I think it is obvious police need better training in USA to avoid shooting a person to death when they can obviously resolve the situation with less violence or non lethal means. Cops used to be all about using tasers but now apparently they like to fire off shots first. What happened to the good old beat down with a billy club or flashlight? Is that too taboo now after Rodney King?
Let us take the situation in Minn. So he was possibly reaching for his gun either on his lap, pocket, or stuffed in back of his pants... I haven't watched the videos nor do I really care to. The cop could have pulled his taser out and rendered him unable to grab the gun if he was so scared of someone potentially reaching for the gun. Cops should never fire onto someone for simply reaching in their pockets (only excuse would be if they actually pulled a gun out and started aiming it towards them). Hell, and if they for some reason feel a need to buck off a few shots why don't they hit them in a non lethal area like a limp or shoulder instead of firing off a clip into their mid section. I know the mid section is easy to hit but this cop in Minn was probably only a few feet away from the "suspect". There is no excuse for cops being this piss poor trained and not able to defuse the situation in a less lethal way.
I believe a few police stations are actually looking to other countries to see how they resolve certain situations without the use of a gun and that can only be a good thing. Somehow other countries are able to arrest and detain criminals or suspects without having to resort to the means of killing them.
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