• ZK686@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    “Shoot anyone they want” is a exaggeration. There’s over 1 million police officers in this country, over 30,000 police departments… how many would you say are just “going out and shooting anyone they want?”

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      9 months ago

      Far too many for my comfort. The problem isn’t just that a lot of them do, it’s that when they do, they almost always get away scot-free. I can count the number of cops that I’ve seen actually get punished for murdering someone on one hand. I wish the number of innocent people they’ve gotten away with killing was so small.

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      9 months ago

      The average drunk driver drives thousands of miles before actually killing someone. Shall we ignore the dead children next?