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I haven't been watching the talking heads on TV or reading many of the threads here on it so forgive me if this has been covered. So in watching the videos of the Tulsa incident something jumps out at me. Only one shot was fired. Isn't this unusual for a police use of deadly force? Usually they all keep shooting until the suspect is down, and sometimes even after that. But that isn't what happened here. Lots of cops and one single shot fired. It feels more like an accidental discharge. What are the odds that is the case and in the heat of the moment she, and perhaps others, lied to cover up her negligence?
The problem isn't with her - it's with the ever-deepening vicious circle between the police and the blacks. Somebody from group A kills someone from group B, and so group B feels that group A is out to get them and gets trigger happy. So sooner or later somebody from group B kills someone from group A, and so group A feels that group B is out to get them and gets trigger happy.
Two things are needed: (1) for both sides to try to break the vicious cycle - it can't be done by just one side - which would include increased training and supervision by and of police to try to minimize the culture of "we gotta pull out our guns and be ready to shoot every time we approach someone who's black", and (2) effective gun control, including background checks of ALL gun sales and registration of ALL firearms...which measures are what are absolutely necessary to decrease the amount of easily-obtained smuggled guns on the street.
If both of those two things are not done, then things are not going to get better anytime soon.