Hard truth about the world we live in, right now.

[Siwsan]

[jaxexpat]

1. Succinct, pithy, perfectly said and quite true.

[secondwind]

2. KnR

[MiHale]

3. KnR

[The Magistrate]

4. She's Nailed It In One

And I would add this instructor's maxim....


"You will not rise to the occasion, you will default to your level of training."


Which suggests that an officer who panics and acts on impulse is doing what he or she is trained to do.

[niyad]

5. Heartsick KNR.

[FailureToCommunicate]

6. Sad, but so true.

[Roc2020]

7. We are in a dystopian existence

life is upside down right now.

[uponit7771]

8. K&R

[Pepsidog]

9. I don't buy the mistake for a minute. Cops must get out of the mind set that they must immediately

apprehend a fleeing subject especially when they know his identity. Way to many cops with guns that have way to little training.

[sop]

17. Like banning high speed car chases in heavy traffic, that often risk the lives of innocent drivers,

the option to physically detain, handcuff and arrest people for very minor offenses should also be prohibited. Unless one has been living under a rock, it's obvious white cops typically treat blacks much more roughly, threatening to arrest or even kill them for the slightest offense if they don't immediately comply.

Approaching a car with guns or tasers drawn, screaming out menacing and conflicting instruction, always laced with profanities, should not be allowed. The option to physically detain and arrest people for minor offenses should be taken off the table. It just provides cops with an excuse to brutalize certain people.

[Pepsidog]

21. As a criminal defense attorney I see pre-textual stops all the time. License plate light out is like

the hanging air freshener BS reason to stop a car. All looking for something else especially if you are a young African American driver.

[ShazzieB]

25. Yes. And what's more,

cops must get out of the mind set that they should always use the maximum amount of force available to them on every suspect (or at least the black ones ), on every occasion, no matter how small an offense is involved, whether the person is armed or not, and regardless of the circumstances surrounding the incident.

I'm sick and tired of cops who seem to operate on the assumption that black or brown skin automatically means "this person is extremely dangerous and should be treated as a direct threat to my personal safety, if not my life, using any amount of force I feel like using." That mindset is at the core of many (if not most) of these incidents where poc end up being murdered by cops for ridiculously trivial reasons.

[Pepsidog]

26. True.

[Vdizzle]

28. I would like to see a city that removes lethal weapons from beat cops hands.

Swat can still have them, but common officers go back to like London Bobby’s. Tasers and batons. Just try it out for a few months. See if it makes a difference in the common traffic stops. See if the citizens feel more comfortable. Just try it and see. If it doesn’t work and a bunch of cops get injured or die, then go back. But if the unnecessary killings end, then great. We can be civil. People are inherently civil.

[Ferrets are Cool]

10. That made me very sad because of it's truth.

[Stuart G]

11. This will be viral, if it in fact it isn't now...K and R

....Also, every cop, everywhere, must see this and think about it...

[FakeNoose]

12. Any cop who "panics and makes a mistake" with a gun in his/her hand

... needs to be relieved of their duties immediately.

Retraining is a must, also re-evaluation as to whether this person should even be on the police force. This is above and beyond any legal actions that need to be taken against the LEO for his/her error in judgement.

Every lame excuse must be disallowed, and every error must be dealt with harshly but fairly. No mistakes with weapons should ever be permitted, especially when citizens are involved.

[Wounded Bear]

13. Too many cops have been conditioned to think, feel, and react like an occupying army...

and not like a force for maintaining and strengthening the peace.

[bucolic_frolic]

14. More interested in protecting their donuts than doing their job well /nt

[2naSalit]

15. K&R

[rickyhall]

16. Even when I got robbed (the 2nd time) he never pointed the gun at me.

Why I always thought he was a former MP, he held it at his side, like they did in the old days.

[Evolve Dammit]

24. I remember "the old days". Cops were totally different than today. Rarely were guns drawn. Now a

traffic stop can turn deadly in seconds, EVEN if you're largely complying.

[lunatica]

18. It sure looks that way. Nt

[BobTheSubgenius]

19. An insightful way to look at it, or phrase it.

It's terrible, either way.

[sarchasm]

20. KnR

[Permanut]

22. K & R.

[calimary]

23. What a great point!

Glad she’s there to make it and show it.

I LOVE protest posters. They can really boil an issue down to its essence. I guess the limits of a piece of cardboard can really focus the mind. Sure makes it succinct.

[MustLoveBeagles]

27. K&R

[crickets]

29. Another K&R for truth.

[mia]

30. Might makes right? It doesn't.

Yet, why has it always been this way? Has there ever been a time when people didn't thrive off of the oppression of others?

[TigressDem]

31. K&R K& R K&R K&R K& R K&R K&R K& R K&R

NO DOUBT.

[electric_blue68]

32. Sadly well said.