Bodycam: Pregnant woman accused of shoplifting shot by police | CNN
www.cnn.com
The Blendon Township, Ohio police department released bodycam footage of an officer-involved shooting that took the life of Ta’Kiya Young. Young was accused of shoplifting by an employee and tried to leave the scene. CNN’s Miguel Marquez reports.

Somehow this is the only country on earth where this seems to happen. When talking about shootings involving guns, okay, fine, the US is certainly an outlier there, but every country has cars and police.

This is murder.

  • TWeaKEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    Maybe some countries in North Western EU, but not North Western Europe. The UK is the most North Western part of Europe and they most definitely do not require that level of competence lol.

    • phoenixz@lemmy.ca
      2·
      10 months ago

      UK police officers are vastly better trained (and less problemstic) than US police officers

      • TWeaKEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        Absolutely, but they don’t have any particular educational requirements. At least, not publicly. I imagine they have internal guidelines but can bend them for a candidate that convinces then to.

        • phoenixz@lemmy.ca
          2·
          10 months ago

          I recall from a few years ago that they were actively looking for less intelligent candidates, it was a big news thing for a while

          • TWeaKEnglish
            1·
            10 months ago

            Yeah, I mean I looked it up before my first comment here. Here are the requirements:

            Restrictions and Requirements

            You’ll need to:

            • pass enhanced background checks
            • be over 18 years of age

            You will also need to pass a fitness test.

            There’s a bunch of general stuff in the skills section, but basically it seems like you would pretty much talk your way through an interview.

            • phoenixz@lemmy.ca
              1·
              10 months ago

              And?

              Everybody has to start somewhere and there are different types of police officers. Those that write only parking tickets do not have the same level of training as the ones with the guns.They still receive better training than anywhere in the US and there are still factors less killings every day by police than in the US.

              It may not be perfect but it’s not THAT bad

              • TWeaKEnglish
                1·
                10 months ago

                You’re speaking as if I’m saying anything about whether that’s good or bad. All I did was offer the correction that European police aren’t necessarily well educated.

                • phoenixz@lemmy.ca
                  1·
                  10 months ago

                  My bad. I just read another comment complaining THAT UK police was the same as the US. I thought your comment was a continuation of that