tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post7060991417052459829..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Race and Police ViolenceAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-3082218959372384322022-04-09T19:35:14.357-04:002022-04-09T19:35:14.357-04:00The previous Madison police chief, after complaint...The previous Madison police chief, after complaints, decided that radical transparency was the way to go, and posted a M-F daily crime blog. Identities were obscured, but the sex and ethnicity of the nominal perps and victims were in the report. It turns out that the police don't lurk outside people's homes spying to see if they can catch them doing something bad--they're called for.<br />(The new chief doesn't include that info. He used to work for a Chicago police oversight group...)<br /><br />I wonder about the reference in the link to a "bias" in police stops. I have trouble seeing through windshields reliably--unless the window is down or the car is backlit I'd have a problem guessing the ethnicity of the driver. At night I can generally tell if a taillight is out, though.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-25753890431439325982022-04-09T16:11:02.014-04:002022-04-09T16:11:02.014-04:00No, no! You must either support Blue Lives Matter...No, no! You must either support Blue Lives Matter or Black Lives Matter! There are no subtleties here.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-5040908909410238292022-04-09T15:31:50.715-04:002022-04-09T15:31:50.715-04:00Yes, it’s hard because there are so many different...Yes, it’s hard because there are so many different facets to a police call. One, someone has to call the police because they view the situation as threatening. And then the police (numbers on scene may vary) interact with people (who they may or may not have interacted with before) and the situation has to escalate to weapons being pulled out (taser vs gun vs pepper spray vs baton) and then a determination to use the weapon. The raw data to sort through is overwhelming I would think, and it still doesn’t easily differentiate between racist intent, ignorance, or justified use of force (or some combo of the three).GraniteDadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04851407860883846133noreply@blogger.com