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In reply to the discussion: Mike Brown Law. Requires all state, county, and local police to wear a camera. [View all]A Simple Game
(9,214 posts)But it will stop some, and some of the killings will get prosecuted and some cops will go to jail. Once cops see they can get caught and jailed many will change their ways of dealing with the public, a kind of snowball effect will take place.
Some, if not many police may be racist and some may just believe in having a strong authoritarian response to any situation with civilians, but few will have enough faith in their racism or response to risk jail.
In my work life in various jobs I have noticed that the average for "bad apples" or just plain poor workers in any work force, hourly or salary makes no difference, is around 10 percent, a good hiring policy can reduce that amount to near zero or double it. I have never worked in police work but by the ones I know and what I read and see I have no doubt that the percentage of "bad apples" is much higher than the average for civilian jobs. People gravitate to police jobs for a reason, they are authoritarian and sometimes just bullies.