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Police across the US are trained to default to the threat of violence at all times, with the expectation that if they don't someone will immediately try to kill
by crooked-v 6y ago
Police across the US are trained to default to the threat of violence at all times, with the expectation that if they don't someone will immediately try to kill them.
A couple of examples:
https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/12/police-gun-shooting-training-ferguson/383681/ https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/12/police-...
https://www.startribune.com/fear-based-training-for-police-officers-is-challenged/487958041/ https://www.startribune.com/fear-based-training-for-police-o...
https://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2020/06/warrior-or-guardian-how-police-training-fails-us/ https://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2020/06/warrior-or...