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If you look the thread about police academy in the US, it looks like 12 weeks is the normal amount of training a cop gets. It would be hard to squeeze that in. I know in my old town in Canada, social workers tried to get the police to rely on them, too. But I'd say most cops would not bother to...

This is so ridiculous. Also, yes, the caller got it complete wrong. He could be excused for it though -- panic attack, not wanting to risk getting closer to check, anything, really. The police receive a lot of calls from paranoid and scared people, right? This is not something out of the...

Seriously, a few months is really not enough training time and I think it brings a lot of problem with defusing tensions in conflicts with difficult people in the streets. Where I live, police training goes on two and a half year and they still consider that it's not enough... And yet guess...

Oh. Reading the article, with the number of people who asked for the death penalty -- both as a legal recourse in the text of the article, and as a general outcry in the comments, that it would be one of these States were the death penalty still exists. I clearly misjudged that one, thanks for...

As long as the police departments don't teach their police to deal with situations with mentally ill people and homeless people on the street, we can expect this. A few months of police academy is wholly insufficient training, and the fact that their solution to dealing with mentally ill...

Rubber bullets and rubber "bombs" can be very hard when shot in someone's face (like it happened in my regions protests). Some kid was in the hospital and they were not sure for a while if he would lose an eye. Really wonder what different thing they'll come up with now!

I did hear about a very nasty officer in the village where I currently live, and how he was going against the law (illegally spying people he considered suspects and planting evidence to get them in trouble), and I have no idea how it was dealed with the other officers, but he did get fired at...

People who have mental issues should get treatment. It may not be the same case, but it's clear that people are directing a lot of hate and murderous wishes on this person, and I don't think that's quite right. And I think that the US has a very high punitive mentality (seen by the number of...

I read it wrong at first and thought that the policeman had "made him pay" (punished) him for stealing baby formula and I just felt bad for the poor man. But then I reread it and felt very happy about this story! It is very uplifting that some people understand that it's not that everyone is a...

Huh. When I was young, my friends and I used to shoplift from a Dollorama -- when our moms found out, they made us give it back (or give it away, I'm not sure) and gave us a harsh scolding, etc, etc. Never shoplifted since. Of course, we were still underaged, so we would not have gotten any...

It does seem like they had a relationship of sorts. I don't think she is his patient: it is said that he knows she is prescribed this sleeping drug, not that he prescribed it to her (which would make him her doctor). Also, they do seem to share a private residence, as I don't think that she...

They probably do this kind of things because they expect that, if they knocked, the people inside would destroy any evidence. I kind of also imagine that, if they knock down the door, they'd scream something like, "POLICE! FREEZE!" and then anyone who would shoot at them would be getting...

Hahha it is funny. I guess that he just crashed down after the adrenaline rush! But not really interesting news. More of an interesting anecdote.

She did not shoot him. And I think, all the better. I cannot imagine that it would have an a positive effect on her -- she would probably have had nightmares for years to come about the blood splashing on her and then the man could have fallen on top of her and died there, or in the panic she...

I think that's a nice thought. But wait, to SOME of the residents? If it's not to all of them, isn't it just the same as giving gifts to people who are his friends and not about giving gifts to everyone who worked with him? I mean, still nice and it probably made people feel good. I just wonder...

Just because there are so many news about kids shooting others accidentally, and this does not compensate for it, but it's a nice change of pace: Story here: 11-Year-Old Girl Uses Shotgun to Save Herself From Home Invader | Washington Free Beacon

Of course people would disagree with what you write about Mexicans, like anyone would disagree about any blanket stereotypical statement about a complete group of people because it is never that anything applies to a complete group of people. But in places were there is a lot of poverty and...

Then it should be a short trial, and the verdict will be unanimous. I mean, okay, I get that there is no doubt or anything, I think I'm just a bit peeved that we hear about cops killing innocent people and getting away with it even when there are witnesses and footage, not even losing their...

Well, if that was not a strong enough lesson (for this couple), then I'm not sure what would be. But it is true enough that it seems to happen a lot. It's incredible that they can still own guns when they obviously show how irresponsible they are with it.

Kids being taught to never interact with strangers could also lead to problems -- like when kids get lost in the forest, and they send search parties but the kid don't answer to their name being called because they have been taught to never speak to strangers. Maybe keeping a safe distance would...