I wish someone could explain to me why police in other countries de-escalate situations nonviolently in so many instances where police in the U.S. are more likely to shoot to kill. We talk about “better police training” but nothing seems to change...

Oct 28, 2020 · 5:47 PM UTC

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(I corrected a deleted tweet. Thank you for the advice from so many. One veteran wrote of how police training started changing in the 90s. Please re-post. I know I should’ve left the other one up. Just learning…)
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theatlantic.com/internationa…

What the World Could Teach America About Policing

Examples abound of reforms that are seen as “radical” in the United States.

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Idiot.
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Because extrajudicial killing is a fundamental tool of American "law enforcement" and has been for over a hundred and fifty years.
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How about... Raising children with respect for authority, adults and society? Lets see how quickly you call the police for 'action' when they're beating your door down.
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I'm from Iraq you don't wanna know what police did there to people for speaking out against the government let alone threatening them with a knife lol
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Defund the Supreme Court...
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Investigations, in order to answer your query should probably open with finding out "why?" individual people go into policing career in the first place. What are individual 'motives'? Next, police precincts can be revamped and reorganized based on again, 'motive'. #PoliceMotive
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Uh oh. Little early for the bong hits, don’t you think?
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well, excluding Paris, London and other 'heterogenous' cities, police are simply more willing to de-escalate when they see themselves (racially) in the other person. This is the issue at its *core*. Too many, uh, 'officers' who can't see Black people as viable humans.
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It’s the vibe of violence we have in our bones.
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Police train for years in other countries we have a basically the 5 hour course to become a cop in comparison its not difficult to understand.
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