For sure our police more often than necessary become very aggro. It may have to do with knowing anyone could own and possess either legal or illegal firearms.
We need to reconcile gun ownership with the violence it can allow and our desire for less aggro policing.
That said police most definitely need to be trained to deescallate rather than automatically double down.
We need to reconcile gun ownership with the violence it can allow and our desire for less aggro policing.
That said police most definitely need to be trained to deescallate rather than automatically double down.
We need to seriously emphasize de-escalation.