Another day, another Case of U.S. Police Brutality…
“Police shootings are an issue of great concern and controversy in the United States, which has the highest number of police shootings of any developed country (every other country in the top 10 is a developing country) and the highest rate of private gun ownership in the world. In addition to the sheer number of police shootings, the killings of 17-year-old Tamir Rice, whose killer, George Zimmerman, was acquitted after claiming self-defense; and emergency medical worker Breonna Taylor, who was shot by plainclothes detectives who may have failed to identify themselves as police before breaking down her door, have sparked massive protests and concerns about racial inequality in the U.S. justice system.”
(from https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/police-killings-by-country)
Another week, another news feed full of US police brutality and corruption.
In 2022, the US remains in the top 10 list of most killing by police- next to countries like Syria, Pakistan, Nigeria.
This is problematic for many reasons, but when we look at police training in US vs other “first world countries…”
“There are around 18,000 police agencies in the US, but with no national standards on training, procedures and timescales vary across the country.
On average, US officers spend around 21 weeks training before they are qualified to go on patrol.
That is far less than in most other developed countries, according to a report by the Institute for Criminal Justice Training Reform (ICJTR).”
(from https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56834733)
21 weeks… barely 500 hours… compared to Finland, with over 5000 hours of training, or Canada, with 1000.
What we have are bullies. Who grow up power hungry, racist, sexist and desiring control.
We do not train them properly or educate them thoroughly.
and then they get away with abuse and murder.
