At a time when violent crime in the US is the lowest in a generation why is there an epidemic of police violence?
Mark Perry
asks:
The violent crime rate has been almost cut in half over the last 20 years, from 747.1 violent crimes per 100,000 inhabitants in 1994 to only 366.1 crimes per 100,000 last year (see chart above). So why at the same time that violent crime has been declining so consistently have we seen such an accompanying epidemic of police violence and SWAT raids, and such a “rise of the warrior cop” in America?
Perhaps it is the police violence that discourages crime. The people are being whipped into shape.
ReplyDeleteIf there's any justice left in this country, then you'll be the next victim of police brutality you sick pathetic fool!
DeleteThey'll beat you within an inch of the law. Too bad the,law is longer than your life.
DeleteWhy would pigs beat anyone within an inch of the law, when they trespass it constangtly and are not held accountable? Read the definition of 'police state' and see the US today. Until those cowards (pigs) are held criminally liable for crimes they commit, this will only get better for the rich, tax-dodging Repubicans and their retarded minions.
DeleteAll the psychopaths have been absorbed into the police, so that their violent actions are no longer considered "crimes". Anyone who would have become a serial killer 20 years ago can now just join some branch of the state's "law enforcement" caste and get all his jollies maiming and killing without any of the risk.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of the decrease of violent crime, the drug warriors wont be happy with this one
ReplyDeletehttp://jonathanturley.org/2014/06/04/legal-pot-sales-soar-nationally-as-colorado-reports-continuing-increase-in-sales-and-a-decrease-in-crime/
To a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
ReplyDeleteJust because the Justice Department declares violent crimes have decreased does not make it so.
ReplyDeleteWhy would any sane person accord any credibility to government stats?
Of course, as a matter of fact, violent crime may have decreased; that the government says so does not, in fact, prove it to be so.
I'm sure these "violent crime" statistics don't count when the police storm into an innocent man's home, kill his dog, burn his baby, do thousands of dollars of damage, and then refuse to apologize for it.
ReplyDeleteIf you count the actions of the police, I suspect violent crime may very well be up!
WORD!
DeleteGovernment on plebeian mundanes violence has far exceeded any "government study" of crime stats.
Oh, and don't forget the much higher level of fear of police brutality that pervades society.
DeleteWorld of Warcraft has replaced Jack Daniels in the social lives of many 16-25 year old males.
ReplyDeleteNow this is a call for gun control I can get behind. Arm the citizens and disarm the State.
ReplyDeleteWhat evidence is there that police violence is increasing? It could be publication bias.
ReplyDeleteWhat evidence there is for publication bias? If anything there's a marked and obvious move of mass media from relative independence towards fully-managed propaganda.
Deletehttp://nylawyer.nylj.com/adgifs/decisions/031513chart.jpg
Deletehttp://www.policemisconduct.net/2010-q2-npmsrp-national-police-misconduct-statistical-report/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_brutality_in_the_United_States#Post_9.2F11
That was just too easy Jason April
Maybe Wenzel owns the apple trees of a thousand hills and has worked out a deal with the police to enact just retribution.
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