Guess you haven't been arrested in Mexico. Anyway, I agree about the militarizing of police problem and the police state we are in but that's not the issue here. This particular shooting was justified. How strict do you want the process to be? I was a police officer and the process takes over a year to get hired. 8 months in the academy, then 6 more months of shit to get hired. Background checks, interview, polygraph, drug test, psych evaluation,(which for some strange reason asks you like 20 times about how often you have diarrhea)what more can you do? You can't make it anymore strict or nobody is going to do it, not for that salary. You have lumped every cop into the "bad cop" category and you aren't looking at each situation as individual, but basing it off of your opinion of all police officers.
Using Mexico as an example is pretty bad.
Try Norway for example. I watch their version of "Cops" while there and its amazing how they treat people.
They spent a few extra minutes to deal with a drunk vs here where the yelling starts right away then they jump the drunk while screaming stop resisting.
Its incredibly easy to become a law enforcement officer here.
Some places the academy is less then 8 months. LEO is the first responder for many mental patients but has very little education dealing with that. Shit, the LEO is the number one social worker but knows very little about it.
But I think the systemic failure is the culprit. LEO gets away with more then they should. The blue line is more of a blue wall.
They will fight hard to keep bad officers on the job. Its plenty of video evidence where it clearly show they ****ed up but still walk away.
The case in NY where the officer choked a man to death and did not get billed I think shows how much they can get away with.
The officer was not in danger. They had 4 officers on top of the guy and they had full control. The guy said 11 times he couldnt breath.
This wasnt an accident but a deliberate choice of the officer to continue to restrict the air flow. The medical examiner ruled it a homicide.
I think a case like that should be billed and the officer should defend his action in court. Should he be punished is up to the court.
I know for sure you and I would be in court defending our self.
I dont think all cops are bad, I know several good ones.
I dont have any bad experience personally but that does not mean its plenty of bad ones out there.
I blame the system for allowing this to continue. It must be changed.