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Originally Posted by schteve_d
That makes sense and I support it, but crowds can be a funny thing. I've put myself into crummy situations that I didn't read right. Driving in a car and trying to read a crowd, I would think, would be very difficult. I say "I would think" as I've never had to do it. From the accounts of this incident, this car was leading protesters so it's fair to think that things may have changed quickly.
We sure expect a lot of our police PEOPLE to always make the right decision in the toughest of situations and as fast as lightening. I capitalized that because it seems like a few people here forget that they are just that: People.
Edit: Sorry, was responding to GGG.
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Of course we expect a lot out of our police people. We give them weapons and the power to make decisions that radically impact people’s lives, sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse.
In what world shouldn’t we expect a lot out of them? The problem is definitely a mix of individual issues and widespread issues with culture and training. That doesn’t mean it’s acceptable for the police to make daily mistakes that endanger innocent lives.
Being a police officer requires a little more responsibility and more serious consequences for not living up to those responsibilities than bagging groceries. That, too, seems to be forgotten by a few people.