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Beau on cops waiting. As usual, Beau is astute. If a cop wants to perpitrate the warrior myth, then, act like a warror, press the attack and risk your life or get a new job.

Beowulfsfriend 9 May 26
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He makes good points and most of it is common sense. The mentality of a lot of cops, especially the rookies is unfortunately they would rather beat and kill people that refuse to comply with their demands in which no crime was committed or it was a minor infraction. The seasoned officers tend to be more astute and observe a more sensible approach. Rookies tend to feel pressured to "prove" themselves by going too far. In my honest opinion, for what it is worth, police personnel need to undergo 4 years of training in proper interaction with the people they are trying to serve. Going in with a power trip and attitude isn't working too well. They need to be more about de-escalating the situation than forcing their will onto the subject. There are times when it may come down to using force or taking action to subdue a deranged individual. Lethal force should always be a last resort! Never the first resort.

Secondly, if a police officer is intimidated by people of color or other superficial attributes of a suspect then they shouldn't have a job in law enforcement. If an officer is in fear for their life simply because a person is black, latino, or dressed differently then that officer has no business in that position.

Ideally, all officers, and judges for all that matters, would be secular and totally impartial with out bias. This is a far stretch from the reality we live in.

Finally, a good point in this case is how officers arrested Dillon Roof after the Charleston SC church shooting and proceeded to take him to burger king for a meal before taking him to jail after killing 9 people at the church. Conversely officers filled George Floyd for trying to sell a pack of cigarettes outside a convenience store. To different infractions one heinous and maliciously executed by a sick minded guy who was white, yet allowed to live and even treated above & beyond any level that is afforded to many, while they choked the life out of a man who sold cigarettes outside the store just because he did not comply with officers demands. Even when they subdued him those officers kept choking him until he was dead all because he was a big black man. They didn't stop once the threat was over. They kept on until he was dead.

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