Chris Rock - How not to get your ass kicked by the police!
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN cites it as a darkly funny, often-quoted take on police encounters, referenced in policing and parenting threads.
What it is
A Chris Rock sketch giving comedic advice on how to behave during police encounters to avoid getting hurt.
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What Hacker News said
Cites omonra · 2014-12 · on “Is It Bad Enough Yet?”
Curious what prompted Chris Rock to change his view: [this video] . Does he think that things have got worse for US blacks vis-a-vis police interaction in the last 10 years? Or is it something else.
Cites air7 · 2023-02 · on “Connecticut Parents Arrested for Letting Kids Walk to Dunkin' Donuts”
Whenever I hear a story about a police encounter that went sour (which is often) I have to remind myself that this is probably pure sensationalism. In the US about 30 million adults have a police initialed encounter per year[1]. It seems obvious to me that the vast, vast majority of these encounters end in the way common-sense would dictate, and that only very few have the shocking, blood-boiling finale that can make you angry enough to demand reform. But equally obvious is that these are the exact stories that are attention grabbing and therefor news worthy (at least in the click-through sense). I remind myself of this prevalence perception skewing effect that the news has whenever I read i