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I've seen this in action in Amsterdam and was amazed. Rather than charging into the situation guns drawn and yelling police in Amsterdam, seeing that the situa
by jcoffland 10y ago
I've seen this in action in Amsterdam and was amazed. Rather than charging into the situation guns drawn and yelling police in Amsterdam, seeing that the situation was not dire, first simply made their presence known. They slowly and calmly moved in talking to the perps the whole time. In the end, the situation was peaceably defused.
In America, we are so used to violent interaction with authority that most cannot imagine it working any other way.
One of the first steps we should adopt in the US is the mandatory changing of police uniform color. Green or light blue uniforms are less menacing than the typical US all black uniform. I believe this simple change would reduce police violence.
- Swizec 10y agoI was once stopped by a cop in San Francisco for accidentally running a red light on my bicycle. I don't know if he was intentionally intimidating, but I nearly shat my pants.
- falsestprophet 10y agoPolice uniforms are navy, not black.