Qualified immunity needs to be done away with. Make the police take out personal liability insurance to pay claims - even if it is the city or union that pays the premiums. Eventually the bad cops will cost too much in premiums and become uninsurable.
I had my mind changed back some 20-30 years ago when the TV show “COPS” came out. Even back then you would have two or more different cops giving conflicting orders. “Don’t move!!!” versus “Hands up!!!” versus “Get on the ground!!!” And then beat the crap out of someone when they couldn’t obey.
I even remember seeing them plant evidence on camera. I was shocked, since my wife comes from a law enforcement family, and we all had positive viewpoints on them. Until that show, that is.
While we are on the subject, we need to grade these so-called drug sniffing dogs. If they give too many positive alerts and yet no drugs are found, they need to be retired.
In the summer or fall of 2020, there was a video going around of a vocal black pastor whom the police invited to take part of their training, where they are confronted by fake bad guys and have to decide whether or not to shoot paint balls.
I think the pastor got shot once and shot twice.
My thought was that police should go through similar training wherein police treat them as suspects. Try to figure out what do do when a bunch of men are screaming contradictory commands is tough.