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CHICAGO POLICE TO UNDERGO MANDATORY 'DE-ESCALATION' TRAINING
AP ^ | September 19, 2016 | Staff

Posted on 09/19/2016 12:49:54 PM PDT by C19fan

The Chicago Police Department launched mandatory training designed to help officers de-escalate conflicts, including situations involving the use of force and mental health issues.

The program, which Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson is scheduled to discuss Monday evening, is among several department reforms following the shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. The black teenager was shot 16 times in 2014 by a white Chicago police officer. Graphic squad-car video of the shooting was released last year, prompting citywide protests, police leadership changes and a U.S. Department of Justice investigation.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: blm; bluezones; chicago; leo; police; urban
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To: C19fan

Maybe the South and West side of Ciraq should listen to what Chris Rock had to say about proper behavior when the police come calling.


21 posted on 09/19/2016 1:31:04 PM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: PLMerite

Watch this video and then tell me if you feel the same about a guy with a knife, even a 3 inch one, not being that much of a threat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSr9lygxlPU


22 posted on 09/19/2016 1:32:05 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: thoughtomator

Well according to Hey Jackass
Chicago has had ytd

483 shot and killed
2639 wounded
537 total Homicides

Police involved shootings
12 wounded
6 dead.

Yes it is not the CPD thats the problem.


23 posted on 09/19/2016 1:35:30 PM PDT by Kozak (ALLAH AKBAR = HEIL HITLER)
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To: PapaBear3625

Yeah, I’ve seen that one. It’s a lot older than this year.

The kid in Chicago went down and they kept shooting him. The cops’ job is to bring people into custody to give them a fair trial, not mete out summary execution.


24 posted on 09/19/2016 3:06:33 PM PDT by PLMerite (Compromise is Surrender: The Revolution...will not be kind.)
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To: PLMerite

This guy ‘only had a knife’

http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshh44oh9wTL1t11XJKD


25 posted on 09/19/2016 3:12:58 PM PDT by bakeneko
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To: C19fan

Hilarious. So far in 2016, there have been 18 police shootings, with 6 killed and 12 wounded.

At the same time, there have been 483 gunfire homicides, with 2639 wounded.

Obviously it is the police who are the problem here.


26 posted on 09/19/2016 3:17:38 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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To: C19fan

“Why did you shoot him sixteen times, officer?”

“I ran out of ammo, judge.”


27 posted on 09/19/2016 3:27:19 PM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: C19fan

BOOM!

Wow, that de-escalated fast.


28 posted on 09/19/2016 3:28:30 PM PDT by moovova (I'm in the basket for Trump.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz
Set up a super secret “shoot, shovel, shut up” team.

Wasn't there a movie about that? Star Chamber or some similar name?

29 posted on 09/19/2016 3:30:49 PM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: bakeneko

Yeah. The problem there was that *nobody* shot him until he’d already killed two of them.

Why did the cop have to shoot the kid after he was down? Sixteen times in 13 seconds. The kid just happened to stop being a “threat” when the cop’s magazine was empty?


30 posted on 09/19/2016 3:38:11 PM PDT by PLMerite (Compromise is Surrender: The Revolution...will not be kind.)
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To: JimRed

“Wasn’t there a movie about that? Star Chamber or some similar name?”

Yup. Hal Holbrook.


31 posted on 09/19/2016 3:38:45 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Trump will win New York.)
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