[redgolum]

When I was a kid, we were taught that cops were in general safe.

I teach my kids to treat cops like I would a rabid dog. Avoid if at all possible. Do not approach, because if they get spooked, you die and the cop gets a pat on the head.

We need to stop treating cops like they can do no wrong, and start holding them accountable. Nationwide chest cams would be a start. And before you say that violates their rights, every work place I have worked in since 1998 has cameras. It is part of life.

THIS was manslaughter at best.

[Fido969]

Do not approach, because if they get spooked, you die and the cop gets a pat on the head.

Yes, I remember these signs showed up in Minneapolis after Justine Damond was killed by a nervous cop.

[zeugma]

I teach my kids to treat cops like I would a rabid dog.

Good advise. Pretty much what I do as well, even if I know the cop in question.