| JWeinCom said: I agree that the situation should be discussed on its own merits. Do you think that's what people protesting this are doing? Or is their perspective on the matter biased based on other events? Would the Wendy's be burning down now if people were judging it on its own merits (like seriously the fuck did they do)? In this case, I just don't see a way of saying going from the event to the assumption that all police officers need to be re-trained. Even if the system were perfect, incidents would still occur. The murder of George Floyd was a case that was so egregious that it demonstrates a system failure. There are many checks that should have been in place that clearly were not. This case though? I think even if police were generally well trained you could have cases like this occur. That doesn't mean they are, but this case doesn't show clear evidence of a systemic problem. In the video, you can clearly see what appears to be him firing the taser. There's about 2 seconds between the taser being fired and the shooting. It was a reaction, not a plan. Was that the best reaction? Obviously not. Should that action lead to discipline? Probably. Does it show anything more than a police officer doing a bad job? I don't think you could say that. |
So he should be retrained to do a better job and not react the way he did ;)
I've always been baffled by the police car chases in the US. Maybe in the 50s people could actually get away yet nowadays with police helicopters, traffic cameras, instant license plate look up, cross country collaboration, no reason to put others in danger
https://www.thefinelawfirm.com/people-killed-in-police-chases/
Yes, there are fundamental problems in how the police in the US is educated.
