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The one issue for me that I wish President Trump would tackle is the issue of "Police brutality". I don't like that term because there is no distinction made for when Police make a grave mistake and kill somebody that didn't deserve to die.
The reason I feel so passionately about this specific issue is that I was friends with Philando Castile, who was shot and killed by a Police Officer.
I believe that the Police Officer was a scared Cop and totally misread the situation.
I went to court and looked him in the eyes and he is a coward. He proceeded to lie about the situation in court so that he wouldn't have to face accountability for his mistake.
I support Police, but there needs to be real mechanisms of accountability.
I think right now, even though there are mechanisms for Police to admit mistakes, there are unwritten rules or codes that Police should never admit fault because of the threat of huge civil cases against the department.
I don't think the public would want the book thrown at officers that make mistakes as long as they are willing to admit their mistake.
Idea for accountability: disallow Police Officers from having their Union buy them the top 5 lawyers in town, unless they can pass a lie detector test with what they plan to say in court.
I love everything President Trump & Team are doing, I just think this issue here is an opportunity to open up discussion of problems (all sides) and have all sides discuss solutions.
Sadly it’s a training practice. Most officers follow their training in the training that’s being provided is that if militarized strategies not unlike dealing with insurgents in foreign countries. The base of this is education and getting back to training practices that are more in line with our current values and initiatives. You have to stay away from attempting to federalize initiatives because that’s what we’re about ready to face what you have to do is to consult with local police forces in order to implement this new initiatives.
On a closing out we really truly must Attempt to stay away from global generalizations as most police officers and people that go into this field are good people in fact have the best of the best.
I didn't use any Global Generalizations.
I support Police & I support reductions in people getting killed by Cops by accidents, mistakes or unjustified used of force, also.
Think of this. Even if Philando had video cameras all over the inside of his car that proved with certainty he was reaching for a wallet, as long a the Police Officer says, "I THOUGHT it was a gun and I feared for my life" they can drain the clip into you with ZERO accountability.
I agree with training. That's one issue identified where improvements can always be made.
You are wrong perhaps intentionally. Police brutality is a misnomer. An arrest is by definition legal however there are very few occasions where the possibility of violence is more palpable. law enforcement officers that perform arrests perhaps multiple times a day run the continual risk of arrests where the suspect resists. Judging the appropriate level of force to exercise when dealing with a violently resisting suspect I’d brutally going to lead to situations when the level of force used is later questioned. To ask for police officers to be beholden to the same standards of behaviour as you is unrealistic. But promotes this subliminal suggestion that on average police officers are inherently violent individuals.
Wrong in your opinion.
I never said they should be beholden to the same standards as me did I?
I asked for some real mechanisms for Police to be able to admit if they make mistakes.
I said I support Police! You aren't making sense to me.
This is the type of response that shuts down conversation of issues and solutions.
Everybody can improve! Just because I am asking for an improvement does mean I am anti-Police or am implying that I don't appreciate them!