Two studies show the extent of gunshot wounds inflicted by police and link certain police-department policies with a lower death toll.
  • Carmakazi@lemmy.world
    302·
    2 days ago

    Police are explicitly trained to keep firing until the person at the very least collapses, and will often shoot people on the ground if it looks like they are reaching for or aiming a weapon (slightly moving a limb, probably out of agony).

    American police would rather see you dead than be in a situation they are not 100% in control of. Managing an interaction with them is like dealing with a dangerous wild animal.

    • Ooops@feddit.org
      41·
      1 day ago

      Police are explicitly trained to keep firing until the person at the very least collapses, and will often shoot people on the ground if it looks like they are reaching for or aiming a weapon.

      Which is the sane thing to do.

      Not investing the time to train them properly so they can judge situations correctly but indeed ingrain the idea that everyone is out to kill them is the problem. In a society where everyone can indeed suddenly draw a gun on you even more so.

      • bobs_monkey@lemm.ee
        21·
        1 day ago

        I believe it is mandatory for an aspiring officer to serve a certain length of time as a CO in a prison before they’re given a job interacting with the public on the street. This would explain why the most of them are all so neurotic, I would be too if I had to deal with violent offenders all day.

  • BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    123·
    2 days ago

    Each year, US police fatally shoot about 1,000 people, a toll greater than in any other developed country.

    They found that people killed by police had an average of nearly six gunshot wounds, compared to nearly four for people killed by civilians.

    Are they suggesting that 6 weeks of training is not enough? Maybe US cops are just fast learners compared to the rest of the world?

    /s