> I'm amazed at how many people wax poetic about how awful it is that they should, say, turn on the light when their car is stopped, but have no problem asking the cops to face people who want to shoot them. And you can say there's no "war on police" because some stats are down, but doesn't that make it a bit hard to explain the parade of crazy people shooting cops simply because they hate them?
Those always existed and are not new or news. They are actually fewer than before.
See the problem here is the argument it is increasing and it is a "war" when literally no part of that argument is based on fact.
I could call the fact I've had my home broken into and physically assaulted in the past by someone who specifically wanted to harm me a "war" against me. I don't do that either.
The difference here is the amount of media coverage it gets, that is literally all of it. If every source of death caused by people got equal coverage, the police would not even be noticed because of how rare it is.
> We're just asking to make our police force worse by driving anyone with better options out of the force, creating a downward spiral. Given how few people would live in a place without cops, this doesn't seem like a solution. One of the things you don't seem to realize is that the police hating culture is one of the things that helps make cops extra edgy and it makes things worse for everybody.
Honestly, based on the criminal acts that have been committed against me in my life, I might as well live in a place without cops. I've had to resolve 100% of the crimes committed against me myself because the cops took 0 positive action to resolve the issues. This stems from bike thefts to breaking & entering & assault on my person.
Cops have stolen my car and scraped off the registration tag when I called them on it.
They've damaged my property and refused to pay for it, arguing that since I don't have a video of the asshole on his motorcycle driving down a back alley and slamming into my fence it didn't happen. Even tho there were 5+ cops in the vicinity who saw him do it.
The police have caused me more harm through malice than actual criminals. However, how many criminal acts like these actually end up in the news? None.
Who ends up paying for this stuff like this? Me.
You can argue cops are the solution if you like, but as far as I can tell, the ledge is currently 0/6 crimes resolved by police. 2/2 acts by police that caused me financial harm.
Similarly, police shoot more unarmed black men than get shot...but hey, its the cops that need protection eh?
> Those always existed and are not new or news. They are actually fewer than before.
That depends on whether or not you consider motive. Sure, people shooting cops during their crimes might be down, but people going hunting for cops is quite clearly up and it takes a bit of cognitive dissonance to equate the two.
> See the problem here is the argument it is increasing and it is a "war" when literally no part of that argument is based on fact.
So, what exactly do you call it when people hate you and go out of their way to shoot you based on who you are, as if all cops are exactly the same and bear collective guilt.
> I've had to resolve 100% of the crimes committed against me myself because the cops took 0 positive action to resolve the issues. This stems from bike thefts to breaking & entering & assault on my person.
This only makes me wonder how you're resolving issues like that and if there's a correlation with your expectations that's becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy. I have completely the opposite experience, if we're working on anecdotes, and approximately as many interactions, including the case where my own mother was murdered. The officers there went out of their way to check on us and make sure that no one was mistreating us.
Those always existed and are not new or news. They are actually fewer than before.
See the problem here is the argument it is increasing and it is a "war" when literally no part of that argument is based on fact.
I could call the fact I've had my home broken into and physically assaulted in the past by someone who specifically wanted to harm me a "war" against me. I don't do that either.
The difference here is the amount of media coverage it gets, that is literally all of it. If every source of death caused by people got equal coverage, the police would not even be noticed because of how rare it is.
> We're just asking to make our police force worse by driving anyone with better options out of the force, creating a downward spiral. Given how few people would live in a place without cops, this doesn't seem like a solution. One of the things you don't seem to realize is that the police hating culture is one of the things that helps make cops extra edgy and it makes things worse for everybody.
Honestly, based on the criminal acts that have been committed against me in my life, I might as well live in a place without cops. I've had to resolve 100% of the crimes committed against me myself because the cops took 0 positive action to resolve the issues. This stems from bike thefts to breaking & entering & assault on my person.
Cops have stolen my car and scraped off the registration tag when I called them on it.
They've damaged my property and refused to pay for it, arguing that since I don't have a video of the asshole on his motorcycle driving down a back alley and slamming into my fence it didn't happen. Even tho there were 5+ cops in the vicinity who saw him do it.
The police have caused me more harm through malice than actual criminals. However, how many criminal acts like these actually end up in the news? None.
Who ends up paying for this stuff like this? Me.
You can argue cops are the solution if you like, but as far as I can tell, the ledge is currently 0/6 crimes resolved by police. 2/2 acts by police that caused me financial harm.
Similarly, police shoot more unarmed black men than get shot...but hey, its the cops that need protection eh?
Fucking bullshit.