re: If police brutality is so rampant and a 'disease' that's tearing the country apart...

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And Tanisha was kicking officers, a felony, so she won't do.

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She was charged with a felony? Or are you just trying to find a unicorn to justify your a very narrow argument?Tanisha was also unarmed. People in mental health episodes are commonly difficult to deal with, which why the cops are called in the first place.

Bettie Jones in Chicago in 2015 is not really a case of brutality, as she was killed accidentally. As was Felix Kumi. And India Kagar.

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Those are all white people a-hole. I don't care about them.

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Not surprising that you can't put two and two together.

Conservatives don't listen to anyone. At all. Ever.

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It's odd that all of these seem to matter less than Floyd, Mike Brown, etc. I don't disagree with you though.

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I can understand police protecting themselves in cases where suspects have weapons, but the cases where people were killed while complying or unarmed are completely egregious to me, and I don't know why more people don't talk about them. Especially with regards to mental health, police are ill-equipped to handle those situations in lots of cases, often escalating the situation.

There's little chance you will even interact with a cop if you're not commiting a crime (regardless of your race). It's pathetic to see these media idiots hype up complete bs narratives without being challenged and then watch the reaction play out so predictably. This country is dead, a pale reflection of what it used to be

I personally don't know enough to know the solution to that, but I believe it's likely a function of the fact that you have very low barriers to entry to be a law enforcement member in this country. And we basically have to. They are also generally armed, conducting millions of adversial interactions with a population that inherently skews way disproportionately towards the criminal population.

Substantive, wholesale reform is probably impossible and not even a desirable solution because you are dealing with an innumerable amount of police departments and communities across the country. We have the Constitution and we have certain laws at the federal level that are designed to achieve equal protection. I haven't seen much in the way of legitimate ideas from anyone that seem to do more good than harm.

Obviously my opinion is irrelevant and nullified because I'm a racist bigot or whatever.

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Stop killing black males. I

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Who kills the most black males?

Are you saying it’s ok for cops to murder someone if they have a criminal background? Even while in handcuffs lying on the ground?

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Please find me a police brutality of a non-felon, I'd like to start a march for that guy.

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This is a going to be a difficult non sequitur to hold on to.

In terms of mental health episodes, something like crisis response teams formed by local hospitals could help, but the real issue is that there aren’t enough psychiatric beds in this country, and the number has decreased by 500,000 since the 1950s. Police aren’t equipped with the training to deal with those situations.

In terms of limiting police, something like doing away with no-knock raids would be a good start. Doing away with civil asset forfeiture would be great too while we are attempting to reform the police. I have other ideas too, but I’m also not someone anyone is going to listen too, ultimately.

My criminal record is pretty minimal. But the bossier police officer that slammed me against the back of my car and pointed a gun at me for running a red light (California stop at a red light / right turn) in front of my son when I was not resisting or anything is overreacting to the "crime". I did not deserve that. I deserved a red light ticket.