You can surely learn all the laws in 22 weeks. The problem is that applying those laws isn't always cut and dry. You have to take every situation on its own factors when it comes to applying the law. Then you have discretionary choices you can make in cases as well. It's a very large web to try not and get tangled in. Then take into account we basically have 50 different countries in the USA. That expands even more broad when you count how requirements to be hired are different between the 183 completely different and independent departments in South Carolina alone, and that doesn't even include state agencies, airport and education institution departments. We have one police academy in SC for all those agencies, and it is right now 12 weeks long. After that, you have to have a yearly update to training is specific areas, and it's up to your agency or yourself even, to get further training. The name of the academy training is BASIC Law Enforcement training. That's exactly what it is. Basic training. You learn the basics. After the academy, again, it's up to your agency and yourself to get further training. This is just in SC. Now take that ideology on police training and it increases exponentially when taking into account the other 49 states and all their individual jurisdictions.
So we're not allowed to pick up the very clear, obvious institutional trend of police killing unarmed black people? Do we have to judge these people on an individual basis and refuse to recognise a pattern when it's right in front of our goddamned faces?
What factors do you use to make a determination that there is a very clear, obvious institutional trend of police killing unarmed black people? Where's the pattern?
Well, it's basic law enforcement training, aka basic training. Not two separate things. I agree that it's not long enough. I spent 13 years as a street officer, and you learn things different all the time. When I went to the academy, it was only 9 weeks. I was in the 393rd class to graduate from that academy. One of my supervisors, graduated from class number 4, and he started in 1972. The academy back then, I believe, was 5 weeks.
um, what
Um, that's not what the question was about. Of course the numbers are disproportionate in regards to population. That wasn't what I asked. It's about the poster I quoted claiming it's a trend that police kill unarmed black people. Not whether black people are killed at a disproportionate rate versus white people.
????? How is killing unarmed black people at a higher rate than any other race not proof of a trend
That's what I wanted to ask. If he's making that comment based on the versus argument or not. If it's a comment based on the rate of deaths between races, then yes, it's a trend. Just wanted some clarification on which factor that poster is using.
I'm white and middle class and I don't see them as the good guy. But obviously I get your point.
I'm right about what? Can you please quote the post where I'm mentioning the treatment of PoC by the Police or anything similar? Or are you just putting your words in my mouth?
Conservatives in general love having brand name items to show off their status.
While I appreciate the mind reading and knowing what someone else meant, I'll politely wait until that person replies. I just wanted clarification so to not misunderstand what that person meant and reply back to them with misinformation on my part.
