I guess that you didn't read my post very well. I was a bouncer. I had to subdue drunks, which included soldiers from the near by Army base. A few who thought that they were bad. I had to subdue off duty cops, as well, that got out of hand. I was very good at my job but de-escalation was the best method in keeping the crowd happy and getting drunks or hot heads out and into the waiting arms of police who were waiting outside.
Cops say cops need better training.
I agree.
I want cops to have what it takes to be peace officers. Many times the offender bears all of the blame for how police respond but sometimes cops bear all of the blame for escalating an other wise peaceful stop into w violent arrest. Those are the stops which need to cease.
Having worked as a bouncer means you're big enough to intimidate and subdue drunks.
Cops don't have that luxury. Many cops are smaller than the thugs they're trying to arrest. In fact, a kid I use to beat at wrestling in HS, became a cop. He got the crap beat out of him by a huge guy he had stopped in a traffic violation. That news led me to not pursue my desire to become a cop after I got out of the Marines.
You're right that SOMETIMES, the cop bears all the blame. But the media and the response by society is making it look like it's all cops. Defund the police became a reality in some locals, and now there's a problem with low enrollment of men into the police academies across the nation. If it continues, communities will first experience no cops and then they'll cry for safety which opens the door for tyranny.
It's all part of the cycle of nations.
The Cycle of Nations:
From bondage to spiritual faith.
From spiritual faith to great courage. From courage to liberty.
From liberty to abundance. From abundance to selfishness.
From selfishness to complacency.
From complacency to apathy.
From apathy to dependency.
From dependency back again into bondage.
Where we are in this cycle is debatable, but in my opinion, we are somewhere between apathy and dependency and close to moving toward bondage.