@freemo here's a list of suggestions for improving the police situation which I saw compiled in the NYT Morning Briefing a week-ish ago:
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Samuel Sinyangwe of Campaign Zero, a group formed after Brown’s death: Restrict chokeholds, train officers to de-escalate conflicts and prohibit them from shooting at moving vehicles, among other steps.
A 2019 California law: Change the standard for when an officer can legally use deadly force, from one based on a “reasonable belief” of imminent danger to one in which a later review finds it “necessary.”
Jennifer Cobbina, Michigan State University: Implicit-bias training for officers and “frank engagement between law enforcement and the people they serve to address tensions, grievances and misconceptions.”
David French, National Review: Acknowledge that “many controversial police shootings are lawful and justifiable” but also stop accepting excuses and cover-ups for those that are not.
Chuck Wexler, Police Executive Research Forum: Train officers to intervene when a colleague “may be on the brink of using excessive force,” as Los Angeles and New Orleans are doing.
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@freemo some of those address accountability. Changing qualified immunity is also important I think, and speaks to accountability.
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@finity fair, not enough, but its something.. To me accountability needs more extreme measures here.
@freemo absolutely.
@finity While those are good suggestions, and I would certainly support it. It doesnt come even close to solving the root of the problem, which is that police are above the law. They do illegal things every day and get away with it so just making more things illegal wont solve a damn thing.
Our focus needs to be on making them accountable before any other measures will be useful.