The Minutes of David Friedberg on police reform https://minutesof.com/david-friedberg/on/police-reform/ Everything David Friedberg has said on police reform: 6 verbatim quotes from June 2020, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording it came from. en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:22:43 +0000 Friedberg argues police have been mistakenly armed like the military for decades, citing example of department https://minutesof.com/q/800e3400-650c-44d8-8c32-f9385fb60669/ https://minutesof.com/q/800e3400-650c-44d8-8c32-f9385fb60669/ “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.” — All-In Podcast Sat, 20 Jun 2020 02:45:29 +0000 police reform Friedberg advocates ending qualified immunity and demilitarizing police training and equipment. https://minutesof.com/q/20610e33-92c0-4814-9023-a7b8ec0bb2c7/ https://minutesof.com/q/20610e33-92c0-4814-9023-a7b8ec0bb2c7/ “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.” — All-In Podcast Sat, 20 Jun 2020 02:45:29 +0000 police reform Friedberg asks whether the Second Amendment creates unique policing challenges in America since widespread gun https://minutesof.com/q/7b347a60-318c-4056-9a01-14bbb246dbd5/ https://minutesof.com/q/7b347a60-318c-4056-9a01-14bbb246dbd5/ “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.” — All-In Podcast Sat, 20 Jun 2020 02:45:29 +0000 police reform Friedberg argues police should have been trained to de-escalate the Wendy's incident with compassion rather th https://minutesof.com/q/4c7affdb-24aa-4a3f-a605-78ed4f869aa3/ https://minutesof.com/q/4c7affdb-24aa-4a3f-a605-78ed4f869aa3/ “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.” — All-In Podcast Sat, 20 Jun 2020 02:45:29 +0000 police reform Friedberg argues Americans never intended to build a second shadow army by militarizing police forces. https://minutesof.com/q/ff6ee8e7-5c60-4ac5-82fd-92ff4caabba8/ https://minutesof.com/q/ff6ee8e7-5c60-4ac5-82fd-92ff4caabba8/ “I do not think any of us thought that we wanted to apportion our tax dollars to build second shadow army.” — All-In Podcast Sat, 20 Jun 2020 01:15:25 +0000 police reform Friedberg advocates ending qualified immunity and retraining police as a service rather than military force. https://minutesof.com/q/c100e8e1-efd4-420f-aa63-79335d6d7771/ https://minutesof.com/q/c100e8e1-efd4-420f-aa63-79335d6d7771/ “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.” — All-In Podcast Sat, 20 Jun 2020 01:15:25 +0000 police reform