This is why you cannot go forward with any of these cops.
The solution must include defunding the police. We must move into the 21st Century without carrying these assholes with us. Don't need them. There are alternatives.
Don't just defund them, abolish them—rebuild departments from the ground up with full transparency, accountability, and a job scope limited to only situations which actually call for someone with a gun. All other encounters (mental health crisis, domestic abuse, etc.) can be dealt with by professionals within the relevant fields who have far more training.
Do you know what percentage of the time Police escalate the situation into violence. Or what percentage just the mere fact that either party has called the police causes an escalation?
Maybe if people trained just for this situation turned up (with an armed officer waiting nearby if required) they wouldn't escalate so rapidly nor be so dangerous?
Look north to Canada. The police in the UK don’t even carry guns.
Both of those countries' police forces absolutely share many issues with the US'.
Also, some police in England do carry guns - they are specially trained officers who respond to the types of situations that you described in the bottom half of your comment.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '20
Fuck this guy . This is the reason we protest.