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Biden calls for justice after footage released of police killing Black woman (www.theguardian.com)

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Joe Biden has called on Congress to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, moments after shocking police video was released showing an Illinois officer fatally shooting Sonya Massey after she called police fearing a home intruder.

In his first public statement since dropping his bid for re-election, Biden said the shooting of Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman, by white Sangamon county sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson, in her home in Springfield, after a dispute over a pot of boiling water, “reminds us that all too often Black Americans face fears for their safety in ways many of the rest of us do not”.

Biden, who is recovering from Covid at his home in Delaware, said Massey, “a beloved mother, friend, daughter and young Black woman … should be alive today”.

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[–] chakan2 0 points 3 months ago

At least you offered a solution. But it's batshit crazy.

Have every current police officer purged

That's impossible...there's not enough people out there qualified to replace the current police force.

I do like an external review of every discharge of a weapon, but I think the immediate suspension is too much.

The accomplice bit I'm on the fence. In this case, the other officer was in shock I think. He's not going to shoot his partner after the fact, which would be the only reasonable action. He could have arrested him I guess, but that all happened pretty quick)

(Really put yourself in that situation...a guy who you trust with your life pulls his gun, says "I'm going to shoot you in the face, and proceeds to shoot the person in the face...Personally, I'd have total brain lock in complete and utter shock of that tragic fuck up).

IMO...I still like some cops. In my interactions with them 8 of 10 have been professional, INCLUDING having one draw on me once (it's a dumb story, and I fucked up).

I think we CAN reform the shit out of the force in general, but you can't start from a place where "all cops are bad." They aren't.