As a former cop could you please apologise for your ingrained racism. How many times did you pull over/stop/harass and arrest an innocent person of colour?
Following on from that how many times did you "explode into violence" and wail on an innocent black person?
Don't try and weasel out of this we want answers, after all "The cops are racist, their basic statistics prove it" and you were a cop and a cop, like a tiger, don't change it's stripes.
Y'know what I think there is mileage in a new thread for this question.
Where did I mention race? Perhaps you should read what I actually wrote instead of going off in all directions with your guns blazing.
BTW - I have nothing to apologize for. In a near 25 year career I had one complaint laid against me and that was by a bar bouncer who complained that I embarrassed him in front of his fellow bouncers and bar patrons as I loudly told him that he was causing too many problems with his heavy handedness and should be fired. He was fired.
His two fellow bouncers agreed with me and gave statements to that effect. Eleven patrons who saw what happened and heard the exchange also offered their support to me but only three statements were taken. I was cleared. The bouncer remained fired and I continued to be welcomed during my solo walk-throughs of the bar by both staff and patrons.
Since you asked - as a member of Royal Canadian Mounted Police there were very few black people in the areas I was stationed. I only arrested one Afro-American for being part of a two man hit team who kidnapped a pimp out of Vancouver for the purposes of killing him. Both surrendered peacefully when I arrested the pair of them at a campsite with the pimp in the trunk of their stereotypical green Lincoln Continental (yep - they were even dressed like they came directly from central casting!).
I did work in small towns with large populations of First Nation peoples though. I usually had no trouble carrying out my duties as I earned respect through open and honest communication and using force only when necessary. I also coached youth hockey, basketball, baseball, and joined whatever local service clubs were operating in the towns. That way the community got to know me as an individual outside of my job.
Trust me - when it is 1:00 AM and the local bar is getting out and 80-100 well-oiled patrons are leaving - I better have the respect of the populace because many times I was by myself and my nearest backup was at home in bed.
I know the job. I know when my fellow officers become too much like the orcs they are supposed to be protecting everyone from.
The idea of "command authority" and demanding
instant compliance has wormed its way into too many police officers. Some out of no proper training - some because they are being trained that way.
Whatever the reason - the idea of police officers treating each situation like it is a life threatening ordeal that they will be lucky to escape from alive is becoming a terrible mindset I see too often.
As a cop you need to keep calm and de-escalate situations. Just because you have superior numbers does not mean that you should not worry about the situation escalating into a violent takedown.
Police officers should see violent takedowns for such offences as described in the OP as being a sign of poor policing - not as a victory for the "good guys".
Edited to add: Just in case anybody has gotten the idea that I was working in some sort of Andy Griffith's town of Mayberry - during my career I was shot at twice and stabbed once resulting in a collapsed lung. Although they were small towns - they were not idyllic by any means. One town that had an area population of 600 people had nine murders in one year when I was there in the 1980s.
