> Cops are not terminators. Then we should stop training them like they are [1]. When Dave Grossman tells cops that they're warriors, and they need to get over

> Cops are not terminators. Then we should stop training them like they are [1]. When Dave Grossman tells cops that they're warriors, and they need to get over their instinct to not want to kill in order to better protect "sheep" from "wolves", we're telling cops to be Terminators. > If you really think society could function without entire police departments, I welcome you to lobby your local municipality to dismantle their police force. Minneapolis is planning to do just that, and replacing it with Public Safety services. And as someone who lives a few miles from Camden, it's been clear that disbanding the police force entirely and reforming it has greatly improved the situation[2]. The point of the satire is that politely asking a group to stop murdering people without further meaningful change is unlikely to be helpful. And given that police are now hunting down protesters using facial recognition and social media, and that police unions have resisted even the most modest of reforms over the years, it doesn't seem like these Not Terminators will stop terminating willingly. 1. https://www.inlander.com/spokane/why-thousands-are-calling-on-the-spokane-county-sheriff-to-cancel-warrior-style-training-for-law-enforcement-officers/Content?oid=19786139 https://www.inlander.com/spokane/why-thousands-are-calling-o... 2. https://www.newsweek.com/minneapolis-not-first-disband-police-department-1509327 https://www.newsweek.com/minneapolis-not-first-disband-polic...