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All 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 wer
by jelliclesfarm 6y ago
All 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.