Police Misconduct Debate

I've concluded there is very little off-topic for HN - and if you'd read the article, it actually paints the police in a fairly positive light - aggressive enforcement is not the same a zealous enforcement.

Damn, this post reads like you are saying "I'm mad that the police are stopping me and my pals from lynching people I don't like for a fun Friday night instead of assisting us in doing it."So great that this is what HN is now... sigh

I've read the comments here and I have nothing to add other than it's sickening that the police see nothing wrong with this.I guess when you're on the side of the blue line that is protected from the excesses of law enforcement you forget about what the threat it poses to the rest of us.

I believe this is a topic of sufficient intellectual weight for HN. There is certainly something wrong with the law enforcement system in the US and this is just such a blatant and clear example of it that we can point to and discuss about.You do not have to engage if it makes you feel uncomfortable but these issues are real and very relevant to a significant number of people, including HN audience, and they deserve to be addressed.

I'm probably one of the most anti-cop people on Hacker News, and buddy, you have it wrong. Even I can't find much objectionable about how these police officers handled the situation.

You're missing the greater picture because you seem to be ignoring the context in which the article itself was published. Which is that we're seeing a large amount of violence being committed by police across the US, including other instances of police tracking down people who record them on social media in cities like Seattle.The article is about her experience with the local PD, yes. The context of the title relates to the here and now which is a data point in the greater p

I think you're being downvoted because you're in a thread about police brutality and are attempting to frame this as the fault of the people being brutalized.

Perhaps you missed the note that got passed around that said something like:"The police have been acting, and continue to act, with impunity. This needs to change ASAP".If you genuinely missed that, then we're letting you know this is the problem. And it's a widespread problem across many countries.If you're intentionally being dishonest, then piss off.

The “I had a bad experience therefore we must burn the whole system down” line of reasoning is a sign of immaturity. Police serve a vital role in many communities in the US. For every bad story that catches headlines there are hundreds more good acts that go unnoticed. The US is very different than a brutalist authoritarian regime, even with a wanna-be authoritarian in the White House.

It seems like you're implying that the police care what those, outside their force, promote.