• Catherine_Steward [she/her]
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          3 years ago

          Imagine a situation where there is already brutal violence being done to you or someone else. In that situation, the worst case scenario when you call the police is that you or that other victim have brutal violence done to them by the cops. But that's not a downgrade, that's just what was already happening. Best case is they stop the violence.

          • SerLava [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            Yeah if you're getting murdered, you don't have much to lose, and even the worst cops usually just want to have a belt notch of stopping a murder, in which case they will often attempt to actually target the correct person. No guarantees though!