de-escalation
After the fatal Charlotte police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott – The importance for police and all people to practice de-escalation
The aftermath of the September 20, 2016, fatal Charlotte police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott includes police insistence that Mr. Scott was displaying a handgun, and his family's claiming the opposite. (Finally released police video footage of the shooting is here.) Even assuming for argument's...
Seattle police wisely terminate cop for over-reacting with calm man with a golf club
Congratulations to William Wingate for his complete vindication in the September 15, 2015 termination of the police officer who arrested him in July 2014 for obstruction of a police officer, merely for having a golf club with him on the street (an implement necessary for...