NOT ARGUING AGAINST THAT ONE POINT THAT THERE ARE THOSE ON THE FORCE NOT MENTALLY OR EMOTIONALLY FIT.
BUT THAT ISN'T THE REASON FOR MOST OF THESE POLICE SHOOTINGS.
ARE THERE SOME OFFICERS WHO ARE RACISTS ? HELL YEA.
I'VE WORKED WITH THEM, HAD TO RIDE PARTNER WITH EM. REPORTED ONE FOR HIS RABID RACIST RANTS AND MADE ENEMIES BOTH PEERS AND UP THE CHAIN. GOT OUT OF THAT LINE OF WORK.
IT NEEDS CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT WITH TEETH.
NEEDS FEDERAL LAWS THAT REMOVES IMMUNITY PROTECTIONS FROM LAW SUIT WHEN GROSS ABUSE OR INTENTIONAL ABUSE OF AUTHORITY IS DEEM TO BE PRESENT SO THOSE OFFICERS GUILTY OF CIVILIAN ABUSIVENESS CAN BE SUED PERSONALLY.
WE NEED SOME NON-POLICE OVERSIGHT WITH TEETH THAT HOLDS THOSE OFFICERS WHO SKIRT THE LINE OF PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOR AND DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY JUST TO USE THEIR UNDER COLOR OF LAW AUTHORITY AS A TOOL TO BELITTLE AND BULLY.
I GUARANTEE YOU IF CONGRESS MADE A LAW THAT ESTABLISHED A CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT POLICE COURTHOUSE TYPE OF LEGAL SYSTEM OF JUDGES AND JURIES WITH THE AUTHORITY TO DISHONORABLY DISCHARGE CONVICTED OFFICERS AND BAR FROM EMPLOYMENT FROM ANY AUTHORITATIVE GOVT POSITION, FEDERAL,STATE VILLAGE, HANDLING JUST POLICE COMPLAINTS YOU'D HAVE AN 80% REDUCTION IN POLICE BRUTALITY AND INSULTING BEHAVIOR OVER NIGHT.
WE NEED MANDATORY MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL TESTING FOR ANY POLICE POSITIONS. NO MORE TEMPORARY HIRING WITHOUT IT OR WITHOUT ACADEMY TRAINING GRADUATION.
ESTABLISH ACADEMY MANDATORY GUIDELINES, CLASSES ETC. TAUGHT ONLY BY ACCREDITED POLICE TRAINERS. ETC.
AND PUT AN END TO (THIS IS CRITICAL) PUT AN END TO CROSS OVER DUTY ASSIGNMENTS FROM JAIL INMATE GUARD TO ROAD DUTY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THIS PRACTICE IS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE TO THE POLICE OFFICER'S TREATMENT TOWARDS CIVILIANS DETERIORATING TO THE POINT AS IF THEY WERE INMATES INSTEAD OF FREE MEN OF DIGNITY AND HONOR.
AS A HUMAN BEING YOU CAN NOT MAKE THAT EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL SWITCH OF ATTITUDE FROM GUARDING INMATES TO POLICING THE PUBLIC.
THAT SEGMENT OF THE PUBLIC THAT MOST OFTEN GETS TREATED LIKE INMATES BY AUTHORITY WILL OVER TIME RESPOND AS INMATES TO THAT AUTHORITY.
IT'S HUMAN NATURE. JUST AS IT'S HUMAN NATURE TO TREAT POLICING THE PUBLIC THE SAME AS GUARDING THE INMATE.