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<blockquote data-quote="Reiser99" data-source="post: 1054831" data-attributes="member: 72977"><p>Obviously it is appalling from the officers, but I did find it interesting at the end when the commentator said that it was good she got $3million dollars in a settlement, but bad that it's tax payers money, not the officers involved.</p><p></p><p>The reality is though that the American people through voting and their own views have created a culture where this is able to happen and so actually do need to take responsibility. They have a culture where they accept police officers with minimal training, especially in regards to negotiation and awareness of disabilities when dealing with members of the public. The other big issue is the gun culture which gives police a get out of jail free card, " I didn't know if they were going to pull a gun etc..." Reality is it is a legitimate concern for police and while that doesn't excuse their actions, it does create the culture of shoot first and ask questions later, which trickles down to events like this where police will arrest first and then find out the facts later. I feel that too often people condemn this, but then don't actually do anything when they can to help change things.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Reiser99, post: 1054831, member: 72977"] Obviously it is appalling from the officers, but I did find it interesting at the end when the commentator said that it was good she got $3million dollars in a settlement, but bad that it's tax payers money, not the officers involved. The reality is though that the American people through voting and their own views have created a culture where this is able to happen and so actually do need to take responsibility. They have a culture where they accept police officers with minimal training, especially in regards to negotiation and awareness of disabilities when dealing with members of the public. The other big issue is the gun culture which gives police a get out of jail free card, " I didn't know if they were going to pull a gun etc..." Reality is it is a legitimate concern for police and while that doesn't excuse their actions, it does create the culture of shoot first and ask questions later, which trickles down to events like this where police will arrest first and then find out the facts later. I feel that too often people condemn this, but then don't actually do anything when they can to help change things. [/QUOTE]
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