(05-29-2020, 01:03 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(05-29-2020, 12:33 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: You assume that this guy wasnt already properly trained. That's not so.

Incorrect on several fronts. 

1. I didn't assume jack [BLEEP]. 

2. Whether or not he was initially trained well is irrelevant because:
   a -  it didn't work - so what does "properly" mean exactly -  he acted outside of his training
   b - additional training is what I'm suggesting and it was clearly needed

3. He was trained to place his knee between the prisoner's shoulder blades - not on his neck/throat - this is straight from the Minn. P.D.  

4. The secondary point of additional (augmented)  training is about community relations which I've repeated a half dozen times now

5. The other thing I'm repeating to mostly deaf ears is vetting improvements - and this guy clearly is a poster boy for improved vetting when you see his complaint record. 

Again - what's so terrible about adding an element of training on a broad scale that seeks to prevent this kind of misstep from happening?   
Not a damn thing. 

And what's so bad about doubling down on weeding out officers unfit to wear the badge? 
Not a damn thing. 

These are just such sensible suggestions that are necessary to repair a widespread mistrust. 
Various departments have implemented such measures before to moderate temporary success within their communities -  and this is a prime time for a larger and more widespread effort.

Mistrust based on misinformation can only be rectified through correct information.  

As Thomas Sowell points out, in these instances not only is no evidence presented, none is asked for.  Its just assumed that because the officers were white (and one asian) that their actions were because of "white supremacy" etc.  That makes no sense outside the SJW echo chamber.

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(05-29-2020, 01:15 PM)JagJohn Wrote:

(05-29-2020, 01:09 PM)jj82284 Wrote: If my hair is red and u think its blue do I need to go to a hair dresser or do u need glasses.  

Theres strong statistical evidence that white officers are LESS likely than their black counterparts to use deadly force, especially when the subject is a minority.  So the entire narrative and premise is on shaky ground, and with all the violence and looting it falls apart.  

No one is condoning what this guy did and that's the problem.  There is no systemic or political solution to a singularity!

How in the world can you consider this a singularity?

I passed stats class?

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(05-29-2020, 01:18 PM)Byron LeftTown Wrote: The Dem leadership in Minnesota seems content to let it burn.  The firemen stood down and the cops ran away and let their precinct burn.  Protests are spreading to other cities, including Jacksonville.

What do u expect?  This helps advance their core narrative and at the same time absolves them of blame.

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(05-29-2020, 01:28 PM)TJBender Wrote:

(05-29-2020, 01:18 PM)Byron LeftTown Wrote: The firemen stood down and the cops ran away and let their precinct burn.

Good luck getting police and fire in close enough to fight the blaze in the first place, let alone get in the equipment they'd have needed to fight it effectively. A building is bricks and mortar that can be replaced. The lives of firefighters and good cops can't.

As Rudy Giuliani points out, that's why you never let it get that far!

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