So, would you say that the police have lost their rights to social expectations? Because I hear that they've been inflicting stressful situations on others for a while now.
Yeah, that is the problem, for issues current and past with the police. They have separated themselves from the rest of society to the point where they no longer consider themselves bound to the same "social expectations".
Much of this problem developed from un-equitable laws, not made by the police, but which they are ordered to enforce.It is not true of all police and not true of many of them, but tends to be true of the organizations themselves, because there is always some level of corruption creeping into the upper levels of the organization. This effects the hiring practices, the training practices, etc. It effects the orders that the organization delivers to officers regarding situations, etc.
Every police officer who cannot or will not treat all those within the community impartially and equitably, is essentially corrupt. Someone probably covered this better before. but "the police need to represent and be a part of those they represent", "the police need to be held to the same standards of scrutiny as those they are policing", "a non-peaceful resolution should be seen as a failure", etc.
If the hiring of your local police included only members of the community who cared about the health and welfare of all members of the community, you would end up with no instances of police violence and few instances of crime.
So, I may not mean "the police have lost their rights to social expectations" in the same way you do, but I agree with the basics of it. And I still mean that the guy who is stealing stuff has lost their rights to social expectations because they chose to steal rather than ask and so, they might get shot.
I would probably shoot a home intruder, looking at it realistically.
Panic is hell of a drug. I would at least try to aim at the legs so they're immobilized and then call the police. If they die, then "play stupid games win stupid prizes".
Yeah, it is the sort of thing that you should do practice drills for and should take the time to consider how things might play out. The ideal is that it doesn't get to that point, but premeditation will reduce panic and improve results. No different than considering how you'd handle unexpected situations
before taking an unfamiliar vehicle for a drive.
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Incidentally, this is why I laugh my ass off at rural MAGAts claiming things like "Out here, we HELP each other".
Nah, bro. You help the people you already know, and everyone else is just a potential threat. They do that in the cities too, it's called gangs.
So true... that is how magahat rurals speak and do things. "My
sports team neighbors first!
well, the ones I like..."
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