Hi mitchie,
Again, I'm not a part of this group so my apologies for stepping in here, but...
I find the premise of the thread to be somewhat flawed. We have some rioting and looting. It won't last forever. It isn't nearly the first time. The Watts riots of LA. The McDuffie riots of Miami. Black people get frustrated with their powerlessness over social injustice towards them and, from time to time, it breaks out into rioting and looting. Until we, as a nation, can accept the black man, the Mexican man, the Latin man as socially equal, there will always be unrest. There really isn't any justifiable reason that the man that the riots are about, should be dead.
The police need to be trained to subdue and release. By that I mean that once handcuffs are placed on a person, the hands of the police need to back off as far as any forceful or violent action. For those that might continue say, trying to run or doing a lot of moving around, then hog tie their feet. But the actions that are causing the police the most trouble, and this is not the first time, are actions of attacking the neck or throat. Future training should be that the neck and throat are off limits for police in trying to subdue a suspect. I'm all for police doing their job of keeping the peace through arrest and confinement of suspects, but there are a few measures that are currently being used by police that need to be trained out of them.
However, the premise made in the title that these looters are somehow going to destroy America, is ludicrous. This violence will go on for a time and then it will subside. Property will be damaged and then it will be, through insurance most likely, rebuilt and repaired. LA doesn't have any lasting effects from the Watts riots and Miami doesn't have any lasting effects from the McDuffie riots. None of the past rioting has ever come close, nor is it likely that it ever will, to destroying America. It's just frustrated people making themselves heard and the sooner we good ole white boys listen, the sooner it will end.
Unfortunately, while the method may be flawed, the pent up frustration and anxiety that have caused the 'method' is a real matter that needs to be addressed. People should not die at the hands of the police unless they are taking real action to cause serious harm to a police officer or other person. Once any suspect is subdued, then the pot shots with night sticks and fists and continued attempts to 'control' them by somehow restricting their neck, must stop!!!
God bless,
In Christ, ted
