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Man from Pickens

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31. Cops ARE getting more brutal, and in a big way

Reply to Godhumor (Original post)

Fri Jul 24, 2015, 01:53 PM

Jul 2015

Check out the number of SWAT team raids, for example. Went from being an extremely rarely-used tactic to standard operating procedure to the tune of 100,000 raids every year.

Check out year over year stats on the number of people killed by police. We set a record last year. This year, we passed that record barely past the midway point of the year.

This is escalating violence, not merely more-exposed.

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Are cops getting more brutal, or are smartphones, social media, etc just pulling back the curtains [View all] Godhumor Jul 2015 OP

I think the brutality has become more known outside LWolf Jul 2015 #1

Absolutely agree n/t Godhumor Jul 2015 #3

Agreed, I think it has always been there. Scary really. Nt stevenleser Jul 2015 #16

A bit of both nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #2

A lot of both. nt kelliekat44 Jul 2015 #4

Both, but its not just the smartphone and other cameras becoming ubiquitous... Anansi1171 Jul 2015 #5

Both. deathrind Jul 2015 #6

I think they're getting less brutal gwheezie Jul 2015 #7

Not sure where you live, but that's not the case in Philadelphia. GoneOffShore Jul 2015 #18

I live in rural Virginia gwheezie Jul 2015 #21

I hadn't thought of this in way too many years, LWolf Jul 2015 #22

Number of people killed by cops has gone up every year since 1995, crime overall plummmeted Exultant Democracy Jul 2015 #26

I quess the statistics are more accurate. gwheezie Jul 2015 #34

I agree on both also kimbutgar Jul 2015 #8

Mostly the second one Cal Carpenter Jul 2015 #9

It has been suggested that there may also be some link to steroid use. n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2015 #10

Beat downs have become shootings. Downwinder Jul 2015 #11

It's a combination of the two, militarization of the police forces; to deal Uncle Joe Jul 2015 #12

It's probably always been there. forsaken mortal Jul 2015 #13

Essentially, predators. beevul Jul 2015 #25

Yes. Comrade Grumpy Jul 2015 #14

If I had to guess I'd say cops are less brutal than 20 years ago Recursion Jul 2015 #15

I think it's something of a feedback loop. Since Rodney King, really, the public has Marr Jul 2015 #17

I think they have always been cops who are brutal Marrah_G Jul 2015 #19

Both. There are training issues with younger cops and cell phones are exposing that Yo_Mama Jul 2015 #20

both. n/t librechik Jul 2015 #23

It's always been that way, in some ways worse Facility Inspector Jul 2015 #24

I think technology is pulling back the curtains on Ilsa Jul 2015 #27

Yes treestar Jul 2015 #30

I suspect some have always been this way. Turbineguy Jul 2015 #28

Pulling back the curtain treestar Jul 2015 #29

Cops ARE getting more brutal, and in a big way Man from Pickens Jul 2015 #31

The easy and regularity of police defaulting to street avenger Half-Century Man Jul 2015 #32

More brutal. Militarization plus court rulings against citizen protections have enabled bad mmonk Jul 2015 #33

brutality existed before. ask older people of color Liberal_in_LA Jul 2015 #35