[Agenttin]

How the police have responded to the protests is by itself indicative of a problem. Responding to accusations of police brutality with televised beatings is so tone deaf that it must speak to an institutional issue. If there were no evidence of police brutality, except for video taken in the past few weeks, It would still be enough evidence for reform.

[mc32]

I don’t think this behavior is particular to US policing [French police vs Yellow vests, Greek police vs anti austerity marxists, Korean police vs protesters, etc]. Yes there is room for improvement but also this result is predictable in this kind of antagonistic interaction. It’s like treating disease with radiology, you cannot avoid some of the accompanying risks . They may be minimized but not eliminated. It’s like teenagers and parents. It will result in rebellion, it’s part of that relationship.