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Training to reduce 'cop macho' and 'contempt of cop' could reduce police violence

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imageTexas Councilman Jonathan Miller is seen in a still image taken from the body camera of a police officer on October 8 2015.REUTERS/Prairie View Police Department/Handout

It must be a terrible burden knowing that you might have to make a quick decision about whether to yell at someone, shock them, or shoot them dead. That is the weight inherent in...

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