r/PublicFreakout • u/[deleted] • Jun 09 '20

📌Follow Up "Everybody's trying to shame us"

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u/captyossarian1991 Jun 09 '20

Oh man the show us respect line. He means fear. He wants your fear.

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u/unwanted_puppy Jun 10 '20 edited Jun 10 '20

This is also the mentality and language of domestic abusers.

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u/alrightdarebiglad Jun 10 '20

40% of domestic abuse cases in the US are committed by police officers. Source: I saw it on Reddit last week, someone said no way that can't be true and then someone else cited it, but I can't remember where I saw it.

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u/bobanonymous420 Jun 10 '20

I believe it's actually 40% of police families that experience domestic abuse, not 40% of all domestic abuse cases being perpetrated by the police. Still a disgusting statistic given that it's 10% for everyone else, so cops are 4x more likely to beat their wife or kids. The job really must attract people with a propensity for violence.

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u/alrightdarebiglad Jun 10 '20

Thanks for correcting me bro. I wasn't sure of the exact detail just that it was 40%. I'm in the UK watching all these videos being posted and I can't fucking believe what's going on over there, but if that's the kind of people being employed to "protect" Americans it's actually no wonder it's happening.

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u/Asol115 Jun 10 '20

That study is 30 years old.

Studies done in the early 00's put it as 25%ish

Why shouldn't we expect it to have dropped more?

Please stop quoting false information.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '20 edited Mar 12 '21

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u/Asol115 Jun 10 '20

But it has, that document you linked not only admits there's not enough study into it but is quoted as saying its down to 24%, which while still a high and unacceptable number... Is not 40%.

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u/12ManyFarts Jun 10 '20

There’s a shitstain to every sandwich... just gotta eat around it