#2 is a really big deal to me. The gap is growing here.
#3 is I suspect what's going on in NY... .. and with the police given the load of having to handle homelessness, mental disorders and other things that have been removed from health - where they were before.
Tasers are a complicated thing but in brief - there have been many local problems with their use, with my own suspicion suggesting that the police in question have been ignoring their own safety manuals or not being trained in the first place. The police I've known - were trained, and do pay attention. But exhausted people don't always.
There's a couple of things on here that I'm having that itch, like there's some comment I ought to make, but I've got a paper to finish writing for one of my classes-- so if I remember what it is, I'll post again later.
Very interesting post here, though. Can't disagree with anything on your list.
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#3 is I suspect what's going on in NY...
.. and with the police given the load of having to handle homelessness, mental disorders and other things that have been removed from health - where they were before.
Tasers are a complicated thing but in brief - there have been many local problems with their use, with my own suspicion suggesting that the police in question have been ignoring their own safety manuals or not being trained in the first place.
The police I've known - were trained, and do pay attention. But exhausted people don't always.
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http://www.edrants.com/occupy-wall-street-was-the-nypd-authorized-to-pepper-spray-peaceful-observers/
Oh, and they outed the officer, and apparently he's had use of force issues before in past demonstrations . . .
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Very interesting post here, though. Can't disagree with anything on your list.
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