But the cops are good people. Or something [View all]

[Savannahmann]

A user posted this missive in this thread.

In the post, the user argued that excessive force and violence by the police was not nearly as big a deal as citizen on citizen violence.

I tend to think that 400 people, most of them probably violent criminals, killed by cops - is the distraction, compared to the much larger number of people - 14,800 killed by other Americans.

So excessive force, and murder by police, who lie about the situation, is a distraction. So I thought I'd ask you all the following question to help me get a feel of the users here on DU.

In this scenario, it is understood that you are innocent. You haven't don anything to anyone, you've committed no crime. You are literally minding your own business in situations like this, this, this, or this.

Now, the question. Would you rather get assaulted by a random attacker on the street in which you get a concussion, lost wallet, have to cancel credit cards and the rest from your lost wallet.

Or would you rather be beaten by the police as in the linked examples, and then be charged with a felony of assaulting a police officer, convicted, spend some time in prison, and attempt to rebuild your life afterward with a felony conviction which shuts you out of many employment opportunities.

I'm going to take it as a given that you and I would really rather not be beaten. However, of the two choices, which would you prefer? For me? I'll take random attack by the civilians for two hundred Alex.

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	I'd rather be beaten in a random attack so I only suffer for a few days.
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	I'd rather be beaten by the police and suffer for the rest of my life.
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