higher rate of non-lethal beatings?
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2. graemep ◴[18 Nov 24 18:26 UTC] No.42175344[source]▶
Someone subjected to a non-lethal beating can complain, and be a witness to what happened. They can be medically examined to determine what happened. Its far harder to cover up.

I am pretty happy with the police hardly ever killing anyone, and that almost always someone who is a real danger to others. I am happy fewer people being killed by police so far this decade (and that includes road accidents involving police!), than have been killed by police in the US so far this month.