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encourage police forces to provide additional sensitivity training regarding when a person is armed and surrendering.

Created by T.G. on September 16, 2014

Too many police shootings have been explained as being the result of police officers thinking a person was armed and dangerous when the person wasn't armed at all. Michael Brown, Oscar Grant, the list goes on....

Specific training regarding when a person is armed or not and in particular situations needs to be addressed at the national level.

There needs to be accountability in this area, a police officer must follow specific protocols to ensure that these shooting don't happen.

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