04-20-2021, 09:53 PM
C(-)ris wrote:
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Where are her caregivers???
I see they've filed a federal lawsuit, maybe use some to provide appropriate care?
And of course fire the officers and send them to jail for aggravated assault.
Police do what they are trained to do. Restrain and detain criminals. They aren't mental health providers or community advocates/social workers nor should they be. Two completely exclusive skillsets.
Why aren't you advocating for suing here caregivers for being negligent?
You're saying the police actions were appropriate here? No of course they were not.
One officer is suspended and 2 others are on leave, pending an investigation of potential criminal conduct.
Nobody is trained to do what these officers did. The least you can say is they used very poor judgement.
No, I don't agree that the actions were appropriate for the situation, but I do think that it should have been expected if the police were called. Poor judgement? Yes, but for all we know the last shoplifter that officer tried to apprehend stabbed or shot at them and yes, little old ladies have been known to carry.
You cannot expect people to be shot at, punched, stabbed, and put their life on the line etc. as part of their job and simultaneously treat everyone they encounter with kid gloves. The human brain does not operate that way. You can't just flip a switch in your head and go from police officer ready to make an arrest to mental health professional.
I don't think 6 months or even a year of training in Police Academy can rewire the human brain to work that way.
And yet...most officers stop people safely all day long and never injure or kill anyone. Are they special? No.
It's past time to stop excusing police use of excessive force.