Something I should say more often

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This is technically already the case, the legislation exists. It's just not the case in practice, as they exploit loopholes, fake evidence, plant guns/drugs, whatever they have to do to look out for each other. If they do a good enough job of protecting themselves, how can we prove they did it? This is really easy to say but really difficult to do.

Police in the US at least are routinely acquitted of using excessive force against black people, even when there's clear video evidence of them doing it, going back to Rodney King, and eyewitness evidence going back even further. So when I say they have to be held responsible, I mean by the courts.

Again, easier said than done. The police need to be trained how to use a gun, how to defend themselves, how do you "train them properly" so they don't use excessive force? Tell them not to use excessive force?

You can ban certain maneuvers like kneeling on someone's neck or choking people, for example, which a number of dept's have done. You can also train them to de-escalate situations and use force only as a last resort. Too many of them use it as a first resort.

But mostly, the first point ties to the second. If you show them that if they get out of line it will have serious consequences for them personally, including possible jail time, they'll get the message pretty quick.