Re:A Test of Police Body Cameras Defies Expectations
by jopsen on Saturday October 21, 2017 @07:28AM
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Yet in the UK unarmed officers will happily trap a man with a knife behind a shopping cart until he gets tired.
In the US people get shot for carrying a tiny razor blade...
You can train people to deescalate rather than shooting; to use minimal force; to remain calm while exercising force; to ask someone if they doing fine, while forcefully holding them to the ground. Or calmly explain to a hysterical individual being held down that things are going to be okay.
It takes training though.
Re:A Test of Police Body Cameras Defies Expectations
by mistermann on Saturday October 21, 2017 @10:56AM
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It doesn't require an angel to turn in a coworker who executes a black man in cold blood.
Note well: I am not saying that we should lower the standard of behavior that we expect police to abide by. I am merely saying that, in the real world, almost decent is probably the best we can actually find.