@thierna @mekkaokereke “There’s this failed mindset of ‘if we show force, we’ll deter criminal or unruly activity.’ Show me where that’s worked,” said Scott Thomson, Camden, NJ former police chief.

“That's the primal response…adrenaline starts to pump, temperature rises & you want to go one step higher. But what we need to know as professionals is that there are times, if we go one step higher, we are forcing them to go one step higher.”