Friedberg argues police have been mistakenly armed like the military for decades, citing example of departments receiving armored vehicles.
“Look, we've been arming our police force mistakenly like our military. And we've been doing it for decades now and it makes no sense.”
Friedberg advocates ending qualified immunity and demilitarizing police training and equipment.
“I'm a huge fan of ending qualified immunity. I think that doesn't make any sense. I think we have to stop arming our police like their military.”
Friedberg asks whether the Second Amendment creates unique policing challenges in America since widespread gun ownership justifies police defensive postures.
“And that sources from the fact that we have a second amendment in this country where a lot of people are, you know, you know, gun carriers and are allowed to to have arms.”
Friedberg argues police should have been trained to de-escalate the Wendy's incident with compassion rather than force.
“They should have been trained maybe to just walk into the Wendy's, buy this guy a coffee, and then drive him to the motel that he said that he was staying at.”
Friedberg argues Americans never intended to build a second shadow army by militarizing police forces.
“I do not think any of us thought that we wanted to apportion our tax dollars to build second shadow army.”
Friedberg advocates ending qualified immunity and retraining police as a service rather than military force.
“I I'm a huge fan of ending qualified immunity. I think that doesn't make any sense. I think we have to stop arming our police like their military.”