You seem to have a very simplistic view of police, I almost envy you for it. None of what you're saying needs to be a reality. None of it is necessary. > Pol

You seem to have a very simplistic view of police, I almost envy you for it. None of what you're saying needs to be a reality. None of it is necessary. > Police are people and they can get scared, angry, and make mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes - that doesn't excuse anyone from paying for those mistakes. Some of these mistakes cost lives. Regular folks go to jail. The police in the US, in general, doesn't. Those who do are the exception. Usually - suspension, investigation, acquitted. > When a police officer instructs you to do something just do it. What do you think happens when 'the police' shouts conflicting instructions? The answer is: you get shot [0] What if the police instructs you to do something illegal? What if the police sexually assaults you? [1] > If you disagree with the order there is a mechanism to voice that disagreement called the court. So what you're saying is that if you disagree with a decision the police officer makes in a split second, you should spend the next several years of your life in the court system? When (not if) the police illegally seizes your property, it's OK for you to spend the next few years in the court system to get that property back to be able to return to normal life, right? [2] > they will use rapidly escalating force to make you comply that can endanger your life Why? Is that necessary? The police in other developed countries, for example the UK, is overall orders of magnitude more civilized and respectful than the US police. > This used to be pretty well understood No, what used to be well understood is that the police is there to serve and protect. Serve and protect. The police is not there to intimidate citizens. The police is not there to beat you into obedience. The police is not there to escalate the situation until it results in you losing your life. > I think we need better public communication about this. It's not the public that needs to be better educated on how to handle themselves around the police. It's the police that needs to be better educated on how to handle people. > We also need to make sure the courts are more accomodating to underprivileged communities because if people don't believe the courts are fair then disputes are going to get settled in the street with violence Did you even read the article you're commenting on? [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ooa7wOKHhg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ooa7wOKHhg [1] https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/19/us/police-sexual-assaults-maryland-scope/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/19/us/police-sexual-assaults-mar... [2] https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/john-oliver-amplifies-the-absurdity-of-civil-forfeitures-191049/ https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/john-oliver-amplifie...