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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Fri Sep 23, 2016, 02:45 PM Sep 2016

Seahawks' Doug Baldwin demands state attorneys general review police policies

RENTON — The top wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks is demanding the top legal authority in every one of our 50 states review police policies and training programs.

Baldwin used his weekly press conference to talk not about Sunday’s game against San Francisco, “blah, blah, blah,” as he put it. The Stanford graduate and National Honor Society inductee growing up in Florida — the son of a police and homeland security officer — instead quoted the U.S. Constitution, the Department of Justice and Martin Luther King Jr., while he said this:

“I’m demanding that all 50 state attorney generals call for a review of their policies and training policies for police and law enforcement to eliminate militaristic cultures while putting a higher emphasis on de-escalation tactics and crisis management measures.”
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson responded on Twitter, with an invitation.

“.@DougBaldwinJr Watched your press conference today with interest. I’ll be reaching out soon to see if you’d like to sit down and chat. -BF,” Ferguson posted.

Thursday was six days after a white, Tulsa, Oklahoma, police officer shot Terence Crutcher, an unarmed, 40-year-old black man, while responding to a report of an abandoned vehicle in a road.

http://www.heraldnet.com/sports/baldwin-demands-state-attorneys-general-review-police-policies/

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Seahawks' Doug Baldwin demands state attorneys general review police policies (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2016 OP
Pretty solid idea. maxsolomon Sep 2016 #1

maxsolomon

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1. Pretty solid idea.
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 05:35 PM
Sep 2016

I've seen FB posts from vets saying that they followed more protocols when engaging the Taliban than Police do when "serving" the public.

Another factor: there are too many Police Depts - consolidation would help (although Charlotte and Tulsa are "big city" depts.).

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