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In reply to the discussion: White cops murder blacks=blacks are bad; Black man kills cops=race war [View all]Moostache
(9,895 posts)Man, if you MOVE your hand they think that is a threat...the level of hysteria concerning when a black man's movements generate a reasonable threat is astounding.
These cops that shoot first, shoot second, file a fraudulent report about how scared they were third need to be addressed far more than they are. We need more training of officers on how to maintain their calm in dangerous situations and the officers should all be monitored for their performance during annual reviews...anyone not passing a minimum safety threshold should be working a desk or parking meters until they either get some courage under fire or find a more suitable profession.
Being a police officer is HARD. It is underpaid, underappreciated and over-stressed work, but it also is NOT something just any former military asshole or idiot with a grudge should be allowed to do. Society has a choice before us...we can choose to continue rewarding assholes in banking and business with tax cuts and loopholes like capital gains or we can choose to recapture our sense of morality and fairness and take steps to make society more just and rewards of the qualified police more appropriate and safer.