Many times the real solution is just to form a new police department. Let everybody go, start from scratch.
he US is orders of magnitude more barbarous than the rest of the world, when it comes to their cops, as reflected in their social policy, quite specific to the US. — StreetlightX
Facts don't care about your feelings — StreetlightX
Symptoms of PTSD were frequently endorsed; for example, 30% of officers reported having intrusive thoughts or nightmares, and 22% reported avoiding situations or places that reminded them of a traumatic event. With respect to the CAGE items assessing alcohol abuse, 14% of officers believed they should “cut down” on their drinking behavior, and 3.3% reported having an “eye-opener” first thing in the morning to get rid of a hang-over or steady their nerves (data not shown). Of the three conditions assessed, PTSD was the most common (23.8%), followed by alcohol abuse (18.7%) and depression (8.8%). Overall, 40.0% of respondents had at least one of the three mental-health conditions (Fig. 1).
This study provides evidence of heightened attention and/or arousal in police officers as indicated by the generally greater P3 amplitude in police compared to controls during a task requiring sustained attention and inhibitory control. Greater PTSD symptom severity in trauma-exposed individuals may affect frontal cognitive control systems related to response inhibition.
US police kill more in days than other countries do in years. This is of course ridiculous, but not for the reasons you state. — StreetlightX
The president of the Minneapolis police union has written to its members calling George Floyd a “violent criminal”, describing those protesting over his death as terrorists and criticizing the city’s political leadership for not authorizing greater use of force to stop the rioting.
The letter drew a swift rebuke from a former Minneapolis police chief who called it a disgrace.
Lt Bob Kroll, president of the Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis, defended the four officers involved in Floyd’s death... “What is not being told is the violent criminal history of George Floyd. The media will not air this. I’ve worked with the four defense attorneys that are representing each of our four terminated individuals under criminal investigation, in addition with our labor attorneys to fight for their jobs. They were terminated without due process,” wrote Kroll, according to a copy of the letter obtained by the Star Tribune.
Floyd had served time in prison for aggravated robbery but Chauvin could not have known that when he detained him. Video footage shows that Floyd was not behaving in a violent manner during his arrest, was not armed, and was not suspected of a violent crime.
There are cops all over the country standing in solidarity with the protestors... — creativesoul
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