Bad Boys II

[Dill]

(06-23-2020, 09:24 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Quote:The paragraph as a whole addresses the question many have when comparing police-caused deaths between countries.  E.g., British police are also frequently attacked by people wielding knives and pipes and other potentially deadly weapons, but somehow neutralize them without killing them. In the US, many see "no-choice" but to simply shoot the knife and pipe-wielders. Those who raise questions about this normality are typically scolded for "monday-morning quarterbacking" from their armchairs about an officer who had to make a "split second decision."  It is this bland acceptance of no other alternative that puzzles our friends from countries with high levels of police accountability.

The state of UK policing is so tragically comic that using them as an example only proves how little you have in your arsenal on this topic.  Violent crime is soaring in the UK and the police are largely impotent in dealing with it.  The UK model of policing is dying, it has to, or its law abiding citizens will continue to pay the price.

So I raise the point that police in the UK frequently neutralize knife and pipe wielding criminals without shooting/killing them. Without disputing the truth of this point, you just say I have "little in my arsenal,"

and counter with mere impressions of UK policing--but whence came those impressions?

I know there are plenty of internet memes claiming that "violent crime is soaring in the UK" etc.,
but perhaps you could back your impressions with some credible sources that actually establish "UK policing is tragically comic" and "dying"?

That done we can get back to the ROE comparison the UK affords.