Hi Winston, I want to know something: when cops murder somebody do you make a comment about it on hn or social media or anywhere, or do you only make comments when car windows get smashed?
No, these two things are actually not the same at all.
I would fight to the death rather than be killed. But I'd give up my wallet and not worry about it.
Human lives are more important than property. Human lives are more important than property. Why this is constantly up for debate baffles me.
- 7 times more likely to be falsely convicted of murder than innocent white suspects.
- 3.5 times more likely ... for sexual assaults.
7x & 3.5x are lowballs since I expect only a relatively small % can actually afford to prove their innocence.
Conclusion: Good luck getting accurate crime stats from some of the most historically racist institutions in the USA.
Exoneration Stats https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Documents/Race...
I'm against public police because they do a terrible job (in a lot of ways, from racing to just being incompetent, to persecuting victimless crimes) and I wish we had private police.
The only positive thing that could have come out of BLM was a discussion on this topic, instead they completely lacked the philosophical and political skills to do something about this. Defunding the police without having an alternative was obviously a terrible idea and it wrecked havoc wherever it was implemented.
I'm against BLM because they damaged and stole people's property for no reason, without condemning the actions of their violent members.
Violence is not protesting.