I dunno, could scare them to curve behavior if you make an example out of a few. Needs to be done legislatively ultimately; fire, no pension, ban from LEO duties, etc...I dont tbink the two officers should be convicted of a crime, there can be within the police punishment. The officers are not being led properly, not being trained, being told to act inappropriately to protesters.
They are human and in a heated environment and their leadership failed them miserably. Granted Buffalo is not NYC or LA.
This is what happens when you put improperly trained and supervised people in a tense and touchy situation askimg them to use judgment not properly cultivated for the environment. There are several better ways they could have handled it and represents change that needs to come.
Simply firing these 2 officers in this case and arresting them will not change the underlying problems that need to be addressed because the fault is not being highlighted, the excuse is that it qaa just these 2 and not flaws in the procedures and training.
This is why problems do not go away.
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