If you also look at the locations that the people are polled from, each individual person comes from a different location in the states. As most of us are well aware, the laws in each state can vary greatly. Even certain ordinances are different from town to town in a county, like Cook County. Each town has it's own level of crime and what the police are allowed to do and how to act is dictated by the department, which is run by the town management. I would make a pretty reasonable assumption that the people interviewed for this video were not talking about the federal police, like the FBI/DEA/ATF.
When the man from Mexico said that police should only be armed with tasers, I silently laughed to myself knowing that, that will never happen. Take a look at the UK which has an almost complete gun ban, except that of farmers who need to defend their livestock from wolves and what not. A large number of the police do not carry any firearms at all and are armed with tasers and batons, however the police still have groups that are armed with guns to deal with more dangerous threats that a simple taser or club can fix. If you were to look at the current state of the police in the who European Union, they are much more heavily armed. This is happening in countries where it is extremely difficult to even touch a gun. Most people do not realize how heavily armed police officers are on a day to day basis. I know from my experience with law enforcement through a wide variety of departments and friends and family. Every single one of the carries their standard pistol, along with having a rifle with multiple magazines for that rifle in their trunk. Some departments even will give the officers a shotgun, along with their rifle to carry in their squad car.
The question that is posed to me by the video is 'do i trust the police' and the simple answer is yes. That could expected mostly because I am planning and already taking steps to become the police, so it would be quite silly for me not to trust the police. I don't trust the police just because I want to be the police, I trust the police because I understand why they are doing what they are doing. If that same knowledge was given to the general public, the tension between police and people would go down. because knowing is half the battle.
And as always,
Stay Vigilant, Stay awake
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