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The protests are happening because the police have made a habit of treating the people as the enemy. So policing as usual, with excessive displays of force just because they can get away with it, will do nothing to quell the violence.

I think the way forward is let police do what they need to, but also allow the people to prosecute police when they step out of bounds. The current culture of protecting abusers among the police needs to go away.

>>yedava+(OP)
Yes, this sounds like a workable path to a better future. The prevalence of cameras and incident footage would steer justice in the right direction IMO. Only if police lose the protection from prosecution.

If that happens we’d see how easy things will “fix” themselves, the police will police themselves too

>>yedava+(OP)
The lawyers defending the cops would be paid by tax payers, correct ?

If I am not mistaken, fines, if imposed on the cops would be paid using tax payer's money too.