re: Officer who shot Philando Castile has been acquitted of all charges (link and orig vid)

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It's a statistical fact that black males get pulled over at a far far higher rate than any other member of society. 

Many officers have admitted that it's common for police to stop black men under the pretenses of very minor things that they wouldn't ever bother anybody else with when they actually want to check IDs or see if they can spot something in the car. 

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Because, statically, the rates of finding warrants, drugs, or firearms are dramatically higher with those stops. I call that doing a good job.

When they occasionally have to shoot someone, it's called an occupational hazard, not murder.

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This narrative needs to be put to rest as well. The average LEO never once during their careers has their life put in real danger. And if you believe so, then that is another reason why they should be required to be prior commissioned military officers.

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This is literally the dumbest fricking thing I've ever read on this site. Unbelievable.

No I was just agreeing with you. Living in the same community you police is an incredibly stupid/dangerous idea. Not to mention conflicts of interest all over the place.

You need to get that stupid in check. Because it's real fricking stupid.

Do you get some sort of high by bashing and belittling people?

Has to be a cop am I rite?

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That's called good police work. I read an extremely alarming statistic about black males the other day. I don't remember the exact numbers but it was close to black males make up 6% of the population but commit over 50% of the violent crimes in this country. If the police are ignoring basic statistics and not watching black males closely then they need to be fired.

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Well that would be racial profiling. Which is illegal. Police should watch everyone. Young, old, white and black. Every race commits crime and every gender does the same. Police should be relationships in the community, it helps with trust and progress. If they profile a lot of black males then there will be no trust of law enforcement.

If black males are responsible for all crime then the police should be up their arse.

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Well that would be racial profiling. Which is illegal. Police should watch everyone.

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This happens and should happen. They patrol the high crime areas and people. You won't see NOPD doing drive arounds in the Garden District looking for people selling pot.

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Every race commits crime and every gender does the same.

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Every race and gender commits crimes but the absolute FACT is that young black males commit crimes, especially violent crimes, at rates exponentially higher than every other race or gender. I'd imagine we all want the police to be focused on the high crime areas right?