Thread: Excessive Force, in relation to Police matters...

I know. I do see your point (intended to Spart, but I understand your point as well, malac). But I think there is also a responsibility to make our policemen/women more than just killing machines. Yes, I know they teach you not to hesitate. Yes, I know they teach you to only use deadly force "when necessary," but I think there is a danger behind those teachings, when it's shown that they so often bleed over into not-imminently-deadly situations. These are not robots. They are men and women in uniform. Believe me, I have a high level of respect for cops (which are starkly different from "pigs", which I fucking hate), but I do think that they should be better trained to assess a deadly situation. If that means they need to be better armed/armored, then so be it. But situations like "we killed him because it was impossible to know if he had a weapon on him or not" (such as the guy in the tank, once again), simply should not happen, and it happens all too often. (See the Amadou Diallo shooting, for one.)