After the Rodney King incident I assisted in the training of Cadets in Erie County New York. We demonstrated how to use these tools so that at the end of the day everyone is safe and the bad guys are behind bars with a minimum risk of injury.
Irrelevant to this incident in every way.
Only hands and the sidewalk enter into the picture.
“Most police officers receive less than 6 hours of training using the defensive tactical baton during their time at the academy. If they are certified to carry/use the PR24 it is another 8-10 hours. Most Law enforcement agencies do not require recertification, or training beyond that.”
You’ve identified one of the problems. The others are: a wanton disregard for the Constitution and the notion that no matter what “I am going to go home tonight.”
I applaud your desire for LEOs to be properly trained. It need not be like in is down in Mexico, where you are given a gun, free bullets and a car and told to go make yourself a “living.”
I have a very good friend who is AA, who was an LAPD officer in San Pedro for ten years. He finally quit because of the actions he was “required” to take against citizens, many of whom were Black, that disgusted him. He said that it was a policy of “keeping people down.” Keeping the “peace” meant breaking citizens constitutional rights.