Cop stops man from going to see his dying mother in the hospital

are you serious.

this is seriously one of the oldest "breaking news" posts on NS ever

haha little late with this one my friend.

messed up story nonetheless. 

to clarify this has been a major news headline on every channel from fox to oprah to ESPN for like 3 weeks straight

Cop tries to stop OP from posting a repost, but failed :(

oh oops

that cop is a dick

everybody been sayin, "whats wrong with this country lately". but shit aint any different than its been. cops still shiestin, news still lyin....

ya repost, but it was super messed up

It used to be that police officers had their guns as a last resort, and for the most part, would never even consider pulling their firearms on a suspect regardless of the situation. Now-a-days, the police have a plethora of weapons at their disposal to subdue and detain suspects. The most powerful weapon a police officer has at his disposal is the skill of persuasion, too many cops these days are trigger happy and abusive of their powers.

But what is to blame?

Has society become so violent that police officers are required to be overly aggressive and confrontational? I don't think this is the case.

I think we need to take a long look at the training methods used today. More often than not, a skilled officer should be able to diffuse a potentially harmful situation through words and words alone without even thinking of using one of his many "law enforcement tools". Non-lethal force clearly isn't a very good deterrent for criminals, but is the preferred method by the police today.

training will help, but the most important thing is more rigorous selection processes, including psych evaluations under pressure...etc.