(Ronald) Donat is among at least 29 recruits who died during basic training at law enforcement academies around the country in the last decade, an AP investigation found. Most died of exertion, dehydration, heat stroke and other conditions tied to intense exercise — often on the first day of training, like Donat. Others died several weeks in, sometimes after suffering trauma during boxing or use-of-force drills or collapsing during high-stakes timed runs on hot days.
Experts and police advocates were surprised by AP’s findings — based on an extensive review of lists of law enforcement deaths in every state, workplace safety records and news reports — and said many of the deaths were preventable. No federal agency or outside organization comprehensively tracks recruit deaths, unlike officers who die in the line of duty.
Black recruits represented nearly 60% of those who died, a striking disparity given that federal data show Black officers make up 12% of local police forces. Many carried sickle cell trait, a condition most prevalent among Black Americans that increases the risk of serious injury following extreme exertion.
Oh shit new counter statistic just dropped
despite making up only 12% of local police forces…
Seeing how US police forces act it is amazing that they have had training at all.
The training is mostly about how to avoid consequences for shooting minorities and beating up elderly protesters.
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For all we know, they could be the ones who tried to be the change we all want to see and thus got purposely weeded out.
Or they all could’ve been the worst of the worst. Considering their chosen profession, it’s far more likely that they would’ve turned out to be just as big, a piece of shit as any other cop.
Selection bias. You’re basing this on what you know of active cops. The ones who died were not active cops.
I always find it rather amusing when people claim to be Internet psychics. You don’t know what I based my statement on. But I’ll tell you: all cops and those who want to be cops. Cops are screened so that only dumb authoritarian bullies are even allowed to train to become cops.
Next time you try to be an Internet, psychic, don’t be so terribly wrong about it.
You told me that you’re judging them for their chosen profession. Admittedly, I may be lacking in imagination here, but I don’t see what other information you could be basing these judgements on if it’s not their public behaviour or knowing literally every single person who’s ever wanted to be a cop and their motivation. The filtering process is irrelevant when we’re talking about the decision to go through the process at all.
“Wow, this system is corrupt and oppresses the working class, I’d better sign up” good riddance edit: I regret saying good riddance, it is petty and callous.
You can’t imagine changing the system so that it stops being oppressive?
Not a system that has shown time and time again that it is severely flawed. If you are trying to join a system and change it from within, you cant expect to reach an influential level if the system is so largely corrupt without accepting and participating in that corruption. As such people who volunteer to enter the system are likely looking to participate and not change.
Ever meet a kid that wanted to be a cop? Why do you think they had such aspirations? Surely not to uphold the status quo and maintain the power structures in our society. They’re idealistic kids who think they’ll be helping make the world a better place. That dream doesn’t suddenly die for everyone upon reaching adulthood. Would it be effective? Maybe not. But it’s not like people don’t make poor life decisions all the time.
Who is going to protect you from others if you can’t fight and don’t own a gun?
I am not responsible for your lack of imagination.
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Ew, copaganda
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On the contrary, corrupt cops should be called out.
All cops are bastards
How is demonizing someone for their profession any better than demonizing someone for their sexual orientation
Lmao, classic
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I disagree with your premise itself
You seem to be under the assumption that I’m a lib who accidentally took “defund the police” too far. I’m an anarchist who believes we shouldn’t have laws at all
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How is demonizing someone for their profession any better than demonizing someone for their sexual orientation?
Because you choose to be a cop. Nobody chooses their sexual orientation … you just are.
It also increasingly sounds like you’re a cop yourself, trying to defend the indefensible.
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Like just about everything in the world the adage that change comes from within only works on a personal level, never at institutional level.
Besides, I’m over 65 so a bit late to move to the dark side.
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Then if you find the cops bad, why not become one, despite your distaste for the profession?
“If you don’t like concentration camps, why not sign up to be a guard there!”
How is demonizing someone for their profession any better than demonizing someone for their sexual orientation?
Seriously? One of those things is a choice, the other isn’t.
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I don’t call the cops. I call my friends. The last thing I want when I’m “in distress“ is for a bunch of stupid, authoritarian, armed thugs showing up to make everything 1000 times worse, possibly by murdering everyone around them just because they felt like it that day.
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What an interesting hallucination you just had. I didn’t say any of those things.
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The only good cops. Now if we can just convince the rest to follow their example …
