The US Politics |OT|

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sundin13 said:

KLXVER said:

Not really sure what you want me to say. You must have seen the statistics regarding crime in the US. The police interactions that ends up in someone innocent or someone following police orders getting killed are slim to none.

Its hard to argue what the correct way of training a police officer is. If you can stay calm and collected while someone is suddenly pulling out a gun or a knife and start attacking you, then please join the police force. They could use that kind of extraordinary skills. 

One of the reasons crime is so high in the US is because of how broken our justice system is. For decades we have been shipping non-violent offenders to prison, which breeds a culture of criminality and increases recidivism. It is also a symptom of our failure to fund public schooling, housing, and social programs which are powerful tools to reduce criminality.

I would like to add the fact that you loose so many rights when you go to jail, and unlike in Europe, you don't get all of them back after your jailtime. Good luck finding work or even just a place to live if you had been in jail, for instance. Once you had been jailed, it's being very difficult to get a honest income again in the US, which of course increases the risk of them becoming criminals again - potentially violent ones if they need the money urgently even if they had never been violent in their life before.