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OssiansFolly t1_j63jav1 wrote

Reply to comment by TheRedContinues in Jury acquits Pawtucket police officer in shooting of teen driver by skippyspk

"Violence against police is on the rise!"

Yeah, no shit...it's kill or be killed for some people. That's why the entire premise of more guns means more polite civilization is ridiculous...you always want to be the first person to shoot.

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TheRedContinues t1_j63mm57 wrote

In this case the victim was an unarmed teenager who was speeding and made the police office angry, so in response he cornered and shot him. It wasn't necessarily kill or be killed, unless I misunderstood you.

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OssiansFolly t1_j63txkf wrote

I wasn't speaking in this case specifically. Police want to know why violence against them is up...it's because of shit like this. People expect police to be violent and get away with it, so they're fighting back.

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Mparker15 t1_j64uc2l wrote

Violence against police isn't up in any meaningfully way. Police kill more people and are killed less often in the line of duty than several decades ago. There is a recent uptick but it's still a rarity. It's not so much actual violence that police are facing but rather public disapproval of police in general that they absolutely cannot handle.

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