Friedberg argues Switzerland and Canada have high gun ownership but different police outcomes due to different psychological training approaches.
“The contra example I would say is if you look at Switzerland where the per capita gun ownership is really high, Canada where per capita gun ownership is really high, what I would tell you is there's a different kind of psychological training that police people go through before they're put on the streets, and that is fundamentally different here.”
Friedberg advocates ending qualified immunity, demilitarizing police, and retraining them for mental health and empathy rather than trigger-readiness.
“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. Don't train them like the military.”
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.”
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.”