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There are good people who would make good police officers who are interested in the jobs, but won't do it for several reasons.

I disagree a little here. I have seen several things on the mainstream news that are flat out lies, and I'm capable enough to do my own research when I'm skeptical about something.

Many police departments put candidates through an application, written and physical test, psychological test, extensive background investigation, polygraph test etc. What else would you add? I'll add some smaller departments probably don't do all of this, because they can't afford to.

I don't see any of that. But what are you insinuating is going to happen? Did you see the video?

A retired police officer from St. Louis was murdered, apparently trying to stop some looting. There is video going around twitter showing him lying on the ground. It is hard to watch.

I was confused for a second. I didn't remember starting a thread.

There are two camera angles in one video. Posted on their YouTube page.

Must be watching different videos.

Louisville Police have released video showing David Mcatee shooting at police in the most recent incident a couple days ago.

They need to double that.

Who said that? I didn't. I said the numbers don't reflect what some people are saying.

The numbers are very low and have been decreasing significantly since 2015. Some people want everyone to believe its getting worse and that is not true according to statistics. How is it constructive to mislead people and in some cases outright lie about police killing unarmed civilians?

Is anyone, in any profession, perfect? No. Can things improve? Yes. Is it as bad as some would have you believe? Not even close.

Has anyone actually researched the numbers on how many unarmed people are killed by police every year? Recent years?

It hasn't been peaceful in Minnesota for a few days from what I've seen.

I saw the video. It's awful. Hope they caught the person.

If they were completely unarmed/ only carrying less lethal that's a failure of leadership.

No way to know on how fast charges will come but I wouldn't be surprised to see federal charges for all of them.

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin charged with third-degree murder - Minnesota Reformer The criminal complaint is here. Information from the medical examiner is inside the complaint.

I think we would need to know Minnesota's legal definition of terrorism first. I'd say that would be very difficult to prove in court.

Good. He deserves the maximum sentence in my opinion. What he did was horrible and cruel. My guess is federal charges will follow at the very least for him, maybe all 4 officers.

Right, but the DUI driver wouldn't cause everyone to lose their rights. That was my point. I get what you mean now though.

That's one thing people don't think about. Laws are different everywhere.

I don't see the logic of saying these two are an example of why people shouldn't be able to own guns. That's like saying a DUI driver who crashes and kills a family in another car is an example of why people shouldn't be allowed to drive. They messed up, not me. Fwiw, I think they will try some kind of self defense argument. I don't think it will work.

I answered the question, you just didn't like the answer.