Since 911 we have been told all these law officers are heroes whose actions, no matter how reckless and violent, are in our collective best interests. The killing of innocent people by overreacting cops is just a price we all have to pay.

Only when cops faced the January 6 crowds were we supposed to question their use of force, but just watch how quickly Trump and company spring to the defense of every cop who shoots first and asks questions later now that the he has unleashed the beast on the rest of us.

worshiping uniforms.

I thought he'd chew through the fence and stab me! Out-of-control law, trigger-happy enforcement.

I failed a psych test at a rather notorious police department because I didn't fit the profile they wanted for "high impact policing." They told me I'd be a better fit for a small town force or a university police department.

I have an autistic son who has had melt down and we’ve had to call police not one gun was shown and he immediately backed down seeing the cops.

I think because this kid was Hispanic is why those racist cops shot him. And what cowards there was a fence between Victor and the cops. They wouldn’t even try to talk with him. And I would not be shocked if the orange Hitler invited them to the White House and gives them medals.

You wouldn't believe what white suspects are able to get away with and not get shot.

there will be more stories like this one. No accountability means more abuse of power.

said to me to do something, I wouldn't hear them. And then, I would get shot. Always my biggest fear.

I failed. According to the rejection letter, I was "not psychologically suited to be a police officer". Cracked me up. And over 50 years ago, they were not quite the violent, militaristic thugs we see far too often today.

Yeah, they don't like those attributes.

only an advertising/recruiting slogan, not an actual mission statement.

That'll teach them!

No. Disband the police. Let's start over.

There are rational alternative approaches to public safety.

Just return the police to their original jobs... protecting the business sector.

Form another agency to assist and help the public. Form yet another one to address violent acts.

Each should be on patrol in their areas. Except the ones who deal with violence. They are on standby in case they are needed.

And, here is the kicker. Fund each department as they rank on need. If the 'community ambassadors' get the most calls, they get the most funding. Not funding by department demand, funding by pubic demand.

Also, any and all seizures are held by the state and used where they are needed, not by the department that made the seizure.

Watch how fast things change once their bloated, sacred budgets, current societal position as a defacto monopoly, and their seizures are threatened.

Thanks for that.

Businesses can hire their own private security. No reason for the public to subsidize that.

Better to have an outside agency handling such a thing. One that can be held accountable for its actions.

I can see that.

was to put snipers on the roofs of buildings.

The police chief had to be responsible for putting snipers on the roofs. The first guy that has to get booted is the police chief.

FTP

us as we exercise our free speech at protests, etc? They're the ones we *don't* expect to throw in with trump and his illegal, unconstitutional orders? That's worrisome!

Many so called trained professionals with guns takes on a sick young man with a knife. So pathetic it reminds me of the cowardly Uvalde cops.

Keeping the peace and killing the enemy are not one in the same. Military training is focused on us against them. Police should not be an occupying military force.

Their duty is to subdue the black and brown people to keep us whites secure.