I think it would help all concerned if in our society
we treated addicts and mentally ill people like they
need help - not as criminals.

Some issues like acting
erratically due to mental illness or possessing and
using drugs due to addiction would be better served by
medical attention, not incarceration or beatings.

If we were able to train police officers to better identify
and confront these problems using de-escalation tactics, not
extreme tactics like force, bashings and or
shootings, we would get better results.

Hi FOXY...No doubt a fine idea, however there's so much more to this, than meets the eye. Believe me.

Foxy: I think it would help all concerned if in our society we treated addicts and mentally ill people like they need help

How many times has that been tried. Hundreds, every Professor of Sociology has had their Two Bobs worth & the problem is only getting worse.

Foxy: - not as criminals.

Excuse me. By definition, they are Criminals. They take & deal in substances which are illegal. That makes them Criminals.

Foxy: and or shootings

Some things I have no time for what-so-ever. Graffiti Artists, Druggos, Vandals & child Molesters. Shooting is a good thing. No sympathy. Just my opinion.

Dear O Sung Wu,

You could be right. There could be more to this than
we're being told. However, I'm only going on what's
been reported thus far.

Dear Jayb,

I think that it's never a bad idea to look for ways in
which we can improve things. Ways in which to better
identify problems and confront these problems using
de-escalation tactics instead of brute force.
That's my opinion.

Mayhem in the paradise of the Greens!

Of course the question not asked by Paul 1405, is why would a squad of police see it as necessary to take an arrest to the extreme of violence, for one subject?

Frustration with the attitude of the locals fits!

I'd be a lot more concerned about marxist thugs who treat the cops with contempt than the odd copper who does something wrong. Imagine having to put up with the antifa ferrals.