- 05 Jun 2020 22:33
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I'm sure he did not think they guy would die. More important though is that when the discussion is about one's "authority" rather than one's "responsibility" it is easy to have this kind of indifference. This office was a field training officer. He SHOULD have been the very one teaching the two new officers (who are now facing charges with him) about restraint and how to affect an arrest with the minimum of harm to everyone. Clearly the culture of his department let this happen. There is NOT DOUBT not only that the department had done little to nothing to prevent this. More concerning is that it is reasonable to assume that this culture has influenced every cop in the city. What is required is to fire or demote the leadership of the department down to the lieutenant level and replace it. For the time being serious consideration should be given to disarming all of the police in Minneapolis until they have been trained and train from the bottom up. This will get their attention. Also the Police thing they refuse to call a union should be banned.
No doubt he does. But he is a thug and has been a thug for a long time. I have absolutely no pity for him at all save one thing. If the leadership of the department had wanted to prevent this it could have easily and long ago. What may be a shame is that there are a shit ton of sergeants, lieutenants and Captains who are NOT going to jail along side him. Better yet. I would disarm every policeman in the city with the rank of sergeant or above and not allow them to carry a firearm until all of their men have been trained and certified in the use of force and race relations. Their empty holster would serve as a stark reminder to them that they are responsible for the behavior of their men and that the next step is disarming the police entirely.
Why did the police officer think he could get away with it?
I'm sure he did not think they guy would die. More important though is that when the discussion is about one's "authority" rather than one's "responsibility" it is easy to have this kind of indifference. This office was a field training officer. He SHOULD have been the very one teaching the two new officers (who are now facing charges with him) about restraint and how to affect an arrest with the minimum of harm to everyone. Clearly the culture of his department let this happen. There is NOT DOUBT not only that the department had done little to nothing to prevent this. More concerning is that it is reasonable to assume that this culture has influenced every cop in the city. What is required is to fire or demote the leadership of the department down to the lieutenant level and replace it. For the time being serious consideration should be given to disarming all of the police in Minneapolis until they have been trained and train from the bottom up. This will get their attention. Also the Police thing they refuse to call a union should be banned.
I'm sure he now regrets his decision.
No doubt he does. But he is a thug and has been a thug for a long time. I have absolutely no pity for him at all save one thing. If the leadership of the department had wanted to prevent this it could have easily and long ago. What may be a shame is that there are a shit ton of sergeants, lieutenants and Captains who are NOT going to jail along side him. Better yet. I would disarm every policeman in the city with the rank of sergeant or above and not allow them to carry a firearm until all of their men have been trained and certified in the use of force and race relations. Their empty holster would serve as a stark reminder to them that they are responsible for the behavior of their men and that the next step is disarming the police entirely.
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