Until there are swift and severe consequences for police officers who randomly execute Americans

[dlk]

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And it’s usually Americans of color, this problem will only continue to get worse. What is wrong with officers who whip out their guns over every little thing? They are temperamentally unfit for their jobs.

[dalton99a]

1. Abolish qualified immunity. Make them personally liable - criminally AND financially.

Why should taxpayers and local homeowners have to pay for their crimes?

[dlk]

2. Yes, and hold police unions financially accountable

It shouldn’t be just municipalities that are on the hook for monetary settlements.

[MichMan]

7. No government employees should have qualified immunity

No one should be above the law

[dlk]

13. As we've seen, qualified immunity is a prescription for disaster

[brush]

10. Also those police unions have to be held accountable too.

[RainCaster]

17. When those multi-million dollar awards affect retirement...

for all cops, they will start to police their own.

[KPN]

20. Excellent point.

[drray23]

3. this is how they are selected.

their training aldo reinforces it. Officers never listen , they bark orders and if you dont comply immediatly they get violent or worse.

[2naSalit]

4. +1

[dlk]

5. The fascist underpinnings of American policing are endlessly destructive

The entire system needs an overhaul.

[MarcA]

14. How many have been in Barking Orders Don't Listen Cultures

most of their lives like police, military and, yes, organized sports?

[dlk]

11. Excellent question

I think the difference is guns

[WarGamer]

8. POC are certainly targeted at a high rate...

But it's CERTAINLY not a POC-only problem.

Ask the Long Beach Ca PD about Douglas Zerby.

Dude was drunk, walked to his buddies apartment. Friend wasn't home. Doug sat on the front porch waiting for his friend to get home. He was bored and drunk... playing with a garden nozzle. Neighbor reported man with a gun. Cops came and opened fire without a warning or even announcing their presence.

No criminal charges, no riots, nada.

Fortunately the family won the lawsuit.

[dlk]

12. True, although it seems the majority are people of color

[WarGamer]

15. definitely... but I see an itchy finger cop problem

[dlk]

16. Definitely

[Faux pas]

9. Kickin'

[cate94]

18. Why does a traffic cop need a gun?

Really? A traffic stop? A shoplifter? A cigarette seller? Wtf?

[Duppers]

19. Exactly! We're a barbaric country.

[dlk]

22. Given the ever increasing numbers of gun deaths and political political stonewalling to address them

Yes, too many Americans have a barbaric streak and we have a serious police brutality problem.

[modrepub]

21. You'd Think The Amount of Settlement Money

From these types of incidents would make folks more selective in who they hire. If they spent some resources identifying possible trouble makers up front, and have proper training and mentoring once police are hired maybe these types of incidents would become much less common.

As this movement has properly pointed out. Just hiring police at the expense of other social services is probably not good practice. It's not a great idea to only have hammers in your tool box.

Part of me wonders if glorifying the cop who doesn't play by the rules (dirty Harry types) contributes to these types of problems.

[dlk]

23. Even with multimillion dollar settlements, the number of police killings are only increasing

It’s the cop culture on the street. All of the best training is ineffective when cops on the street teach something entire different to the new hires.