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Maybe they could try to address some of the issues that lead to crimes before they become issues that require so many police.
no shit. that cop couldn't run a quarter block, yet somehow got on a special crime unit. >

It should be made clear that the officers who killed Tyre Nichols were hired before Memphis began lowering their requirements, and were not a product of that new hiring initiative. >


It should be made clear that the officers who killed Tyre Nichols were hired before Memphis began lowering their requirements, and were not a product of that new hiring initiative.

Most important facts of the story right here. Sounds like someone is trying to obfuscate the facts >

Comes off to me like they had to set an already low bar even lower. >

Like it's become a limbo contest. >

Oh, good. We need more badly behaved people with power and guns on the street >

We don't exactly have a line of studs waiting kn the wings >

Yup. The answer is probably to increase taxes and pay cops a lot better, while also increasing the education requirements to become a cop. Make it a destination job.
The issue is that raising taxes doesn't lead to reelection and raising the minimum requirements to become a cop may well lead to the same race discrepancies that you see in other professional fields like attorneys and doctors.