I expect the police not to shoot when someone is clearly not a danger to anyone. How many less that is than now? I don't know.
Most everyone is prejudiced (we learn it as well as we learn our first language. Including minorities prejudiced against minorities. Even to their own group. Females are almost exactly sexist against females as males are. And it makes sense. We all get the same message from society . Of course it is easier for a minority to realize prejudices agansit their group is unfounded because they know it is. But that doesn't necessary mean they will. It is just easier than someone outside their group) however some professions cause more harm to minorities than other professions. A bank (and this does happen too often) can give a minority a bad loan just for being a minority, a teacher (and this does happen too often) can give a minority a bad grade just for being a minority. I'm not minimizing how awful and potentially life changing for the worse it is but cops help put innocent or non-violent minorities to 25-life in prison and to death row to killing them just for being a minority. That's some of the worse you can do. But I do agree, we should point out everyone else who's prejudiced. It is certainly not just cops.
And a good thing to pont out is that it isn't just a few bad cops always, there are whole bad police stations. It is really devastating to certain communities. And it needs to be fixed. Agos ago!
I agree with what some of of what you say and I believe your posts in general are well thought out and display a good level of common sense.
With that said, do you agree on the following:
-cops are faced with dangerous situations?
-most cops display good judgement?
-most of the killings that happen with police, are justified, considering the circumstances?
Now, if you were a cop and you saw others simply stating how many people cops kill in the line of duty simply for effect, how would it make you feel?
Let me give an analogy that I have given before in regards to the same. Thousands of people die every year in hospitals, when they are being treated by doctors. Not unlike cops being confronted with dangerous people, the patients that come into the hospital, can be gravely ill and no matter how the doctor treats them, they will likely die. Now, since doctors are human, just as cops are human, some of those deaths may in fact be from poor decision making from the doctor, just as some of the killings by cops, are from poor decision making. With a human element, faced with difficult situations, you are never going to achieve 100% success in how humans react, ever.
Now, the goal should be, to get as close to 100% as you possibly can, knowing perfection is not part of the equation involving humans. So, what good comes out of tainting all the doctors and hospitals, by me stating the raw number of people who die in hospitals? The answer is obvious, none? In fact, it will only cause push back and divide from those who are doing good work and animosity.
Intelligent people realize we are dealing with humans, not robots and instead, focus on those deaths, whether they be in the hospital or from police, that appear to be a problem and they are thoroughly investigated to determine what could have been done differently. This way, doctors and cops can learn from mistakes and those who were negligent in their actions, can be held accountable.
That is how I see it.
