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Originally Posted by Onkel Neal
I think we all agree with that. I question the immediate jump to the racial element. Calling it police brutality, I understand.
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There are definitely some cases of police brutality that are motivated by racism or other forms of prejudice, but then there are others like Justine Damond (another case of the MPD unreasonably killing someone), and almost certainly the cases of Jessica Boynton or Thomas Brown, which seem to be motivated by a variety of different reasons.
Which raises the issue of what exactly is wrong with these departments. Is there improper training, or some kind of “us vs them” mentality when it comes to dealing with the public? Or is it simply that some people trip on power (which in some cases emboldens them to act on their prejudices), and most of the department chooses to stand by a colleague rather than investigate properly? Or is it a mix of all those factors?