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Number 2 exists today and is common for those under court ordered house arrest. Number 4 would be difficult to achieve because if the body is not stressed then
by elmerfud 6y ago
Number 2 exists today and is common for those under court ordered house arrest.
Number 4 would be difficult to achieve because if the body is not stressed then it likely doesn't function as an adequate restraint or it wouldn't be one that could be put on someone uncooperative. Even cuffs today are not always sufficient restraint.
Number 7, these exist today. There must be an arrest and a conviction in court because police judges do not exist yet and so people are innocent until proven guilty.
Number 8 exists today and can be court ordered.
The remaining entries would be less that lethal and not non lethal. There's a very big distinction. Bean bag guns are non lethal when used optimally but circumstances of a police action dictate that optimal conditions do not exist in the real world.
The problem with policing isn't the physical tools that they have it's the mental tools they have. They have a difficult job in difficult circumstances under constant "arm chair quarterbacking". That does not excuse bad behavior in any way but we as a society have construed a set of polices to guide officers in what they are allowed to do and what they are not. These policies give officers the benefit of the doubt that their actions are always correct and justified for the circumstances. There's also the police culture of protecting each other instead of doing what's right.
What needs to change is the polices that govern an officers acceptable actions. This is achieved through of the local city governments who appoint the chief of police and enact the polices that are followed. The sheriff is an elected office as well. These are local community changes that can be made quite quickly if the community desires. Policies need to no longer assume that the officer is always taking a justified action. De-escalation and non arrest, if warranted, should be a primary focus instead of the current bully tactics.
Additionally the culture of the police officers must change. Individually they should evaluate if their actions are correct and the actions they see other officers perform. The blue gang mindset needs to disappear. If officers behavior in both their personal and professional life was conducted in an irreproachable manor much of the us vs them attitude would vanish.
- jelliclesfarm 6y agoAll good points. But I honestly think it’s all about lethality of weapons. In the latest horrifying Atlanta video, it would have ended differently if there were no guns or tasers around. The police were polite. There was no indication of racism. Everything was according to protocol. Until ‘weapons’ became accessible to both parties. That’s what we need to focus on...how to create non lethal forms of restraint. Maybe an aikido robot. Have you ever hugged someone tight? It can paralyze them. Taking cues from the animal kingdom..lets say..the ball python. First they restrain, incapacitate and then kill. No animal kills before it weakens the prey. But lethal weapons ..due to the implicit deadly force and threat..changes the rules of the game completely! We need non lethal tools and weapons to restrain. Now the police need training in deciding who needs restraining in the first place. Whatever we have right now is not working. I don’t see what the Atlanta cops could have done differently in terms of behaviour. It’s the guns. It’s weapons. They have to go and be replaced by less or non lethal weapons or tools of restraint. At some point, we will have to revisit the second amendment. It won’t be an easy conversation.