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> teaching police officers to learn how to be calm and composed Try yelling at a Walmart cashier. They won't punch you. Try it with your Applebee's waitress.
by mundo 6y ago
> teaching police officers to learn how to be calm and composed
Try yelling at a Walmart cashier. They won't punch you. Try it with your Applebee's waitress. Try it with the towel boy at the car wash. None of them will hit you. This has nothing to do with training and mutual respect, and everything to do with accountability.
- thephyber 6y ago> nothing to do with training I agree with the sentiment of your point, but I would argue it very much is a problem of training. Police in the USA are (were?) taught to always assert dominance to control the situation. Part of that is with voice and presence/stance, but part of it is escalation of force. If you raise your voice and stand off at an officer, their (traditional) training tells them not to leave your body language unanswered. I whole-heartedly agree with the lack of individual and department accountability, but comparing to a WalMart cashier does skip over some relevant facts.
- tromp 6y agoThis has been described as the "Warrior" problem [1] [1] https://harvardlawreview.org/2015/04/law-enforcements-warrior-problem/ https://harvardlawreview.org/2015/04/law-enforcements-warrio...
- zimpenfish 6y agoRadley Balko[1] has been reporting on that kind of thing for years. It's quite disheartening. [1] https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rise-Warrior-Cop-Militarization-Americas/dp/1610394577 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rise-Warrior-Cop-Militarization-Ame...