You are full of WHITE GUILT guilt and a total lack of knowlege concerning the police and the job they need to perform for a society that has produced a large number of very troubled people and they come in all shades of color. Training and experince teaches the young Police Officer to be leary of everyone and be on guard when dealing with anyone. Human nature teaches us that an area well known to be a high crime area will present more frequency of dangerous situations then a non high crime area.
I have taught young PO, on the street and in the PA, that have taken their way of acting from TV shows and movies. Those are not good examples for the most part to base the way you handle people. I agree that any approach to a car stop or any contact an Officer starts off in a resonable manner. You assume that they don't. Escalations caused by the subjects actions creates escalation from the PO. The Marcus of Queensbury are not in play in these situations. When an incident progresses from verbal to physical, resisting arrest, then the Officer uses force to overcome the that resistance. Many times PO's have been killed or seriously injured in situations that start off calmly and end up violently because their is so much not know about the subject, they are strangers to each other. The subject knows that he he/she is dealing with the police. The PO sometimes doesn't know who or what he is dealing with and some times has information that someone answering a describtion that committed some crime that spurred him to question the subject. Getting complicated isn't it? Basically you resist, force to overcome resisitance is needed, you use your fists PO uses his nightstick, you use a weapon that could cause serious physical injury OR death then you will likely be shot. In most if not all the current shootings their was prior knowledge by the PO that a crime was commited or a warrant was issued by court. Resistance followed and we are where we are today. Blaming WHITE PRIVILEGE
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