I think the problem is that positions of power attract those that have superiority complexes and control issues.
I think better vetting and stricter recruiting standards would help but only so much. A standard of “this crap isn’t going to fly” even for less severe cases can help get rid of bad apples before they do very bad things. The majority of police I’ve interacted with have been good kind people but there’s been a few that you can tell do it just because they like bossing people around and feeling powerful.
police departments have already trouble filling positions because judges dont even put criminals into prison anymore in liberal (racist) cities. also I want to see your emasculated police force vs liberal city gang violence.
Emasculated? In what way will my suggestions lead towards emasculation? I’m all for strong able bodied police and only strong and able bodied police. I actually think the fitness standards are laughably soft and should also be uniform across both male and female officers (a fugitive won’t run slower or fight softer cause you’re a girl).
With that being said, are you implying that the wrongful use of excessive force is inherently masculine? Your whole post wasn’t very well thought out and reeks of “my whole life view is based on left vs right, you have to choose one side and stick with it, but I don’t thoroughly research any of it and just subscribe to whatever popular talking points are out there and assume anyone that slightly disagrees with me does the same”
Being human and making mistakes. There is no 100% fix. We can do things to make it better but the idea that there will never be incidents where police officers do terrible things in a country of more than 300 million is impossible.
Dont run from or fight them...Be polite and you will have no problems...Really just common sense...We dont have a police problem, we have a crime problem , often coming from one group.
So you feel running from the police or being impolite warrants the death penalty? Please take your inbred a$ back to your trailer park and go bang your sister like you always do.
Oh please, runnerboy posts complaining about how he gets zero action with women 2-3 times a week. Stop it with your liberal hyperbole lmao
The things cops see on a daily basis is unfathomable. They see the worst human beings, in the worst situations, day after day, month after month. It has to take a toll on them mentally
I tried to post something similar to this on a previous thread, but like so many other interesting threads on this site, it was deleted, meaning I wasted my time. Hopefully this one will stay up.
Condemning police as racist or as tools of white supremacy is an easy pat answer that provides very little explanation for what is actually going on.
”On-duty police fatally shoot about 1,000 people every year…Approximately a quarter of those killed are black. This is roughly double the black share of the overall population, but it is in line with—and sometimes below—many other “bench-marks” that one might use for comparison, such as the racial breakdowns of arrests, murders, and violent-crime offenders as reported by victims in surveys.”
“And contrary to the popular perceptions outlined above, confirmed fatal police shootings of unarmed African-Americans number about 22 per year.”
Since the Ferguson unrest, a narrative has solidified around the idea that police use lethal force disproportionately and without justification against African-Americans. Some data show the strength of this perception, partic...
A much better explanation is that police tactics are flawed in certain circumstances. People struggle with an answer like this because it’s less all encompassing. Also, new tactics can be installed, required, and their effect measured with fairly reliable metrics.
Accusations of racism, however, cannot readily be measured. There’s no way to know definitively whether a police department is “racist”, or if so, when that racism is gone.
However, you can pay an army of consultants and DEI experts to come in and run endless training sessions and seminars on “unconscious bias.” It may have absolutely no effect on the department’s ability to lower crime rates, but all the most senior officials and politicians will inoculate themselves against been canceled. Which is really what is important to them.
Accusations of racism, however, cannot readily be measured. There’s no way to know definitively whether a police department is “racist”, or if so, when that racism is gone.
Hi, I don’t see anyone on this thread pushing racism as a convincing explanation. Let me first say that based on the data I have seen in papers and other publicly available analysis, I haven’t seen evidence for racism as the likely explanation for the high percentage of blacks being killed by cops.
However, there are reasonable data-driven methods to confirm or refute racism as a likely explanation. What is needed for such an analysis is encounter data, ie when a cop encounters a person, what is the conditional probability they shoot (or kill) given the person is black vs. the conditional probability for other races. This encounter data exists with police departments but not easily available to researchers.
Of course, there will always be caveats to correlative analyses as it is not possible to read someone’s mind using data alone; and it is also a bit tricky to normalize against the nature of the encounter across races (armed vs unarmed, extent of violence, domestic vs public, drugs vs non-drugs etc), but encounter data can go a long way in refuting that racism can *not* possibly be en explanation if, for example, the data suggests that the conditional probability for black killings by cops is comparable or lower than that for whites despite the encounter settings being more violent.
There are several steps that can be taken to address police brutality: 1) Improve police training: This includes regular training on de-escalation techniques, proper use of force, and cultural competence. 2) Increase accountability: This can be done through independent investigations of police misconduct and implementing disciplinary measures for officers who use excessive force. 3) Promote transparency: Release of police records and video footage can help increase public trust and accountability. 4) Increase community involvement: Encouraging police-community relations and involving communities in decision-making processes can improve trust between law enforcement and the community. 5) Implementing early warning systems: To identify officers who have a pattern of using excessive force and provide them with additional training or assistance before incidents escalate.
These are just a few examples, and solutions may vary depending on the specific circumstances. Addressing police brutality requires a comprehensive and systemic approach involving the government, law enforcement agencies, communities, and other stakeholders.
I don't know, maybe it's the amount of people who attack them on a daily basis that makes them "violent." How about you join the force and figure it out?
We don't have a police problem...we have a black crime problem....It's all a smokescreen...
Police brutality happens to all races, by all races of cops. Anywhere where people are wrongfully injured or killed, we have a problem.
Black crime being a problem doesn’t make police brutality not a problem.
Like I said, this isn’t me ACABing, I think most cops are great people, but you’d have to be very very misinformed to think police brutality isn’t happening at an unacceptable rate.
Dont run from or fight them...Be polite and you will have no problems...Really just common sense...We dont have a police problem, we have a crime problem , often coming from one group.
