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Revealed: at least 22 Californians have died while being held face down by police since 2016
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 28 Feb 2024
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I think his point is that there's a lot of protest against the police for this practice, while apparently they're relatively careful with it.
There's talk about some calls being answered by other jobs than the cops but these numbers suggest that could result in more deaths
And yes if you need to hear it on repeat people being killed is bad
Fuck the police. They are not careful. Any number of murders by the police is too many. Any number of murders by healthcare workers is too many. We do not have to tolerate one to condemn the other.
and yet we do. This is like yelling at a kid for throwing a candy bar wrapper out the window while ignoring the factory around the bend spewing sewage into the river. Fact of the matter is health care workers have been killing people far in excess of any unjustified killings by police for years/decades and there has never been a peep out of people about it. The fact that you take the time to say 'fuck the police' over the healthcare workers who are killing them in an order of magnitude higher speaks volumes about you.
Do keep in mind at no point have I said that what the police have done is acceptable or okay. That's your own narrative.
I never said fuck the police over the healthcare workers. I said any number of murders by police is too many. Any number of murders by healthcare workers is too many.
My point is the police shouldn't get a pass because there's another group that's worse. Both groups should be scrutinized and deeply reformed.
You literally took the time to say 'fuck the police' and didn't say anything similar about the healthcare workers after seeing the stats that show that healthcare workers are more dangerous than police.
This has to be one of the dumbest arguments I've seen... Did you know that the death rate at hospice is 100%? HOW HAVE WE LET THESE MURDER CAMPS GO ON FOR SO LONG?
It's almost as if one of the things exists to care for people who are already sick and/or dying, so naturally they will handle more dead people.
And the other exists to protect capital. Not human life, capital. Often at the expense of human life.
So yeah, the comparison is fucking stupid.
Can you name a job that is more careful when restraining adults? That's the point this poster was making.
Try launching the slogan Fuck healthcare workers and see how much support you get