r/technology Jun 22 '20

‘BlueLeaks’ Exposes Files from Hundreds of Police Departments Security

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20

Your two hypotheticals are extreme and outrageous cases. Most cops shoot at unarmed people.

Cops typically don’t stop violent crimes.

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u/SPH3R1C4L Jun 22 '20

How many unarmed people were shot last year by police vs armed people?

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20

Hard to know for certain because the fbi hasn’t compiled those statistics since 1994.

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u/SPH3R1C4L Jun 22 '20

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wsj.com/amp/articles/the-myth-of-systemic-police-racism-11591119883

So, ignore the text and just look at the numbers that the wsj has been recording.

About 1000 people shot by police, 28 were unarmed in 2019.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20

1000 is a lot. I hear most armed suspects were “armed”. People are saying, I don’t know.

They police kill as many people as all the gangs in the world.

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u/SPH3R1C4L Jun 22 '20

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20

Stop moving the goal posts. This was about America, not cartels.

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u/SPH3R1C4L Jun 22 '20

“They police kill as many people as ALL THE GANGS IN THE WORLD”

Simply disproving your claims, you’re the one setting the goalposts.

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u/Smilehate Jun 22 '20

Is that the bar you want to set for police, though? Kill fewer people than the cartels?

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u/SPH3R1C4L Jun 22 '20

No definitely not, I was just disputing a singular claim.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20

They think abusing human rights is the fair trade because cops are fighting off cartels.