I am a member of the Oscar Grant Committee. We fully support the prosecution of police who have committed unnecessary violence against people they have interacted. The police should be highly trained in deescalating situations not turning them into an excuse to use violence often fatally in many cases.
The police have shown themselves to be total incapable of positive interaction with those they interact with who have mental problems or episodes. Highly trained unarmed social workers should be first responders to situations of mental crisis. If it is determined by these social workers that armed police might be necessary at the scene, the police should still be under the direction of the social worker as to helping deescalate the situation.
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