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Killing is the worst and least likely outcome. The more likely one is getting brutalized/falsely imprisoned on your way home from work, in your home, in your yard, etc. These situations are not rare, especially in the lives of black and brown people.

I've lived in neighborhoods in Denver where people didn't call the police. Not because they feared retribution from others, but because over and over the police have hurt them, their family, or their friends. And examples of them helping in those neighborhoods are much harder to come by( I can't think of a single time? ). The general feeling is that the police are not there to help you, they are there to watch you and keep you in line.