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[–] Dii_Casses 1 points (+1|-0) Edited

marching more police through the streets is an effective short term solution but is only a bandaid until real police reform is achieved.

True, although it's really hard to take "Defund the Police" seriously as long as they're making police presence necessary.

a national registry for complaints on officers

It's internal state affairs; I'm not sure Congress can stretch the Interstate Commerce Clause that far.

a mechanism to investigate problem officers and charge them or prevent them from being rehired

We have these things. Internal Affairs and HR departments. I agree they don't work all that well, but to my knowledge nobody has ever really solved the "Who Watches the Watchman" problem in a satisfactory, stable manner.

increased pay and benefits to attract a better workforce, ever more training to limit the use of lethal force

Not exactly on board with the Defund message, eh?

reviews of policies to eliminate policies that are used in an unfair way against people of color.

That is entirely on the officer. Every policy can be used unfairly against anyone.

he was in possession of it and therefor lethal force was necessary.

There are a couple stills of him holding a small knife as he's walking away from officers, who have their guns out after wrestling them off him. He then walks to the van and reaches inside at which point he is shot. As far as I'm concerned this was a failed suicide-by-cop.

[–] [Deleted] 1 points (+1|-0)

those were the demands before some idiots started the defund the police slogan. how they can be achieved i dont know or care but they have to be achieved or something like them if we want the unrest to end.