Is there a connection between resisting arrest and police killings.

[OldWiseGuy]

Do you think there is a connection between resisting arrest and being killed by police?

 

[RaymondG]

Do you think there is a connection between resisting arrest and being killed by police?

Yes there is a connection. There is also a connection between the bully and the bullied. Sometimes, if the bullied stands up to the bully, they could get hurt worse or killed. But if they never stand up for themselves, the bullying would continue..... For some, being relieved of the bully, is worth the risks of greater harm.

Not something one would understand unless they have been bullied, or experienced harassment by a few "bad" police.

 

[RaymondG]

Yes there is a connection. There is also a connection between the bully and the bullied. Sometimes, if the bullied stands up to the bully, they could get hurt worse or killed. But if they never stand up for themselves, the bullying would continue..... For some, being relieved of the bully, is worth the risks of greater harm.

Not something one would understand unless they have been bullied, or experienced harassment by a few "bad" police.

I think multiple times that I wish people would do whatever they were told no matter how wrong it is....just to survive.

But many are not ok with just surviving.....they want to be able to live free as well.

Can we fault them for this?

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Yes there is a connection.

Thank you.

Not something one would understand unless they have been bullied, or experienced harassment by a few "bad" police

I have had bad experiences with the police.

 

[GDL]

Do you think there is a connection between resisting arrest and being killed by police?

seeking common sense again owg?

 

[OldWiseGuy]

seeking common sense again owg?

Ya got me.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

I think multiple times that I wish people would do whatever they were told no matter how wrong it is....just to survive.

But many are not ok with just surviving.....they want to be able to live free as well.

Can we fault them for this?

Knowing that attempting to break free from the police might lead to death their best chance of survival might be to comply. The large number of incarcerated blacks is a testament to the survivability of police arrest.

 

[RaymondG]

Knowing that attempting to break free from the police might lead to death their best chance of survival might be to comply. The large number of incarcerated blacks is a testament to the survivability of police arrest.

"Their" chance of survival? Prison population is a testament to survivability?

I repent from entering this conversation.

 

[gaara4158]

I think multiple times that I wish people would do whatever they were told no matter how wrong it is....just to survive.

But many are not ok with just surviving.....they want to be able to live free as well.

Can we fault them for this?

There’s also the possibility that people simply don’t trust the police to treat them well or fairly once in custody, so they try to exercise every right they have before simply going along with their demands, especially if they’re out of the blue.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Brother of man who assaulted PCSO deputies says incident agitated man's mental condition

 

[Bob Crowley]

The blacks have long been treated badly in the USA. MInd you we haven't been much better with the aboriginals in that regard.

When US troops were stationed in Brisbane during WWII, black troops were "quarantined" across the river from the city in South Brisbane, and not allowed to mix with the whites in the city itself.

I remember a history teacher telling me years ago that one night some black servicemen got sick of this and tried to walk across Victoria Bridge into the city. US Military Police shot them.

I think another part of the problem is that due to the gun culture in the US the cops never know when someone is going to pull a gun on them. They're somewhat trigger happy as a result. Cops wear guns in Australia, but they don't expect to get shot at when they pull someone up for speeding or suspected drink or drug driving, with very rare exceptions.

These days the drug culture poses another threat. If a bloke's high on ice, you don't know what he might do.