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We train police to be warriors — and then send them out to be social workers

The fatal mismatch at the heart of American policing.


https://www.vox.com/2020/7/31/...lice-reform-training


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Well, they've been armed with military equipment.
 
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Somewhere along the way, they swapped out "protect and serve" for "law and order."

Leaving aside the whole issue of systemic racism (not to say it's irrelevant), I get it. The insane gun laws here mean that a beat cop may encounter a hopped-up, angry nutjob with an AK-47. It's not a simple problem to solve, but I do think we have tended to view the problem as either-or: either we arm our police to the teeth to counter what they're seeing on the streets, or we turn them all into social workers. I don't think there is a simple solution, and the solution won't be black and white.
 
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