“While attempting to take the man into custody, he did not comply with multiple commands to stop, and he physically resisted when troopers tried to remove him from the car,” a state police statement said.
    “Troopers shot the man when he continued to drive in a manner that placed officers in imminent danger,” the statement continued.

    Why kill him, though? Why even try to pull him out of the car? Cops have the perp cornered in his car, so why didn’t they let the air out of all four tires, and sit in the squad car eating doughnuts until he gets bored and gives up?

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    That’s not how reality works. You NEED police. The problem is that in the USA you don’t have police, you basically have a government funded maffia with thug enforcers.

    How about “restructure police”? Much better. You’ll actually end up with a service that serves and protects

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      We’d be more open to that sort of compromise if it didn’t always end in giving them more money and more latitude in murdering us.

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        That is not compromising, that is actually fixing the problem. Right now the problems, as I see them, with the US police are:

        • there is a police union that will protect even the worst offenders
        • Police forces do little to curb racism and or sexism
        • police officers recieve little to no training in anything, even in handling their guns, let alone de-escalation handling
        • there are many police officers that simply don’t have the skills or intelligence tondo their work properly
        • there is a Rambo / cowboy culture
        • police squads are flooded with ex-military materials and weapons

        None of these problems are insurmountable. Lets looks at each problem, and fix them

        That is not comprising, that is fixing the issues