Police brutality: too much militarization or a lack of education?

[Philly-Union-Man]

14. The police have been like this forever.

Always. It's nothing new. Go back to the beginning of the very idea of security forces and you will find wanton abuse of power up to and including murder. Those in power will always abuse their "subordinates". Many times the only difference between the cop and the criminal or the jailer and the prisoner is a badge and official authority.

Many times but not all the time. Sometimes the cop is the guy who enjoys the violence as much as the criminal but only uses it righteously. He's the guy who kicks the bully's ass to defend those who can't defend themselves.

It's not militarization or lack of education that cause police brutality. It's people who have a proclivity for violence being able to kick ass (mostly) without repercussions. The big pushback you see is because people are catching on to just how widespread and common it is.