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Beating? They mean murder.
Mispelled murder there at the end of that title >

The media always uses language that downplays police violence and makes suspects appear guilty before they've even seen a judge. >

The media never uses the word “murder” until someone is charged with murder, you’re opening yourself up for a huge lawsuit by using that language if they aren’t found guilty.  However, they definitely could have said death or killing instead of beating, as using beating is definitely downplaying. >


In contrast, Davis, the police chief, told the council that training was not an issue for officers in this case. Instead, she blamed “egos” and a “wolf pack mentality” for the fatal incident.  

That's news, in the sense that you don't hear that from police chiefs often. >

Who is left that isn't facing discipline? >

Probably all of the higher ups >

It’s “training?” Really? Maybe it’s also hiring people who are willing to beat a fellow human to death? Jeez. >

Some of it is the training, yes. There's a guy who goes around giving seminars to police wherein he states that you'll have the best sex of your life the night you kill a person. It's called Killology and is paid for by the departments! >

I do understand that there are evil training methods out there and they cause/create the militaristic, us versus them mentality. But I think could sit through a lot of those trainings without changing my core beliefs about the value of my fellow man. I think the wrong types of people are hired for these jobs. >

So, I'm not defending the police here.
But people are people. People act in predictable ways. When you surround someone with an echo chamber constantly reinforcing certain beliefs, those beliefs are going to rub off on them. When you're told day in and day out that you are the wall between lawless chaos and order, when you are told over and over and over again that you're risking your life because the world is full of monsters just looking to kill you for protecting the weak, you will begin to believe that on some level.
And when you specifically choose to hire people who are susceptible to that kind of belief, it's all the more effective. >

And those that don’t get with the program quick enough either leave or are pushed out.