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Originally Posted by Looch City
I think you're looking at this from the wrong point of view.
The goal is that these types of death be taken seriously and for there to be consequences for the police officers involved. The demand is not to "bring it to zero", it's to bring justice to those officers and then in turn the trend of deaths will come down (and hopefully close to zero).
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I don't think I am looking at it from the wrong point of view, because I agree 100% with everything written in your second paragraph. The goal is a gradual decrease, and that can be accomplished through precisely what you've suggested - serious sanctions being applied to officers in cases where those sanctions are warranted. No more circling the wagons. The incidents need to be investigated, and the officers tried and convicted when they're guilty. When you say the demand is not bring it to zero, well, I was responding to Pepsifree, who said that was precisely what it should be.
What you're suggesting is not only totally reasonable, in my view, it's essential. I'm simply saying that if, in contrast, the demand is "zero of these incidents" and the response when that isn't met is a riot, then there will always be riots, because there will never be zero of these. And in the short term, there will continue to be many of both.