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The use of spit hoods is medieval, however, the health ramification is that the person is already highly agitated. These - and I’ve viewed plenty of jailhouse videos - add to the terror of experiencing psychosis. Add cops not paying attention to physical distress compounds harm.
One of biggest faults of policing is that policing attracts “linear thinkers” who are comfortable with hierarchy and binary choices. Thus, hearing in training that subjects “often” fake being calmed down invites priming, so when person goes into distress, “he’s faking” is mindset
Of course, not all officers are binary conformists, but when a police academy is designed to reflect paramilitary order dominated by yelling at recruits and expectations of conformity - rather than, say, dynamic decision making with many options - results may vary, but not really
Having watched people literally die on body worn camera because officers are not ******* paying attention to signs of distress (decreased movement, shallow breathing) while I’m yelling at the screen to no avail, leaves with me no patience for excuses.
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