Why Many Police Traffic Stops Turn Deadly

[Jedi Guy]

43. I didn't say anything about being respectful.

I said I was calm and did as I was asked/told, such as keeping my hands in plain sight and providing ID. If you're being detained or arrested, respect is optional. Cops can't make you respect them, but they absolutely can (and will) make you put your hands behind your back so they can cuff you.

Again, if you've seen what you believe to be excessive force or cops shooting people for no reason, all I can advise is that you report it. Doing otherwise accomplishes nothing, and since I wasn't there, I can't comment on what you believe happened regarding those events.

Police brutality is a real thing and only a fool would claim otherwise, but the statistics do not support the notion that it's rampant, or even a common occurrence. Again, less than 2% of 61.5 million interactions involve force of any kind.

I've seen enough instances of people lying about it not to take witness accounts at face value, so therein lies the value of investigations. If the investigation doesn't support the conclusion you've already reached, though, clearly that must mean the fix is in, right?

As I stated upthread, comparing European or Japanese cops to American cops won't wash. Apples to bowling balls, given how many people in America routinely walk around with guns on them. That said, I'll agree that cops generally aren't trained to deal with most mental health crises, and I can tell you that cops absolutely hate going to those calls. They'd be glad to be shed of that responsibility.