What is going on with policing in America?

[Sapie88]

You never see a nice news story with the police in America these days.

 

[Goat]

You never see a nice news story with the police in America these days.

There are, an average over 9million arrests made each year in America.

Not a bad ratio IMO.

 

[ilikecheese]

You never see a nice news story with the police in America these days.

There are plenty, but that's not what the knee jerk internet culture want to discuss.

 

[Sapie88]

There are, an average over 9million arrests made each year in America.

Not a bad ratio IMO.

The point is though, sure they always highlight all the bad stuff, but they never point out the good stuff do they. Surely they are being boss somewhere over there.

 

[Toffeelover]

The cop in that video has a mentality problem, pulls out his gun on kids, FFS.

BTW Texas has just passed a law allowing the public to carry guns in holsters worn in full view.

 

[SerenityNigh]

Underpaid, undertrained, and overequipped.

America has a terrible habit of making public sector jobs that directly deal with the populace the most unattractive proposition to people with the best skillsets to perform them. Then we give them guns.

Good thing nobody wants to put guns in schools

 

[Deleted member 28206]

Another video has emerged of a police offer in America appearing to act incredibly heavy handed at a teenage birthday party.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-33048176

Looks like she deserved it to me.

 

[wm02]

All downhill since they shut down Hamsterdam and forced Bunny Colvin out

 

[Goat]

Looks like she deserved it to me.

To many people thinking they have rights, in my day the filfth would have rang for the black maria, stuck everybody in the back, taken it round the corner, given out a few slaps and sent everybody home.

The youth these days, no respect.

 

[Boss_Blue]

At times like this, I ask myself, what would Pac have done yo.

 

[Elong]

3 people killed a day by police though, surely some more work into prevention needs to be set up.

 

[Cels]

Anyone acting like that in any walk of life would be suspected of being on some sort of drug. The guy was acting manic and behaving irrational. How on earth can you assess the situation and any dangers when you are running around like an headless chicken and getting everybody riled up.

 

[Kurt.]

Yanks are Gun toting freaks and I hope I never have to meet one ever in my life

 

[FCBarça]

You often hear the discussion about whether the US actually has a culture or not but violence would certainly be a part of it

 

[1966efc]

Seems to be a problem with the quality of recruits and their training. Difficult to believe they're all witless psychopaths.