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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ahhhh you people are so frustrating. A therapist was trying to help an autistic adult and was shot! Why do we need to bring up the "there are good cops" argument? I know there are good cops, I am friends with one of them. But this THERAPIST was trying to help a man who ran away, but because he was black he was shot. The cop straight up told him he didn't know why he shot him. They then proceeded to put BOTH of them in handcuffs!! This is not ok folks!! I imagine the autistic man will have a hard time not freaking out around cops now. Fantastic.  [/quote]

Then think critically, too.  This was another tragic incident.  But unless you get to the ROOT of the problem, police brutality will not float off.  If a child is raped repeatedly at night, don't you think that cycle will continue somehow - either ending in self-destruction or in harming others.

When a cop gets to that level, it's b/c s/he has seen too much.  Psychological supports should be ongoing for people in high-stress occupations. If this cop dealt mainly with AA males who were dangerous, for example, that's what will shape his brain.  not saying it's right - just saying, folks - Get to to the root.[/quote]

If ALL a beat cop in a tough neighborhood sees is the worst scenarios, he is not community policing. There's a white cop who was talking about building relationships and how that defuses tension and actually helps him to protect and serve. The young people obviously genuinely like him and trust him. I've been in two careers with high burnout rates and a lot of public ire. Building rapport really is key to being able to do your job and feeling good about how you did it. My brother has drawn his gun in only a few of his thousands of interactions with drug dealers. Most are 17-19 year olds selling small amounts of weed to feed young siblings and keep the power on at home. Few street cops in the US ever face well-armed higher level dealers. [/quote]

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