enh... you don't want to label all cops, but you're labeling all cops, seemingly.showa58taro wrote:
Why is that not the right way to start it? When will cops be taught something other than murder is exactly the point. If you give a man only a hammer then every problem looks like a nail. The failing there is the teaching not the student. It's exactly my point that they aren't taught ways to approach high-tension situations in any way other than with guns drawn and tensions high. Hence the shooting of people with toy guns, knives, or even phones.
The core issue is the fact that there is not enough emphasis from the top down on how to do the job peacefully when possible.
i think there should be an emphasis on defense, over offense. and i think that accountability within the force should be handled better. but i do not think that labeling all cops as violent fucking assholes is the way to go. it only makes them fore aggressive, and more on edge.
just like you said, that you don't want cops to assume any situation they're going into is violent or offensive, you don't want to assume that any cop is going into a situation violently or offensively. de-escalation has to work both ways. though, certainly, the cop has more authority and so more necessity to act in a way that does not make the situation go south.
