Poor training. Police are trained to be fearful, and to treat every encounter as an encounter with a vicious killer. Police are poorly trained in The Peoples’ Right to Keep and Bear Arms. As evidenced in police shooting for merely possessing a weapon. Poor leadership.

More fathers, more apt to listen to authority figures

I'll venture to say our gun culture/2A obsession plays a big role. Also, the military-industrial complex. And we just never get around to "better police training." Though this guy may have figured it out: insider.com/florida-sheriff-…

A big part of it has to be how many guns civilians have. Police officers are always afraid of taking return fire, so they make worse decisions. This isn't the only factor, but certainly plays a part.

I remember a time when police officers would chase a suspect, not default to instantly shooting them on the spot. Police training changed. I'd like to know what sociopath spearheaded this systemic change.

Multipart answer : Unarmed police more personally invested in de escalation Resident police more personally invested in neighborhood Heavily armed invading thugs will act as heavily armed invading thugs. Also, ACAB.

We hire mostly ex-military and we have the best trained military in the world. But they are not trained to resolve conflicts peacefully. Quite the opposite. Some know how. Others do not or don’t want to. That’s why the system needs a lot of work. It’s a management problem!

Us v. Them. We don’t necessarily need more training as much as we need a shift in individuals taking personal responsibility in their choice to see the person standing in front of them as the “other”. Fear has been used as justification to choose evil.

Name one country.

Why not ask why people are so belligerent to police in the first place? Why do people expect anything different when charging at another human (take out the "police" part) and threaten their lives? Why does no one look at the "victim"'s actions and always point to the police?