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Originally Posted by Brando
Robert Sikon- nov 2019- white- fought with police shot while running away. Unarmed
Donnell Lang -April 2019- white- uncooperative while wearing handcuffs tried to run away. Shot in back. Unarmed.
Preston Azsust- Jan 2019- white- friend pulled a gun. He fled and was shot in back. Unarmed.
There are more examples. The fact is policing is really hard and an almost impossible job. A half second delay in reaction can end in the cop dying. This doesn’t exempt them from blame but it sure should make us want to fund them and give them the best training possible. Some of these agencies pay like 40 k a year. That’s not going to attract the greatest officers either. The training is subpar. I know that much. And I even readily admit there are some bad and even racist cops out there, because there are bad and racist people in every job. I do want to say as well some of these cases of police shootings are officers shooting or brutalizing their own race. This is very complex. I think we are creating more division and using the police for a scape goat more than we are helping this community.
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I continue to think this is a problem that isn't simply going away by throwing more money at it. It seems to me that current problems stem from a long history of police interaction with minority or marginalized community groups. Maybe the best way to fix it is to strip the existing institution down, and start something new.
Robert Evans is admittedly not the most balanced source, but he is a very good reader and a solid researcher, and I think this study of his on the roots of policing in the USA is important to this discussion:
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-...lice-63877803/
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