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Originally Posted by LoisR
You're just making excuses for abusive police. Even one aggressive bigoted cop is too many. Police need better training, need to hire college graduates only, realize that even one abusive or racist incident is grounds for termination, and limit those with famiy backgrounds in law enforcement.
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Yes, police always need better training. There is never ENOUGH training. Especially when it comes to choke holds. Choke holds have been used for decades and used successfully to subdue violent suspects. If done properly, they are safer than using a taser. Chokes are used in Judo competition, even in the Olympics. BUT, if one does it improperly it can be fatal. Personally, I do not like choke holds but then again I do not like to see officers of the law killed by violent suspects either. Since the ratio of abusive or bad cops to good cops is sooo small I see this only as another political push in an election year. It is NOT a racial thing or you would see many more incidents with minorities than whites. Many police departments DO require college studies for hiring or send their candidates to a local college for learning. But, there is also the point that police depts do not pay well enough to hire those with higher education. It is unfortunate that there are those officers that are abusive. That is not even close to the norm and should not be construed as such. Having family that is in or has been in law enforcement should have absolutely NO bearing on hiring.
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