Patrick Lyoya was shot in the head by a Grand Rapids police officer, on April 4th, as he lay on the ground face down with the cop on top of him. Lyoya had been pulled over and then ran from the cop on feet. The officer caught up with Lyoya and gained control before he decided to take out his taser. The officer and Lyoya struggled over the taser which went off twice not hitting either of them. The officer laying over Lyoya still trying to get back control, held Lyoya down, took out his gun and shot Lyoya in the back of the head execution style. During the struggle the officers body camera was turned off, but a bystander caught the shooting on video.
They should be better trained and paying them more, should increase the quality of the officers. The higher the pay, the higher the caliber of the officers would be. I mean, that's how it works with teachers, doesn't it?
Funny coincidence, what color was he again? I'm sure that is just chance because there is no such thing as systemic racism!
There are alot more cops out there killing people than there are deviant teachers. Im not here to compare the two anyway. This is a thread about a murderer cop, not about a teacher
If you pay more, you'll attract a higher caliber candidate. And the less qualified candidates will be filtered out due to competition. Also, ensuring that the police are well trained and frequently tested for competence costs money as well.
Hmmmm..... There was 696,644 full time law enforcement in America in 2020. 1009 police shootings in the last year https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/investigations/police-shootings-database/ That's not even 1% of cops. It's 0.0014% In 2017-2018 there was 3.3 million teachers in the US. Not sure how credible this article is but.... https://childrenstreatmentcenter.com/sexual-abuse-teachers/ Of children in 8th through 11th grade, about 3.5 million students (nearly 7%) surveyed reported having had physical sexual contact from an adult (most often a teacher or coach). The type of physical contact ranged from unwanted touching of their body, all the way up to sexual intercourse. This statistic increases to about 4.5 million children (10%) when it takes other types of sexual misconduct into consideration, such as being shown pornography or being subjected to sexually explicit language or exhibitionism.
There are a lot of other factors that go into this. Culture & and personal decisions make up 80%-90% of the issue.
Not saying it’s perfect. I think a lot of cases of abuse, not just from teachers, go unreported. I just was curious about the topic and this was the first thing I found. But police shootings are very documented. We know exactly how many happen each year.
