Are cops becoming too bloodthirsty in America?

[cparle87]

Except for those times the cops murder people who aren't running away or resisting, of course.

How about we discuss the particular incident that is being discussed in this thread, and less whataboutisms? Reckless driver was stopped by police who bravely used their own vehicles to stop him before he hit and killed someone, he got hurt, and now he's crying.

[Akka]

So you are saying.. he ran away?

Dont run from the police then.

I wasn't aware that the punishment from running away from police was "being beaten up". Strange legal code.

[Lochton]

last night near me a guy is caught up in a pursuit that was ended by a police officer intentionally pulling out in front of him. the guy has 2 broken ribs, a broken knee and god knows what else. a local article says he sustained life threatening injuries.

all because they wanted to stop him for speeding lol

it's literally all they got him for

It seems like all you ever see on the news these days anymore is that cops are killing people.

Screams of someone trying to get away from a ticket. Soooooo....

.... don't be a douche, if you are expected to pull over, do so.

[Deleted]

This.

Cops are always getting brow beaten on chases. When you run from the police it makes them question who you are and why your running, you could be Ted Bundy (Example)

They aren't chasing you for speeding. They are chasing you because you obviously have something to hide that is worth killing people over.

This, this was basicly a chase reading from the op. They did not intend to break he's ribs. They intended to stop the car.
And people japping about turning infront the car, oh yeah a pitmanoeuvre would end so much better right?

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Yeah they are. Not in this case though, but shooting and killing someone who's only armed with a knife is a murder and they get away with it because they are cops. Why don't they use tazers on criminals with melee weapons?

Never seen the footage of the guy standing tall with multiple tazers and a freaking dog on it's arm?
I would agree shooting issent allways the solution but tazers and shit are not magical.

[Darkeon]

I wasn't aware that the punishment from running away from police was "being beaten up". Strange legal code.

Yes, that's totally what was implied in both those replies.

Keep being dishonest, it makes me smile!

[Deleted]

Curse those bloodthirsty monsters for stopping someone speeding and putting other motorists at risk!

[cuafpr]

if he didn't pull it over it wasn't just speeding it was running from the cops, so no cops are not blood thirsty and hopefully the cop was ok, no sympathy for the perp and any wages or gov't benefits the per receives should be used to pay for medical treatment via draft deductions.

[d00mGuArD]

It seems like all you ever see on the news these days anymore is that cops are killing people.

that is what you see on the news.

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source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o..._United_States

They are most definitely becoming LESS bloodthirsty, much less than 2 years ago.
The media however paint different picture than reality At least *some* media

**The fact that just now there are two different threads about police shootings on mmo-champion, despite number of shootings going down recently, smells like some are pushing this agenda, and people bite

[Emmagad]

have seen a few of those videos where the police is blamed for killing unarmed people and in every one of them the person is not done what they are told, the refuse to show there hand and so on. I dont say you should just shoot down ppl for minor stuff, but if the police point a gun at you you shoul probably consider to do what they say.

[Orlong]

Absolutely.
Sadly we have a bunch of idiots who thinks it's justified to beat someone to death if you run from the police.
It's them bringing us one step closer to fascism.

Youre right!! Every time someone runs from the police we should just let them go. We would catch absolutely no criminals then (except disabled ones, or does rolling away on a wheelchair count as running away and they should be left alone). Everyone can just run away now!

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Make sure you do not criticize Sharia law next time in your posts, because this mentality fits right in.


Those who claim he shouldn't have ran away from cops, and by running he deserved broken ribs are ignorant of the basic concept of rule of law. If you speed, you get a fine. If you run away from police, there is also a pre-defined punishment for you, but certainly not police breaking your ribs on the spot.

The Police did NOT break his ribs. He got broken ribs as a result of the accident which he caused by fleeing recklessly.

[Akka]

Yes, that's totally what was implied in both those replies.

Keep being dishonest, it makes me smile!

What was implied by these replies is basically "he deserved it". Which kinda fit with my answer, if you're not "being dishonest".

[Vargulf the Happy Husky]

the police aren't bloodthirsty.

the media is too money grubbing. "white cop kills black teen" gets ratings. ratings equals money.

[Aoyi]

I don't all cope are like that, but there are definitely some. On a related note, a cop killed a person on a motorcycle near me a few years back the same way. He was a friend of a friend of mine (guy on motorcycle). The cop who did it heard the report of him speeding, waited until he was about to cross the intersection, and pulled in front of him to kill the guy. The officer knew what they were doing and chose the lethal course of action over a speeder. I don't think all cops would have done the same. It was that one officers choice. I don't know what happened to the officer if anything, but my friend wrote a song about it right after it happened.

[Trifle]

Youre right!! Every time someone runs from the police we should just let them go. We would catch absolutely no criminals then (except disabled ones, or does rolling away on a wheelchair count as running away and they should be left alone). Everyone can just run away now!

You meant that to be a joke, but that's actually exactly police procedure in many countries. They can just arrest the person later when they aren't likely to cause an accident. Funnily enough if you stop chasing them they (usually) stop driving so dangerously.

[Thetruth1400]

It seems like all you ever see on the news these days anymore is that cops are killing people.

That's because the news media is making massive amounts of money off of reporting about "the big bad cops." The truth is, over 26.4 million traffic stops occurred last year, which accounts for about 42% of all police interactions on record. Of those, 80% of people admitted that they felt the stop was legitimate. There were

Only 55,400 people were harmed by cops last year, and less than 1,000 fatally. So that's 55,400 out of 62.9 million police interactions of all types. That comes out to less than 1 in 1,000 chance of your police interaction causing you harm and a less than 1 in 60,000 chance of it ending fatally. Again, that is literally every single police interaction, not just simple traffic stops. That means violent crimes, which is where the overwhelmingly large majority of police deaths occur.

Beyond all that though, the guy in your description didn't die, he was just injured. Why did the cop pull out in front of him? Was it laziness or was it the guy wasn't complying and attempting to flee, putting innocent people in danger? My guess is the later.

[Ealyssa]

I don't think that could happen in EU-countries, not even with their terror-alert as high as it is in some.

In Geneva the police are not allowed to car chase, period. No exception until specificaly ordered otherwise, which never happened to my knowledge in the last years.

[ItachiZaku]

For the most part, I've sided with the cops in these highly publicized events.

[unbound]

The answer to this question is complicated.

Most cops are good and responsible people that do not pull this shit. Most cops are not bloodthirsty, and most cops work honestly with their communities.

Some cops can only be described as evil who are, indeed, bloodthirsty. They don't care about the people in their community, many times seeing them as parasites or sub-human.

Guess which ones make the news? The same is true with any other group.

The troubling aspects of the bad cops are:
1) Some police departments have systemic issues that encourage bad cop behavior. They quickly dismiss bad cop behavior and start pouring out excuses that are irrelevant to the incident. This breeds a social environment where bad behavior becomes a norm and good behavior is hard to push forward due to fear of retaliation.
2) We are doing a terrible job at holding bad cops accountable. We are too easily swayed by "the cop felt in danger" even in situations that a regular civilian would not feel in danger, much less a trained cop.
3) We are becoming too immune to the concept of death. Bad cops are killing or seriously injuring people for reasons that should not be treated that seriously.
4) Bad cops have been shown to provoke or escalate incidents.
5) We are forgetting that cops are not supposed to be judge, jury, and executioners.

Again, most cops are good people and good officers. But no matter what percentage of cops are good vs bad, we should always be aggressively stomping out bad cop behavior while encouraging good cop behavior.

[Akka]

That's because the news media is making massive amounts of money off of reporting about "the big bad cops." The truth is, over 26.4 million traffic stops occurred last year, which accounts for about 42% of all police interactions on record. Of those, 80% of people admitted that they felt the stop was legitimate. There were

Only 55,400 people were harmed by cops last year, and less than 1,000 fatally. So that's 55,400 out of 62.9 million police interactions of all types. That comes out to less than 1 in 1,000 chance of your police interaction causing you harm and a less than 1 in 60,000 chance of it ending fatally. Again, that is literally every single police interaction, not just simple traffic stops. That means violent crimes, which is where the overwhelmingly large majority of police deaths occur.

By comparison, Germany (80 millions people, so one quarter of the USA) has had 10 police killings in 2015 (so about one hundred times fewer).
So, per capita, it's about 25 times fewer. Not "25 fewer killings", "25 times fewer killing".
Seems to me there is really a problem, and not just "news media".

[FlatBootyJudy]

last night near me a guy is caught up in a pursuit that was ended by a police officer intentionally pulling out in front of him. the guy has 2 broken ribs, a broken knee and god knows what else. a local article says he sustained life threatening injuries.

all because they wanted to stop him for speeding lol

it's literally all they got him for

It seems like all you ever see on the news these days anymore is that cops are killing people.

There are hundreds of thousands of police officers, it is not very common. The media just throws a spotlight on the few things that happen so that they can insinuate violence to create more news. The media knows that stupid people are passionate and easily influenced.