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>>epista+(OP)
Problem is backing down. When you’re in a heightened state of alertness and your body has primed you for fight/flight, it’s hard for either side to calm down. Even in domestic disputes where people know each other and at least think they’ve “loved” each other and care. It’s hard to back down.

So seeking confrontation is the problem from both sides. Some people want to protest, some want to confront. And the police prepare for worst case ... which means confrontation which escalates...

Then you have opportunists who just want a fight .

>>mc32+Z8
If only there were some kind of training that could help peace officers maintain the peace... Oh well, guess this is as good as we can do.

>>walls+Re
Training helps. But it’s hard to overcome instincts.

Domestic abusers (not always people prone to violence) are sent to classes and often get in the same situation again, even after training and knowing the legal consequences.

>>mc32+Sg
Sending in police equipped with riot gear, tear gas, and military-grade equipment, from precincts riddled with white supremacists and officers with known (but ignored) histories of excessive force, results very predictably in the situations that we have seen.

Sure, it's hard to overcome instincts, but it's far from impossible, and most of the police that have been actively creating these problems haven't even started trying.