Psychologist openly admits he trains police officers to shoot first and ask questions later (2015)

<blockquote><p>For years, to any observer of police brutality, the idea that officers were shooting people first and asking questions later was a foregone conclusion. Such a practice, while blatantly obvious, seemed too unethical, too harsh for police to ever admit.<br>Well, here it is (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/us/training-officers-to-shoot-first- and-he-will-answer-questions-later.html). All of the proof we ever needed. Not only are American police, from coast to coast, shooting first and asking questions later, they are being trained to do so in seminars by a psychologist who openly promises them that he'll testify on their behalf if anything ever goes wrong. He's already done it nearly 200 times.</p></blockquote><p>[[{"fid":"15026","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","alignment":""},"link_text":"Psychologist openly admits he trains police officers to shoot first and ask questions later.pdf","type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"default","alignment":""}},"attributes":{"class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"1"}}]]</p>

<blockquote><p>For years, to any observer of police brutality, the idea that officers were shooting people first and asking questions later was a foregone conclusion. Such a practice, while blatantly obvious, seemed too unethical, too harsh for police to ever admit.<br />Well, here it is (<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/us/training-officers-to-shoot-first-">http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/us/training-officers-to-shoot-first-</a> and-he-will-answer-questions-later.html). All of the proof we ever needed. Not only are American police, from coast to coast, shooting first and asking questions later, they are being trained to do so in seminars by a psychologist who openly promises them that he'll testify on their behalf if anything ever goes wrong. He's already done it nearly 200 times.</p> </blockquote> <p><div class="media media-element-container media-default"><div id="file-15026" class="file file-document file-application-pdf"> <h2 class="element-invisible"><a href="/file/15026">Psychologist openly admits he trains police officers to shoot first and ask questions later.pdf</a></h2> <div class="content"> <span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="PDF icon" title="application/pdf" src="/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png" /> <a href="http://rochester.indymedia.org/sites/default/files/Psychologist%20openly%20admits%20he%20trains%20police%20officers%20to%20shoot%20first%20and%20ask%20questions%20later_0.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=2160690">Psychologist openly admits he trains police officers to shoot first and ask questions later.pdf</a></span> </div> </div> </div></p>