Unless engaged in a violent confrontation, nobody should fear that their encounter with the police will lead to death or severe injury.
In fact, most interactions between police and society do not end up with somebody being dead or severely injured.
Unfortunately, there are race soldiers embedded among those who have sworn to serve and protect citizens. Given an opportunity, a race soldier will maim or kill.
IMO, police do not have to be re-trained. They know exactly how use restraint when dealing with people who look just like them.
There are numerous encounters where police have engaged in hours long confrontations without firing a single shot while the assailant does.
The police recently engaged in a standoff with some folks barricaded in a house. The police officer can be seen and heard on his bodycam begging and pleading not to have to pull his weapon.
I believe police officers should be a reflection of the communities they serve. It does not make sense to stick a dude with a KKK mentality in a black community.
The law enforcement community should do a better job when conducting pyschological profiles in order to determine who should become a police officer. They should keep a record of problem children (bad officers) to prevent them from going from one jurisdiction to another.
While I don't necesarily think police need to be defunded, unless they are planning to go to war, I don't see the point in a police department having military hardware (tanks, rocket launchers, assault rifles,etc.). There isn't a city under seige anywhere in America requiring that much firepower.
Jacob Blake's life was spared but the quality of it has been severely compromised. I wish him well in his physcial and mental recovery. 😎