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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tragic.

May this death be the catalyst needed for more, better and longer police training that includes deescalation methods and building positive police culture. [/quote]
Again, how did the whole thing start? At least two posters are now asking.[/quote].

I don’t know. The news said it was a traffic stop. But there may have been another reason for the scorpion unit to go so violent so quickly.

Whatever the reason was, the police need more training on deescalation and appropriate level of force to do their tough jobs.

This was tragic and obviously excessive use of force even if he was a drug dealer or whatever. There was no evidence on the video he was reaching for a gun as the police claimed .they kept kicking and hitting him while he was handcuffed on the ground. It was clearly unnecessary use of lethal force. [/quote]

What evidence is there of him being a drug dealer? When did this place become infested with racists?[/quote]

Even assuming everything this person said was true the video is indefensible.  Of course they're just talking out their rear.[/quote]

You and person taking offense have reading comprehension issues. The person advocating for better and longer police training said he or she did not know what the reason the scorpion unit stopped him was. He or she said even it was something worse than a routine trait tx stop, and again they did not know, that the video made it clear that police force was brutal and unnecessary use of lethal force. [/quote]

That's part of the message. The other part was them saying he shouldn't have been beaten even if he was a drug dealer. He wasn't a drug dealer. That accusation hasn't even been made by the police accused of beating him. But if enough people start saying things like that, others will latch onto his name and drug dealer, and assume it's true because he was a black man pulled over and beaten by the police, and they want to believe that police wouldn't do that without some sort of cause. It's an almost subtle way of planting the seeds of lies in people's heads.

If you really want to defend him and say he shouldn't have died, say he shouldn't have died. He shouldn't have been beaten. The police shouldn't have used force. Don't randomly insert crimes and say you don't know if he committed them but even if he did, that wouldn't justify killing him. [/quote]

Thank you for explaining what I was apparently failing to.[/quote]

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I am the po and this added nothing and focussed on least important aspect of my comment.

The important part is that more police training in deescalation methods and appropriate use of force is needed. [/quote]

Longer better training is Especially needed for police who are tasked with restoring neighborhood peace …

What is a SCORPION unit in Memphis tennessee?
Early in 2022, the Memphis Police Department created a “SCORPION” unit — Street Crimes Operation to Restore Peace in Our Neighborhoods — a specialized group of four roving 10-person teams that use data to target high-crime neighborhoods. (Brad Vest / Getty Images)3 hours ago[/quote]

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