Prompted Post #10: Recognizing Truth

       Now before everyone dismisses this because they think this blog is going to be very one sided, let me say some things first:

1) This video does in no way shape or form condone the actions of the few officers who have abused their power and physically harmed a civilian. Those officers do not represent the law enforcement community and should be punished

2) These statistics were put together by the United States government so I will trust that they are unbiased to any political agenda.

3) There are problems in law enforcement that have to be addressed. More background and psychological evaluations should be done to make sure everyone wearing the uniform is fit for everyday duty.

       Now that we got those unpleasant notes out of the way, lets analyze the video. It is in response to all the media attention law enforcement is getting after the deaths of unarmed civilians. With all the coverage that was condemning law enforcement and their tactics in general, people seemed to misconstrue how many people were the victims of excessive force by police.

       However, when you look at it statistically, the media seemed to blow the severity of the problem out of proportion causing an unreasonable amount of animosity towards law enforcement. Don't get me wrong, the incidents were horrible, but at that rate of interactions with police: valid harassment claims (0.0039%), you can blame that on a few bad apples in a field of good people. What do you guys think? Was I biased or did my argument make sense? Let me know.