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In reply to the discussion: police reform ideas anybody? [View all]Sympthsical
(9,067 posts)I keep seeing people say things like, "England doesn't have armed police in many cases!" Yeah, because England doesn't have an armed populace in general.
And it has to do with training. There's an infamous video that cadets are shown during training. You can find it on YouTube. It's a routine traffic stop. The patrolman approaches. He's friendly, affable, just doing his job. Then the driver grabs a gun from his truck and shoots the cop. The last few minutes of the dash cam are just listening to the last, desperate, rattled breaths of a highway officer who didn't assume a threat.
Imagine what that does to psychology.
Everything and everyone is a potential threat. Everyone is potentially armed. And so, our police are armed.
This all has roots in our 2nd Amendment problems. Say "2nd Amendment" and "racism" aloud, and you've just identified, like, 90% of our policing issues.