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In reply to the discussion: The case for a well-funded organization for wrongful death lawsuits against cops who kill. [View all]MineralMan
(146,313 posts)It's also widely recognized as being needed. And yet, it is not being done. What I'm talking about is a few examples made that will encourage such things. What we are doing isn't working. We need to take a different approach to community policing that will encourage jurisdictions to take actions that are needed.
All of your training suggestions are excellent, but so far there's little reason for jurisdictions to implement such training. They need a bit of a push to do so. Fear is a wonderful thing in convincing people to do stuff.
Right now, it's not working. Prosecutions are not happening, even in egregious cases. We need to do better. We need some evidence that there will be a penalty for not getting law enforcement under control. Right now, there is no penalty.