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In reply to the discussion: Pic Of The Moment: Cleveland Police Union Chief Offers Advice To 12-Year-Olds [View all]turbinetree
(24,695 posts)He is given a position of Authority, and if HE was properly trained he would have known that these so called officers that are to serve and protect, should have driven up ON the street and not on the grass, they would have assessed the situation prior to firing a gun, they did not do this.
They should have been PROPERLY trained that you do not use deadly force until the last of all options have been used and if they had been PROPERLY trained to get out of the car and they should have said "drop the whatever item the person has in there hand" from thirty or forty feet on the street corner or in a store isle, just like the human being who was murdered in the Wal Mart in another OHIO city, they did not do that.
These incidents of death and what police are and have been doing is "shoot first and then ask questions later", just like vigilantes do.
In all the current appearances they have become de-facto judge, jury and in some cases executioner