the continuation of unspeakably horrible police brutality?

I think soon you won't have anyone calling the police at all. The dad thought he was doing the son some help by calling to probably just get the bat out of his hands and take him to the hospital for help. Why can't police just figure a different way to confront domestic calls. There has to be another way to manage this. Also the patents need to get on the same page immediately. The dad says he has emotional problems. The mom says he doesn't and is an honor student. But he was on medication that perhaps the mom didn't know about. I feel for this family so much. Just horrible.

agitated by keeping him for hours without info on his son so they could focus the media on the family is typical of these fascist pigs. Notice the city paramedics never provided any assistance either

that routinely kill black people and then excuse the murderers, like they did with the murderers of Tamir Rice. FUCK YOU. perhaps it is time for use to go to the UN for protection.

I'm so fed up with these cops killing with impunity...just fed up!

this whole country has been taught to live in fear. Some of us refuse to do that, but many many people live in fear (mostly republicans listening to Fox news)...and cops are just people, really. Many (if not most) of them probably live in fear just like most of the country.

... when he says that we should do whatever we can to disband this gang of thugs that call themselves "police".

We need an organization that is community-based -- possibly volunteers, like firemen -- who are well-trained, and (for god's sake) not bullies. They should be representative of the communities they serve, and psychological tests should be carried out to screen out the macho power-trippers.

It's important that they understand that they are civilians, not a part of the military.

This is so obvious, but it never gets done. Don't expect the politicians to make this change. They are driven by careerism, and nobody helps their career by taking on the "authorities".

There needs to be a grass-roots movement to make this change -- if it is still possible. I like to believe that we are not yet in a fascist society, but I do have my doubts.