UC Davis police attack peaceful demonstraters

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Originally Posted by somerfrost

Re-training should be mandatory at all levels of law enforcement, and psychological exams should be more than a formality....those looking to join law enforcement for power and those who project an overly macho mindset should be excluded.

The psychological tests do try to weed that out. But police look for those that can make individual decisions, versus a fire department that looks for a follower/team player. So they do get a different personality.

Some cops are just insecure - like pepper spray boy. He pepper sprayed because his little ego was bruised by the nasty protesters. He was too impressed by his own uniform. He couldn't handle telling them what to do, and they would not do it. And it was in front of his men, too. He was "leading" when he sprayed the kids. He was teaching them a lesson for embarrassing him in front of his men.

Remember that campus police are often "real police" wanna be's. There is usually a reason they are not on a municipal force.