1. They are out of control from what appears to be a horrible lack of training.
2. Either too many of them are roided up, or too many of them don't deserve to be cops.
3. Their excessive intense focus.../1
4. They have to be demilitarized. Some obviously get off on pretending to be soldiers taking on the enemy. The easy availability of military equipment for policing results in it being used too often.
5. Any who exhibit racist behavior anywhere have to be fired, including.../3
6. A police officer's failure to report or intervene to stop abusive or improper behavior by a cop should be a fireable offense.
7. When an.../4
8. Cops have to be trained that firing a weapon is a last alternative, not a first. The number of unarmed people shot because "I feared for my life" or "he reached for his waistband" is a sign of.../6
9. The "he reached for his waistband" of an unarmed person must no longer be accepted. Why are so many people "reaching for their waistband" when there is nothing there? It is patently obvious that this is the made-up story cops know to use when they fired..../7
10. Cops have to be trained far more in de-escalation. Many do a great job at it, and their videos are shown online amid praise. BUT that should not be cause for praise, anymore than praising a pilot for landing the plane. De-escalation is their JOB, and..../8
11. There must be far better screening of people who want to be cops.
12. Any chief or other leader for a squad who fails to push proper.../9
13. They have to be trained that they have ZERO right to interfere with or arrest anyone filming their actions. When they try and arrest or stop someone who is filming, everyone knows they have.../10
14. They have to be taught that attacking, shooting.../11
American citizens should be able to welcome cops and feel relieved. The fact that so many...
George Floyd's murder was a horror. The often unnecessary violent response of cops nationwide to the protests is a disgrace.
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