Can someone explain how police should handle people resisting arrest?

[One Brow]

Something tells me you had a lot do with her opinion shifting

Reasoning is never as effective as emotion in changing opinions.

A guy who is not supposed to be carrying a gun and knows he is going to jail for a long time if he is arrested.

Then he draws his gun much sooner.

Maybe she just hates cops, and is pissed they just shot her boyfriend. Thats a reason to lie isnt it?

Anything is possible, but if you have to invent something, that means she still had no reason to lie that you know of.

I dont know of any statistics related to how much time police give each race before they shoot. Where did you get that information?

I've read it in many places; it's part of my background knowledge. Here's alink with some of the studies.

https://www.fairimpartialpolicing.com/bias/

Every level, but not every interaction.

What's your acceptable percentage?

Can culture change? I think they can.

The military managed it, over considerable time.

Because you have to have a police force that enforces the law. Otherwise there is no such things as laws. Its relevant.

So, you think the only way laws get enforced is to have a de facto police state?

 

[JimLes]

https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/10/us/baltimore-justice-department-report-examples/index.html

This part especially boggles the mind.

Justice Department officials were on a ride-along with Baltimore officers. It didn't seem to matter.
A sergeant instructed a cop to stop a group of young African-American men on a street corner, question them, and order them to disperse.
The officer protested that he had no valid reason for the stop.
The sergeant replied, "Then make something up."

 

[Revolution 9]

To answer your question you take the resisting person down with non lethal force. If a cop is scared he might get killed then he should be a cop.
If he sees a weapon pointed at him he may shoot. Not if he thinks the person is "reaching for something". Its pretty clear to me. People that
resist arrest are assholes, but they dont deserve to be killed.

I respect all the good police officers out there. My grandfather was one. LAPD, and a damn good one. Great man.

It's a tough job, but you have to be up to it. You can't kill someone because you are scared. You use whatever means necessary to
stop them without killing them.

 

[moevillini]

Apparently some areas are starting to require Driver's Ed training to include instruction/practice on how to handle a traffic stop. That should be a mandatory part of the program, and part of the test you take to renew your license.

It should also be required in Health or Consumer Ed courses - not sure about other areas, but both of those are required high school courses in Illinois.

https://letshomeschoolhighschool.com/blog/2014/05/30/high-school-graduation-requirements-state/