I can't help but think that the police wants there to be a riot, and is helping to incite one.
Yeah, I think that's pretty much what happened here in Bmore.
think he's spinning the indictment hard to place all blame on this one rogue cop to prevent rioting. Which I think is actually the truth, in this case, but I have no faith in the fundamental honesty of Deters. What's expedient just happened to be true, this time.
Yeah, that is the easy way out of actually looking at the way police are hired and trained and supervised. ugh.
I can't help but think that the police wants there to be a riot, and is helping to incite one.
That does appear to be the pattern with these things. Good on the prosecutor though.
I mean how hard to throw away the sandwich AT CAMP?!?! dumbass.
If he's being so obvious about it, maybe he wanted you to find them?
What I don't understand is when police became so paranoid. They didn't used to be, I swear.
Right? It's like anyone not in uniform (but especially POC) is viewed as a potential enemy combatant. I feel like current training methods are instilling fear instead of training them to control their fear in tense situations so they can make reasonable decisions.
That is something they have been actively working on in Richmond, CA which used to have terrible relations between police and residents and is so much better now. I don't know if the coverage of the "Richmond miracle" have been nation-wide, but I've heard a lot about it here. There are proven methods of improvement, if cities/police forces will, well, admit they need to improve. And do the work.
When I looked at that shot-by-cops map, Richmond had 0.
Stopping military gear manufacturers from *giving* body armor and artillery to civic police departments (in order to keep their production levels up for tax reasons) would also help. If you don't have tanks and body armor, you're not going to be so eager to provoke or escalate circumstances where you can use them. Conversely, having them on hand sort of makes it inevitable you'll egg a situation on so that you will have a chance to use the new toys. Because wow, video game, and tough macho!
Yeah, those pictures of 60s protests vs. recent ones were most notable to me for the gear of the cops now.
If he's being so obvious about it, maybe he wanted you to find them?
This is my thought. Maybe subconsciously, but still.
I can't help but think that the police wants there to be a riot, and is helping to incite one.
That does appear to be the pattern with these things. Good on the prosecutor though.
See also the decision to announce the non-indictment in Ferguson until sundown.
