re: Cop shoots suspect in the back of the head while struggling to arrest him grabbing taser

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A lot of violent crimes against innocents are prevented because of "one-on-one apprehension". Rather than your "just call for help" approach, they need significantly more funding for better training, specifically courses like jiu jitsu and daily situational firearms training.

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I disagree, I think the "more funding, more training" argument buys into bad premises. What we need is for people to behave better. We absolutely should require more civilized behavior from citizens. If that cant be done than we need more brutal police practice on those who cant behave themselves.

Its ironic that many blacks often decry America and its ideals. Its ideals are the only thing that keep the hammer from being dropped on them. In a just and practical society with no American ideals which must be followed, blacks would have an extremely short leash with police and would be subject to more surveillance and more policing of their behavior than other races of people. Criminals of all races but to a higher percentage, black criminals, have taken advantage of the social contract. We agree to share these ideals of due process, no discrimination, no excessive force, innocent before being proven guilty, etc on the condition that we respect our neighbors, respect the rule of law, and respect those who are enforcing the law.

What we have now is large groups of Americans who demand to reap the benefits of the American social contract, while at the same time not holding up their end of it.