Well isn't it good that Sammy is here. Now both of you go sit on a naughty chair and have a long hard think.
Naughty Tim - Very rude... Go to your room.
Glass - reading sometimes means it isn't that easy to pick up on nuances in meaning. My first thought was that you were genuine (maybe you were) in referencing the American legal system where in theory they have to show 'probable cause' which is the 4th amendment . So just like our system the American legal system (in theory) needs the cops to have grounds for suspicion and generally that is how the law is applied. The cops are not (generally) randomly search every punter they walk past in the street.
so before you get off the naughty chair I want you both to look at the events below and decide which country they happened in - AU or USA
1. Woman calls the police because she thought she heard another woman scream for help. When police arrive they shoot and kill the woman that called them.
2. Girls under the age of 18 strip searched at music festival
3. A young boy with dark skin is impalled on a school fence. He dies. He was being chased by the police. The police later concede they had no reason to be chasing him other than they wanted to have a chat.
4. 4 police officers are filmed beating a young man with dark skin. They are later charged but found innocent.
5. black men's life expectancy is 5 years less than white men
6. black men's life expectancy is 7 years less than white men
7 black people represent 12% of the population but 33% of the population in jail
8. Black people represent only 3% of the total population, yet more than 28% of the prison population
The problem here isn't with the law. It is with police training, where individuals all of a sudden believe they have super powers when they wear the colour blue.
Now if you two can't play nice there will be no dessert tonight. Have I made myself clear?
Naughty Tim - Very rude... Go to your room.
Glass - reading sometimes means it isn't that easy to pick up on nuances in meaning. My first thought was that you were genuine (maybe you were) in referencing the American legal system where in theory they have to show 'probable cause' which is the 4th amendment . So just like our system the American legal system (in theory) needs the cops to have grounds for suspicion and generally that is how the law is applied. The cops are not (generally) randomly search every punter they walk past in the street.
so before you get off the naughty chair I want you both to look at the events below and decide which country they happened in - AU or USA
1. Woman calls the police because she thought she heard another woman scream for help. When police arrive they shoot and kill the woman that called them.
2. Girls under the age of 18 strip searched at music festival
3. A young boy with dark skin is impalled on a school fence. He dies. He was being chased by the police. The police later concede they had no reason to be chasing him other than they wanted to have a chat.
4. 4 police officers are filmed beating a young man with dark skin. They are later charged but found innocent.
5. black men's life expectancy is 5 years less than white men
6. black men's life expectancy is 7 years less than white men
7 black people represent 12% of the population but 33% of the population in jail
8. Black people represent only 3% of the total population, yet more than 28% of the prison population
The problem here isn't with the law. It is with police training, where individuals all of a sudden believe they have super powers when they wear the colour blue.
Now if you two can't play nice there will be no dessert tonight. Have I made myself clear?