But that would only make my argument stronger, not weaker.
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What protections? - Never mind, how does more protections from the police result in more Americans shot and killed by police?
Literally ever single country in Europe has a constitution, with the sole exception of the UK.Our rights can't be revoked by a simple majority vote by our legislature.
Every country has two in fact, the EHCR - Which is a document of rights, that is binding - (so the UK has the one constitution)
Again how does that - Reduce - police shootings in the EU?You have lawsuit limitations and caps that aren't present in the US system.When you can bring forth something that is likely to improve your position, take your delusional nonsense elsewhere.When you can offer some meaningful comparison between the US and some other similar country, I'm all ears. Until then, take your opinionated nonsense elsewhere.
Of course he has, let´s just take a look at the global peace index and .. 103rd place ... oh.
Ok, forget that, let´s look at the prosperity index and .. hm 11th, hey not so bad ..
"11. United States — The world's most powerful country scored higher than any other in the Legatum Institute's health category, but its citizens are among the least safe and secure on this list. The US was 33rd in this subindex."
shit.
Does Legatum Institue's health category by chance measure what health care you can get in a country if you have unlimited funds (read: money) at your disposal?
Or maybe it measures the health of the Legatum Institute (by using distance from prefered hospital of its sponsors as a metric)?
Just looked at their data a bit, did they seriously mess up the flags of several major countries?
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Dunno, if my memory serves me right, during The Troubles in Northern Ireland, we had soliders doing regular road checks and I don't recall any shootings like the one listed here or in previous threads. Of course, these were army men and I assume their training is better than that of a police officer. I am however confident The Troubles was a more tense situation than what American is in.
Only in Murica lol
I saw recently something about that how the white person wasn't shot but the black person was.
To that I say, wasn't the white victim's already dead? and the black victim alive? I would say the white person shouldn't have been shot in that case because the person is already dead and isn't exactly a mortal threat to them anymore, the black guy still was a threat he was actively eating a live person.
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Our officers are barely (not at all) trained long learn to learn how to deal with non-disabled people in various ways, let alone someone with a speech and hearing imparement.
In most states, your not allowed to have your music too loud and your not allowed to drive with headphones on/in your ears for this very reason. You cant hear sirens coming from that ambulance coming up on an intersection. You cant hear the police walking up on your car. You cant hear the honk of someone when you make a mistake (we all have done this) and dont see that person in your blind spot. Theres a plethora of reasons why most states have restrictions on hearing for drivers.
Im not sure if the hearing impaired get a pass, but I have been pulled over for earbuds in Maryland. My radio didn't work at the time, and I got a $50 ticket.
Jesus Christ, here I will post it yet again http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=4779
Yes incarceration rates and over policing show how, even with the same or less police force, they harass the public (for perceived petty crimes) to the point that the public turns on them. I mean I get it, you dont understand because you may not live in the US or in a high policed area so you may not totally understand this mindset. Most neighborhoods view the police as the enemy and dont cooperate with investigations which make policing crime tougher. So when you have what is perceived to be the enemy trying to enforce laws, the public wont respond in kind, this increases the rate of those who feel they are over policed, to resist and we know resisting the police does not end well.
Take for instance this guy, he had five misdemeanor charges in Denver one was obstructing the police. Arrested twice in FL once of petty theft the other speeding with an additional charge of resisting which was dropped. In CT he plead guilty to interfering and resisting arrest. One guy, nine incidents in eight years with the police, the last which turned deadly. His luck with resisting arrest finally ran out, something bad happened, he came across a police officer who deemed his actions a threat.
Kinda my point, I don't recall many "civilians" being killed by the government at the peak of the The Troubles. Even when it was a high alert. The gun point, I wouldn't really know. Never had one and I know no one that does (unless they used to be in the army or police officer as they are still considered a target by a certain group).
All I am saying is that I think the BS excuse of them being "tense" or "on edge" is just that, BS.
But could you not drive perfectly fine without hearing? Personally i rarely listen to music, and only have the radio on in case of a traffic-message (message informing of accidents and such in the area). But during every day driving you don't use your hearing much, and I don't know about you, but I more often than not see the ambulance behind me before I hear it, unless I have my window rolled down.