Cops Just Need to Be Nice

[discocrisco01]

FAIR reports

"Africa’s death highlighted the problems between police and the homeless on Skid Row—which had never abated, despite the story about Officer Joseph. Outrage and protest followed. People wanted changes. No protesters had been calling for just nicer cops in LA—or, for that matter, in Ferguson after Michael Brown’s death, or in New York City after the killing of Eric Garner.
While some protesters had called for body cameras, others had concerns with that approach. Others called for an end to aggressive policing methods, like the “broken windows” theory that holds that cracking down on petty offenses can prevent more serious crimes. Most in the Black Lives Matter movement agreed that, for starters, cops who kill or brutalize unarmed citizens should be fired and punished.
But the police reform conversation, pushed into the national consciousness through mass protests and acts of civil disobedience by everyday people, was steered toward the theme of “community policing” by establishment figures—with the help of the media.
President Barack Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing, co-chaired by a police official and directed by a former cop, serves to “build trust” and “strengthen community policing”—referencing “community policing” 64 times in their report. This year, when a protester crashed a conference of mayors this year demanding that Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel resign for his role in the cover-up of the police shooting death of Laquan McDonald, Emanuel—Obama’s former chief of staff—was at the conference to promote (what else) “community policing.” Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have each made “community policing” a centerpiece of their proposals for criminal justice reform.

Is community policing is an excuse for not getting a special prosecutor who reports directly to the President and not to the Department of Justice to actually try to policing cases. Specific policies like tying police funding to adoption of stricter police brutality laws which result in significant time in federal prison like (10-30 years behind bars)

How about mandating an additional three months of training on ethics of proper force and intercultural communication skills especially with communities of color. Also, trying to screen out the blockheads from the police force.

Even more radical proposals is disarming most police officers except for special unit officers such as SWAT Team. Personally, I am not expert in policing or neither person who being at the end of police brutality. I have been harassed by the police because I am autistic but the harassment is minor compared to the amount of harassment and brutality that communities of color and homeless suffer with police offers.
In conclusion, I think the media needs to move from "community policing" to increased training and pass police brutality laws. The last resort is disarming officers because the amount of force that is used by police greatly exceeds the need to proper use of force and therefore, they should not be trusted to apply lethal force.

[Iggo]

1. But then nobody's afraid of them.

And what fun is that?

[yortsed snacilbuper]

2. They need more Lady Cops.

[Dont call me Shirley]

3. Nice honest cops, a great goal to work toward.

[msongs]

4. they need to be kind, not nice nt