Hadn't seen the video (
this one, right?), but I can see why this thread is being made. And to be honest, I've got those doubts as well.
As someone who has never even been on US soil, my view obviously depends on the media and home video's. And of course neither go viral or make the news if nothing's amiss ("next up on the news: local US cop goes to investigate a neighbor dispute and totally calms everyone by being diplomatic and nice to all involved, thus allowing for them to settle their differences in a civilized manner! Shocking images at seven o'clock!!!"), so my view is obviously one-sided.
Still, I can't but help notice that things are polarizing. Before 9/11 I never heard anything on xenophobia, but since then it slowly dripped in, it seems. And the financial crisis clearly left a large group frustrated and/or in a victim role (rightfully so, but that's a different matter). Mostly, people are people and tend to keep their problems to themselves. But that doesn't mean the frustration is gone. Again: it may be me, but stories like told in
not always right seem like external outings of that frustration.
And cops? They get to deal with these people on a daily basis. The sort of people who want to
sue a coffee bar for them not parking correctly or
want a problem on their porch solved without giving away their address. I imagine they're under a lot of stress. And the polarization isn't helping. It's as if everyone is put against everyone. Christ, it's like you as a country just WANT to get everyone against you. Immigrants, children of former immigrants, black people, believers in climate change, North Korea, the European Union...
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know: the far majority of inhabitants just want a decent job, not being at war, a freshly mowed lawn in front of the house and Turkey for thanksgiving. Shouldn't you focus on having that instead of on what's going on?
(note: the polarization didn't start with Trump. Him even making it to candidate was already a sign of things being wrong)
*sigh*
Believe me, I hate cops as well. I know I can't count on them if I need them, and I've had my share of problems for retarded offenses (got a ticket for driving through a red light when there's no car ANYWHERE...with a freaking bike). I know they're just being human, and that means being realistic: they probably didn't join the police to harass people about stupid things, but it just so happens that if they have a job ahead of them, they tend to do it (they get a quota on ticket fines that have to be met? So be it). I tend to think that this incident is in the same vein: the agent assumed he was right because being right is what being a police is about (that's sarcasm), so the nurse must've been wrong. The nurse was wrong, so she was in the way of the investigation. She was in the way of the investigation, therefore she should've been arrested. From that sort of logic, it all fits.
...and I think I rambled more than made any cohesive post. Sorry about that.
That's correlation, not causation. It's a logical fallacy to assume that, especially given the statistics that show dramatically decreased gun violence during a period of dramatically increased gun production.
I'd like to see those statistics. Because for one thing, I don't believe this world is becoming a safer place now that North Korea is doing that increased gun production thing.