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[-] Badeendje@lemmy.world 38 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

There needs to be a decent charge/punishment absolutely, but harsher punishment will not stop this.
The monopoly of violence lies with the government and they need to treat that with much more tact and finesse than they currently do in the US. No knock raids, SWAT teams filled with former veterans trained to kill by the military are employed without hesitation, this is wrong. The responsibility lies with the government and law enforcement to be more careful and know what they are getting into before even considering employing deadly force.

[-] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 32 points 9 months ago

I know a bunch of vets that swear that police rules of engagement are insane and they would have gotten in deep shit for acting in a fucking war zone the way cops do here.

[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 9 months ago

This, if swat teams and police raids weren’t as violent and deadly as they are, swatting would cease to be a thing in the first place.

Shithead trolls would lose a tool to harass.

[-] skulblaka@startrek.website 4 points 9 months ago

For one thing, opening fire on a civilian or other non-combatant that hasn't already fired live rounds at you will get your ass court-martialed, dishonorably discharged, and imprisoned faster than you can say "Miranda rights"

And somehow that happens dozens of times per day in American police departments

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 9 months ago

Didn’t Biden make no-knock raids illegal?

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