SeparateAddress9070 t1_jcwad43 wrote
Reply to comment by Zajac19 in ‘Our system failed Najee’: Advocates renew calls for mental health support in wake of N.J. police killing by MrBravado
lol. Couldn't tell you the last time I "watched the news." I'm not a boomer. You need to actually spend some time educating yourself on the actual shit going on in 90% of police departments across this country.
Zajac19 t1_jcwaqnl wrote
You mean the 1000 police shootings last year made by 18,000 police agencies in the US, somehow equates to 90%? I am interested in your statistics. In fact even in New Jersey the average officer has used “ use of force “ one or fewer times in the last year among 17000 officers.
SeparateAddress9070 t1_jcwbg8w wrote
Where did I say anything about police shootings in that statement? Murdering innocent people regularly isn't the only disgusting thing that police are known for in the United States. Disproportionate arrests of minorities for minor crimes, disproportionate use of force, sexism within the force...
ACAB isn't just something people say to be edgy. All cops are fucking scum.
Zajac19 t1_jcwbptw wrote
You brought up “ state violence “ so I decided to use statistics ( publicly available in New Jersey btw) to show you that in fact 95% of police officers in New Jersey exercise what you would call “ state violence “ less than once a year!
SeparateAddress9070 t1_jcwc243 wrote
......state violence does not just mean use of force. State violence can be anything from civil forfeiture, to arresting someone for a minor crime and leaving their belongings on the side of the road, to harrassing someone with police presence.
State violence is putting thousands of dollars of fines on people for misdemeanors that they can't afford to pay, and then taking their shit in retaliation. State violence is *being present as a cop with a gun in a black community.*
state violence is the anxiety that an encounter with the police gives a young minority male.
8 million cannabis arrests in the last 10 years is state violence.
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