[tharne]

As someone else mentioned, this is complete BS.

It certainly does not represent the vast majority of interactions between citizens and police officers in the U.S.

Of course, focusing on sensational outliers as if they were common occurrences is a great way to generate clicks and sell newspapers.

[mrguyorama]

But policing requires the trust of the public. How often, what percentage of interactions go not by the book, before people are worried that it will happen to them? Look at 9/11, so many people terrified of "terrorists" from a desert on the other side of the world while ignoring the local ones who had a pretty strong spree in the 90s.

Trust is earned, not given. Police and supporters can cry all they want about how rare it is for a police officer to shoot you with no reason or warning and get away with it, but the fact that it can happen more than once is enough to destroy any faith in policing for plenty of people