Black Army officer held at gunpoint during traffic stop was afraid to get out of his car. ...

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1. These aren't the actions of rogue cops, the "one bad apple" excuse, this is how police are trained.

Much of police instruction has been outsourced to private, for-profit training academies, preaching their "warrior mindset" culture of American law enforcement. Every interaction with black drivers is viewed as a threat to their personal safety; cops are told if they want to "go home to their families at the end of every shift" they have to act violently. Shit like this is inevitable when they're taught police work is inherently violent, and cops represent the last opportunity for law and order in an increasingly dangerous society.