Yes there is a Ferguson Effect. Living in a mixed suburb, I see it right here. We often discuss it in our Facebook group in our city. It's been documented and discussed in the media.
Why would a police officer go out of his way to possibly get into a situation where he might have to use deadly force, and then be convicted in the media, have his life threatened repeatedly, lose his job and possibly his career even though he did everything legal?
I don't know, why would he want to be a policeman to start with? Because he's a bully with a badge and a gun. The good cops don't worry about it. They know how to do it by the book. Guys like your pal officer weepy, not so much.
As a liberal, you are bound to stick up for evil in any given situation. Liberalism is pure evil. It's why they hate God and love killing babies.
Guy, hysterics aren't helping your case. You have yet to PROVE there is a God, and fetuses aren't babies. It's kind of hard to argue with an emotional wreck.
It's why they stick up for the criminal instead of the police.
A 12 year old playing with a toy isn't a "criminal". Nobody has a problem with a cop who does his job. No one even has a problem with the fact that in our gun crazy society, they occasionally have to shoot armed bad guys. It's when they shoot people in the back, or kids playing with toys, or someone in a bogus traffic stop we kind of object.
It's why you people tell us how every other country is better than ours yet never leave this place for your utopia that you brag about.
Well, um, yeah, here's the thing. When you see someone else doing something smarter or better, you should see what they are doing and see if it works for you. That's what a smart person or country does.
No you don't. Just look at your previous comment. The Ferguson Effect was responsible for a reversal trend in crime, and you refuse to accept it. It's been written about over and over again, but you refuse to accept it.
Um, yeah... because it's bogus. It was coined by the Police Chief in St. Louis (A guy who should be fire for sheer ******* incompetence) and spread by Racist ***** Heather McDonald. But when people studied it, you got this.
Has the 'Ferguson Effect’ Finally Been Debunked?
Three sociologists who studied over 800,000 911 calls in Milwaukee concluded that following a publicized death of a black man at the hands of police calls to the emergency dispatch dropped precipitously,
especially in black neighborhoods. “High-profile cases of police violence against unarmed citizens can undermine the legitimacy of legal authority,” they wrote.
And I'm not blaming government for my restrictions. I'm simply pointing out to you why I can't get a job with a major carrier. If you are in any profession and can only work for small local companies, of course it's very restrictive in the options you have. Try being in an industry where you are only capable of taking less than 5% of jobs.
Yes, yes, Ray, we've heard it all before. My guess, you probably didn't even look that hard. I get it man, you are in an abusive relationship with a bad boss. Kind of hard to cut loose.
Furthermore I've worked for the same company 25 years now. 19 of them I was provided insurance. The day Commie Care went into effect was the day we lost our insurance. Yet once again, you refuse to lay blame at the person that created and passed it into law. Like the Ferguson Effect, you want to claim it was some sort of coincidence and certainly no fault of Democrats.
Nope, because most companies kept insurance. in most cases it went down and a lot of companies that couldn't get insurance before can now... This is why I find these claims dubious.