Racial Injustice, ADVISORY
The deaths of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta in the span of less than three weeks have led to a push in the U.S. for more training of police officers in how to “de-escalate” tense situations before they explode in violence. Experts say de-escalation training generally involves officers being taught how to keep their cool, calm people down and use the least amount of force required. Calls for increased de-escalation training have come from politicians and activists on Capitol Hill as well as from California’s attorney general, Michigan lawmakers and Houston’s police chief.
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