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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Uh, none of the officers in the recent shootings have been cleared yet.
Here's a small list of the questionable-to-blatantly-unnecessary uses of deadly force just in the past month:
July 13 - Donald Myersarmed
July 6 - Philando Castilearmed
July 5 - Anton Sterlingarmed
July 4 - Delrawn Small
June 25 - Dylan Noblereported to be possibly armed
June 18 - Antwun Shumpert
Let's not act like this isn't currently happening at a pretty excessive rate. It's raising a lot of questions and breaking down a lot of trust civilians have in the US (especially those of a minority) of the police force. That's six people just in the past month that have been unarmed, subdued, or straight up running from police. Is there possible justification for a few? Absolutely, but it isn't concrete, so it raises questions. And seeing that justification means you're resigning yourself to a world where the police and deadly force go hand-in-hand, and it doesn't have to be that way. There are plenty of countries where it ISN'T that way, and they deal with the same situation all the time.
What the police need is training regarding relying on their sidearm less, and non-lethal takedowns more.
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I didn't know we were only talking about very recent examples as "a steady stream" seems to indicate more. Regardless, let's talk about the ones you highlited. I'm not sure why you said that these people were unarmed when half of them were and one was believed to be armed possibly. I don't have an issue with people questioning the police and their actions, I think that shows a healthy society at work. But jumping to conclusions and making blanket statements is not helpful.
Unfortunately, there will always be police shootings as long as there are guns and people willing to use them for nefarious purposes. You can't seriously be comparing the US to the UK, Australia, Europe or even Canada when it comes to policing? It's an entirely different world down there, waaaay too many guns and way too many rights for gun owners.