[–] 2 points 10 months ago

They have lots of snobbish gatekeeping still, it just exists at a higher level. Entry level knowledge is abundant. But once you seek a community with more specialized expertise, the IRC channels will be private and have passwords, and you better have contributed something to a novel exploit or something...

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    US police forces kill far more people than the overall homicide rate in Europe

    How are you calculating this? Doesn't seem right.

    2024 was the worst year with 1,365 police killings in the US. That's around 4 people for every million. Per capita this is a rate 8x that of France which I believe has the most police killings in Europe.

    General European homicide rates vary on countries from 5 (Swiss) to 42 (Latvian) per million. It's higher than the rate of police killings in the US.

    However, the general homicide rate in the US is like 6x the European rate.

    I only briefly checked the numbers, I hope I didn't get anything wrong.

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  • [–] -4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Every case people cite are civil lawsuits for excessive force. And people usually don't prevail, especially when an officer is actually in the process of being assaulted.

    At most, her family could get a settlement for damages for excessive force. But criminal charges are what would be pretty unprecedented.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    This is like the Ashli Babbitt case. Half the country thinks she's a domestic terrorist and law enforcement killed her in the act of putting people in danger.

    At most, her family will get a civil settlement. Everyone knows it.

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  • [+] -8 points 10 months ago

    Something helps people cope with tragedies of life.

    "What a predator!"

    Yeah, like how medical professionals enrich themselves from the ill. Vermin!

    Amazes me what counts as profound comments here.

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  • [+] -28 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Mangione kills person "responsible" for deaths of thousands.

    "True hero!"

    USA attacks nations "responsible" for deaths of thousands.

    "TERRORISM!"

    So predictable, it's boring.

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