Quote:I don't know. Hasn't this always happened? How many times did police have this type of encounter yesterday? Is it really unusual for this type of thing to happen? Yes, it appears this one guy probably should not be a policeman. But how many police are there? What percentage of times does this actually happen?


To me, it's like terrorism. There's a terrorist incident somewhere in the world, and people start posting that they've decided they won't leave their house without a gun. It's ridiculous. What are the odds of anyone actually encountering a terrorist? Practically zero.


Isn't it possible we're overreacting to everything? It's all driven by the internet. Everything is news now. There's no perspective.

I think I get where you're coming from. You're saying while these incidences are awful, they happen so infrequently that the connection to a systemic problem with how our police force operates on a national scale is not there. Correct?


A couple things on this... first, one instance of police brutality, either through intent or negligence is too much and should be handled with extreme care to protect the public, not the police. We see over and over that these instances of brutality go with no criminal accountability held upon by the officer. Often there are not even indictments. To me, that fact creates a trend that appears to be a systemic flaw.


Second, while the instances may seem low, if you Google this issue, you'll see we have these types of brutality cases at a rate about 9 times that of other western societies. This makes me also consider the fact that this is a systemic issue, not just some random events that we must just accept as outlier events that cannot be reduced or eliminated.

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