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Witnesses yell 'he can't hear you' as Oklahoma City cops fatally shoot deaf man
- sharemywin 9y agoMaybe cops should go 3 months without pay if they discharge their weapon regardless of if they are in the right or not. so they have a vested interest in keeping us alive. since 9 times out of 10 they DO NOT get convicted. I understand its a callous way to handle it. But if it cost a cop 15-20k to shoot at someone and the possibility of going to jail if they truly were in the wrong, maybe they would more hesitation at firing a weapon.
- dvdhnt 9y agoThis is why I posted this - for problem solvers like our community to consider detergents for this kind of shoot first mentality. I think taking further, right to the entity giving the officer his authority, is something to think about. We could make it mandatory for them to prove they were validated in shooting someone. If the officer did not, punish him. If the organization failed to properly train him, punish leadership and force them to pay restitution. I think the military industrial complex and political factors encourage the militant, shoot first mentality. To change that, like you said, we need to give them something tangible to lose.