When we give it a go.

I lis­te­ned to this while wri­ting this post, try it while you read :o)

Things hap­pen, there’s no denying it. But let’s see what that means. It is true that police vio­lence hap­pens. Saying that it doesn’t hap­pen would be com­ple­te­ly ridi­cu­lous. But can we say that if some­thing hap­pens, it is inevi­ta­bly like­ly rather than pos­sible? Here are some examples to read aloud.

It is pos­sible for a woman to expe­rience sexual harass­ment at work.
It is like­ly that a woman will expe­rience sexual harass­ment at work.

It is pos­sible for a non-white per­son to be dis­cri­mi­na­ted against.
It is like­ly that a non-white per­son will be dis­cri­mi­na­ted against.

It is pos­sible during a police arrest to be sub­ject to abuse of inter­ven­tion force.
It is like­ly during a police arrest to be sub­ject to abuse of inter­ven­tion force.

Do you hear the dif­fe­rence? The gap bet­ween pos­si­bi­li­ty and pro­ba­bi­li­ty is huge. There are cer­tain­ly seve­ral examples of these afo­re­men­tio­ned cases and many other atro­ci­ties, but does that make it a consi­de­rable pro­ba­bi­li­ty or even a norm?

Accor­ding to the U.S. Depart­ment of Jus­tice, there are approxi­ma­te­ly 1 mil­lion full-time law enfor­ce­ment per­son­nel. Is it fair to say that you have a one in a mil­lion chance of being sub­ject to an aggres­sive inter­ven­tion? How many inter­ven­tions are there each year for those 1 mil­lion employees? Does the rate sys­te­ma­ti­cal­ly increase accor­ding to the individual’s profile?

Let’s take a break to pro­test and look at the mat­ter. Relay the infor­ma­tion, not just the emotion.

-Dan­ny

I’m Dan­ny (aka Coa­ch­Dan­ny). I have a pas­sion: humans. Come with me and take this minute eve­ry day to explore what’s going on today and why is it tren­ding. Click here to get your dai­ly thought right on time for break­fast.

Sources: https://solomotivation.com

Trans­la­tion by Abbie Sims: https://www.linkedin.com/in/acsims/

Last Upda­ted on August 20, 2020 by Coach Dan­ny