@BrunoMcGee @kingsley The city in which I live requires at least a Bachelor's degree for all police they hire, and whether that helps or not isn't clear. There aren't many issues here, but that could have as much to do with socioeconomics as the education requirement. And still this suburb is not completely without issues, according to people who look more like Kingsley than I do.
I guess I think it might *help*, but the phrase "necessary but insufficient" comes to mind.
It seems like a lot of departments have reasonable education requirements, and they don't seem to help. For example:
https://radleybalko.substack.com/p/tyre-nichols-wasnt-murdered-because
Ending qualified immunity, that would clearly help. It might also result in understaffed police departments as cops quit rather than take out insurance policies, but that just sounds like it would help in two ways!
@pwinn @BrunoMcGee
I think you are on to something. I think it is a job that you should hire more diverse and educated people. But we also need consequences for police brutality. No qualified immunity.
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