Originally posted by tOSUfanboi2
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Fort Worth Officer Kills Woman In Her Bedroom In Response To 'Open Structure Call'
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While I wait for md’s response, let me go on a little rant here.
I’m not an expert in this area by any means, but I have heard from people who are and listened to some of their ideas. The thing that keeps coming up is that the policies that are in place and the training police receive is really the core issue. You can’t put people through 15+ week military style boot camps, arm them to the teeth, give them very flexible guidelines in terms of use of force, and then just expect things to go well. Personally, I think we could go a long way to solving this problem by adding more civilian oversight, more training focused on dealing with people and stress, and put less emphasis on training beat cops like they’re patrolling Iraq. It won’t solve the problem obviously, because police have always shot people either in error or cold blood as far back as anyone knows, but it could definitely help.
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Originally posted by md21 View Post
Cops need critical thinking skills.
Better question though, why aren’t people being taught critical thinking in the 12 years they’re in school prior to college? It stands to reason that people would probably develop those skills to a higher degree if we started teaching them early instead of waiting until they’re adults.
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Originally posted by tOSUfanboi2 View Post
I’d agree with that. Do you think that can be taught or that it’s inherent? Because I think it’s a combination of the two.
Better question though, why aren’t people being taught critical thinking in the 12 years they’re in school prior to college? It stands to reason that people would probably develop those skills to a higher degree if we started teaching them early instead of waiting until they’re adults.
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Originally posted by md21 View Post
Brain science points to it being taught. Your hippocampus (decision making part of the brain) develops during late adolescence and teen years
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Originally posted by sctrojan View PostLegislating intelligence is as stupid as legislating morality
I’d also just like to point out that there’s very, very few places in this country where becoming a cop is easy. They go through mental health and medical screenings, have to meet physical standards, can’t have a record, pass lie detector tests, there’s a whole bunch of hurdles. What I think is causing the problem
isn’t the selection process, it’s how they’re indoctrinated. Look up what the police academy is like in your local area if you don’t believe me, they’re not training peacekeepers who are skilled at conflict resolution, they’re training soldiers.
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Originally posted by tOSUfanboi2 View Post
Which is mostly prior to college...? I mean unless you’re a genius and you go early. Why not start earlier? Is there really any harm in teaching children to make sound decisions based on logic and the information at their disposal?
https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyc...ContentID=3051
I had some experience with this out of college, one of my first jobs was as a youth intervention counselor and it became clear to me that 17-18 year olds just were not physically able to make sound decisions
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Originally posted by md21 View Post
Here’s a good article -
https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyc...ContentID=3051
I had some experience with this out of college, one of my first jobs was as a youth intervention counselor and it became clear to me that 17-18 year olds just were not physically able to make sound decisions
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Originally posted by TTURedRaider View Post
Disagree.
It fits the first clause, which is why manslaughter is the correct charge, but it is lacking the intent portion which is mentioned in every category for murder. Unless you think this officers intent was to kill this person when he went to the property. Again, even the shot fired appears to be a negligent discharge to me.
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Originally posted by md21 View Post
Definitely not what I said
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Originally posted by tOSUfanboi2 View Post
Well it’s a pretty logical conclusion to draw based on what you’re saying here. If people below that age aren’t fully developed and make decisions based on emotions, should they really be making life long commitments? Signing up for six figure loans? Fighting wars? Deciding who should be in power?
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