I don’t care about the American police and its problems, but this case is purely research interest, so I will try to discuss in detail.
Yesterday it so happened that I sat at the bar and there just on TV played a movie in which a COP from Minnesota, panicky by and fashioned for no apparent reason, shot the head of the school cafeteria, law-abiding citizen with a license for concealed weapons possession, which he absolutely does not threaten.
I will say more: I know how to read people, and read I do know, when I screamed on the dead guy’s girlfriend, “don’t move!!!”, “hands!!!” and so on – it is more likely at this point and wanted to shoot her to make scatter in the readings to a minimum, but she carefully gave no ground, and he could not decide. She took the phone, but she managed to download a video on FB, with the result that it spread around the world. The local police Department behaved quite bestial, not allowing her even to say goodbye to a dying, murmuring to her, not arrested at that time, what hospital he was taken. While she was racing between the hospital, the man died.
The second case occurred in Baton Rouge. There seems to be a clear situation: a thick black with an illegal gun in his pocket two white police officers, scuffling, shouting “he’s armed!!!” – and then the shots. Elton Stirling, bully with a gun, killed on the spot, the police suspended, pending investigation. I’m sure it will be nothing, because if you look at the situation from the point of view of compliance with the protocols, everything is legitimate. Just went out and killed it was not necessary to point a gun at people on the street, or in the extreme case, we had to get out before the police arrive, not to sell CDs on. That is, the situation is fundamentally different from What they have in common? Both victims black?
So I’ll distribute a lot of links to dead white. The student stopped in the Parking lot of the campus for speeding by a local COP is hysterical. The one with some pricks started to threaten the student (excellent, by the way), gun. The student said something like: “Well, Cho, you’re gonna kill me now?” The officer felt at this point, fears for his life for some reason, even though the student did not have any weapons in there lad, quite small and skinny, and opened fire. Student killed on the spot. For speeding.
White teen girl drove into a drive thru fast food, then flew a police car, blocked their exit. As the COP said later, the teenager tried to push his car, but fire some reason was carried through the side window, and even slightly behind, that is, whatever it is crushed – no one knows. And to hell you will be run over standing on the ground? The girl was in the line of fire, in the car found some marijuana, any weapon they had. The reason was that the police suspected the teenager in the distribution of the marijuana.
And today in the morning news: in Dallas, the unknown opened fire on police during a March to Black Live Matters, killing and wounding many. And, of course, killed spawn no citizens did not shoot, and, with a probability of 0.99, was honest, workaholic, honestly trying to protect citizens from all sorts of troubles. As happens with these unaddressed crimes. But the case is perfectly natural, it was bound to happen sooner or later. And who’s to blame? Criminals? Weapons? No, in this case, and criminals, and their weapons were only as a tool. The problem created by the police system in America, and I built it long and hard.
I am very far from blaming the police EN masse. As I said, most, the vast majority of them – are completely honest people, trying their hardest to do their job. As in most other countries. But why such a conflict between society and the police began to develop in America? The same Brazilian police operates in far more dangerous conditions, and shoots criminals, as there is a lot of video, but no video?
Well, there is a video on how officers someone turns the hours for the sale of cigarettes individually, simultaneously strangling him, quite by accident. And he didn’t resist, there’s talk about a small fine, why the hell was jumping on him the crowd, taking in the grips and on the ground – hell knows. Or as fat-ass officer drops his face on the pavement a little the shoplifter that you had to twist, to lay on the ground, put her knee on his neck and handcuffed even though she was lead. And these videos are infinitely many exactly from America. 70-year-old disabled people in wheelchairs, which had to recoil with a Taser, as well thisnote ten-year-olds and so on to infinity.
What a mess?
But the outrage lies in the fact that police have created such procedures, based on the false idea that “officer safety first”, which initially lead to the escalation of any conflict. The protocols themselves are flawed. Let’s start with the “security officer”. What the hell did she suddenly became a priority? Not the safety of the citizens, not keeping the law, namely personal safety? Man walking to work in the police, should agree with the fact that he had come on a dangerous job and pay him for what he risking himself, prevents crime and maintains law. As, in General, happens in all normal countries.
By viewing any of the videos of cops from America, surprised to notice that no one does more for escalation the conflict than the police themselves. If the whole logic of events suggests that it is possible to solve the problem of few words, a joke, even to knit and there’s no catch, people will disperse, the American police begin to throw people to the ground, get fat Asses on the heads, trying to handcuff everyone, yelling orders. That is, they do everything to annoy the audience to the maximum, to bring the conflict to a boiling point, and hide behind “compliance with protocols”. Proving all the safety requirements. Where is it?
I saw the cops in London were broken up starting a fight in SOHO. Two groups of people, a few people each, a couple of police officers, does not cause immediate reinforcement with dogs and machine guns. A friendly tone, explaining that “here you guys, you’re fighting and end the night obesiance or in the hospital, and you need it? Calm down, go home, no one was arrested because nothing’s happened.” Those released pairs, apologized, cops said take care, have said good – bye to all. It was all over. Not flashing lights, not running witnesses with iPhones, not shouting, spluttering “Stay back!!!” familiar who soiled himself with fear cops, because scratch had made such a slaughter. Following the protocols.
Ten years ago when the youngest was in its infancy and slept badly at night, I was podderzhival near his crib and along the way watched the TV show Cops, just about the everyday life of ordinary patrol police from different cities and towns. There was nothing more. And now, remembering the show, I see the difference in behavior and methods of the police then and current.
1. Then very rarely put people face into the ground. Only obvious criminals and in specific situations. In all other cases, required just put your hands on the hood, for example. What’s the difference? The difference is that communication with the police is a bit of a stressful situation. If “hands on the hood”, that is, in principle, neutral and understandable, nothing to worry about. But if the man who has the nerves to demand to lay down face into the ground just because the officer, damn it, so is quieter – there arises the idea “but you would not go, the officer far, far away with his mind? You jerk on my taxes live, and still demand that I’m on my belly crawling through the shit?” That is the start of the conflict gives the officer in most cases.
2. The officers begin to order. From yelling orders, which are obligatory to all up to the Lord. Maybe it lawful demands of a police officer, but they must be expressed in a different form. That’s where the conflict begins, there comes the police. All the nerves, all so evil. A smart man will begin with phrases like, “Hey, Hey, dear, let us first a little rest and then we’ll deal, okay?” Just reduced degree. Instead, some ruddy paunch begins to give orders, non-negotiable, causing a reaction in the style of: “Yes, who are you? And you would not go out of here?” The voltage increases, chubby, prapavessis from the results of their own actions, calling for reinforcements and then like take out, can and will kill someone, because officer safety first.
3. Small power allures notorious idiots. As a result of these police becomes more and more. From them the most problems. Many are just looking for anyone to legally shoot. To feel the power. To become a God. Do you remember the time when he killed the homeless in new Mexico, because he had a knife (which on the video I did not see)? But I’m a hundred ruble give that he was killed because the shooter hung on his AR15 so any “tactical” Pribluda that this rifle is simply impossible for someone not to fill up. No wonder so much work left? The same cretins jump in football standing on the sidewalk seventy year old skinny Indian, came on a visit to her son, because he did not understand what it wants from the young wit in the form.
As a result, he is paralyzed until the end of life. Such a start why, then knitting an elderly man rising from a stool, small and skinny, for, sorry, expired temporary number (a guy at the dealership Parking lot and worked to move the machine from place to place). There is a conversation about the fine and there is no need to do this, someone completely non-aggressive to put face into the ground – God knows.
4. The extremely low level of training and especially physical. Fatties can’t run and chase, they can only shoot.
5. “The law that dyshlo”. Is sometimes taken like a smart laws, which are then turned inside out for self-defense in violation. There is a law that an employee (any) does not assume personal responsibility for decisions and actions adopted and undertaken in the performance of official duties. It is a good law that gives people the opportunity to take responsibility for decisions without fear of lawsuits for every sneeze and for any reason, there is love. But, as a result, police now do not bear any personal responsibility for the results of their actions. Exceeds police powers, someone dies from it or is in the hospital. They seized a lawsuit, win the lawsuit, but compensation is paid from the city, for example, budget. That is, taxpayers. The police simply do not care.
The latest example: the Atlanta airport, a girl with a brain tumor, almost deaf and blind in one eye, not quickly enough reacted to the “legitimate demands of the officer.” Next was the mother, but pushed her off, although she warned that her daughter has bad eyes, and almost hears nothing. But at this point you fat officers suddenly felt a threat to his life, jumped on the girl, dropping the face on the stone floor with all the ensuing consequences. Them judged, but they do not care, the budget will pay. But there’s more coin in kopilochku hatred for the police.
The second law, again, good: here are two shop to loot, and boss kills one of them. So the killer is not the owner, and surviving, because once you decided to go to Rob, then he around and blame. Great the law fair. How it all works out? In new York cops open fire on the “mass murderer”, which turned out to be not armed at all. Well, neponjatosti out. Hard it hurt, but at the same time fall into random people. But in their killing of convicted criminal. Although the weapons he had, and he did not shoot, and fired in hysterics again, frightened for their lives officers. And officers again not in the business.
6. Strengthening society sentiments of hatred of police leads to the fact that the police and society are separated. People are starting to wish the police harm and all the bad (not all, but quite a few), and the cops poyavletsya the sense that they are “one against all”, and it’s the worst, because the citizen begins to be considered to be as an enemy that must be defeated. By any means.
7. Militarization. All police departments get armor, military gear, all form their Matchmakers. But actually matchmakers nothing special to do on the profile, large arrest and a hostage situation happen very rarely, and to justify the existence of the necessary. As a result, the MATCHMAKER comes at four in the morning in the RAID, makes a door in the house of a lonely woman, shoots her dog, puts it on the floor, yelling, handcuffs, throws and breaks things. Guess why they came? Al-Qaida catch? Yes wait!.
They came at the request of the city Commission on zoning to check whether you have connected the house to gas and electricity. So. This is where normal people come to the naked officials, holds the decision and says: “Sorry, we need to check that the court decision”, there rode four men SWAT, seven police officers in uniform and Yes, one reviewer. Well, not the end of the world? Such methods check out the farmers whether they sell their products to bypass the regulation, and many others.
8. Well referred to concern about “security officer”, defined formally. Famous video about how somewhere in the middle of the Park is in the great snipe drunk man with a knife, surrounded by a dozen thick officers with guns, dogs and others who first yelled, and then suddenly begin to feel a threat to “officer safety” and shoot him with all the barrels. Although it was possible to release the dog, use gas and tasers, their whole crowd was, and he didn’t stand on his feet.
Then it turns out that everything was within “Department policy”, i.e. the police itself writes the rules and Yes, she observes. The aunt calls the police due to the fact that not quite normal cousin misbehaves, “officers” come, not understanding, grabbed and knocked caused, taking her to jail, she yelling, then they decide that she’s crazy, for some reason, strip her naked (because of concerns about his and her safety) and male staff, knock out the tooth – and though that!
All within policy depratment”. The arrested are accused of resisting arrest and all sorts of outrages, which she suddenly didn’t want to undress with the man, when the “officer” told her so”?
Here I would add something similar happen in my family, I wouldn’t have sued, but just watch for these officers and would have killed to hell without doubt. In… already fit a bit to the point, right?
I can add many other factors, like extrajudicial confiscations and other things, but the above is enough. The rules by which plays a police, can not cause conflicts. Care about “officer safety”, it seems to be normal in these circumstances begins to look like arrogance.
Racist factor does not exist. Black “officers” has the same effect as white against all bias in favor of black, when the police shooting is due to the ordinary criminal statistics. The crime rate is much higher among those than among whites, sootvetvenno check them more often and more alert. But on the race there is nothing closed. Would behave worse than white – it would be more dead white. So just the main slogan of the BLM nothing to do with reality has not.
And back again to the fact that 99% of police for all that is honest and hardworking, protecting people, saving them, first climbing in a bad place and so on. And that this is the whole phenomenon: a lot of very good people within the existing regulation begin to act like bad people, causing irritation in the society. To change this propaganda about “officers – good guys” not because they are really good, but everything goes through the ass. The only solution is to change the rules. Even at the expense of the power of the police over the citizen.
You can at least the Russian police to give an example, though British, though the Brazilian. By the way, a buddy of mine who has served 25 years in the police in Liverpool, said that in most cases the weapon (in Britain the police are not armed) would only interfere. Unarmed police as it initially reduces tensions in the conflict. And in the case of large problems can quickly arrive armed backup. I do not advocate disarmament of the police, but the principle is clear – do not develop the sitatsii from bad to worse. And it develops that way, the police, redeeming power and privileges, goes on the defensive.
And here it happened. Personal or not, or group of idiots decided to declare war on, after watching these videos here – I don’t know. But fools have a consequence, the whole conflict from beginning to end created by the police. I don’t think this is the last shooting, then there will be more before the cops come, that we must change.
Here are the stats for California:
2009 – 86 “police” murders (the total number of murders in California – 1970)
2010 – 76 kills (from 1809)
2011 – 108 murders (from 1794)
2012 – 131 murder (from 1878)
2013 – 127 kills (from 1745)
2014 – 82 murder (from 1697)
Source: andrey-cruz.livejournal.com
