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Time is Overdue for Real Solutions to Gun Violence, Effective Limits on Police use of Deadly Force

Posted on April 20, 2021April 20, 2021 By rayhanania No Comments on Time is Overdue for Real Solutions to Gun Violence, Effective Limits on Police use of Deadly Force
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Time is Overdue for Real Solutions to Gun Violence, Effective Limits on Police use of Deadly Force

Gun violence is an American national problem. Police usage of unnecessary deadly force is another one. Both kill innocent people. It is a problem that calls for a solution. The recent shootings by police and by citizens are not the first and, if the status quo is not changed, will surely not be the last.

Gun violence makes us all feel insecure. Violence seems random. This sense of randomness makes the average citizen feel that this violence is a risk to themselves and to their loved ones. It’s a sad state of endless cycle of gun violence as well as the continued painful tragedies caused by police shootings that could be avoidable. The two challenges are different but they are two faces of the same coin. Both lead to loss of human lives. The instrument of death is guns.

It is a sad reality that such shootings and killings are familiar news. As they say, it is de ja vu all over again. We have seen this movie before. I am very concerned that we are getting accustomed to it, and desensitized to it. It is as if the violence is something we have to live with it as we do with the common cold or the flu. We feel emotionally drained as we react to it and repeat our condemnation awaiting the next horrific incident.

Imad Hamad Director American Human Rights Council
Imad Hamad Director American Human Rights Council

As to police shootings, the issue is the use of deadly force and the policies on the use of deadly force.

Is it possible to reimagine policing or reform police practices to greatly reduce the use of deadly force? The calls to defund the police are extreme and unworkable. We need the police. Policing is especially needed in poor areas that experience more crime than other areas. The conversation should be around reform of police practices as to use of deadly force. The preservation of life should be first and foremost.

The history of American police is the history of change in policing- improvement. It is not true that policing has not improved over the years. The policing of today is quantitatively and qualitatively different from the policing of the pre- 1960s period. We have a more diverse police force. A better trained police and better police practices. But we can improve on what we have to reduce, hopefully eliminate, incidents of avoidable use of deadly force.

There is no question that the vast majority of American police officers are honorable and live up to the oath to serve the public professionally. We have hundreds of thousands of police officers and millions of citizen-police encounters every year. It is deeply troubling to see all police demonized. And it is especially troubling when our politicians are the ones demonizing the police or demanding that police be cancelled.

The African American community continues to feel targeted by the police. The death of African Americans in police shootings brought to the surface the longstanding tensions between law enforcement and the African American community. That is a serious problem that needs to be addressed.

We can improve policing. We know the problem. A very small percentage of police officers are responsible for a big share of troublesome encounters with citizens. It should be made less onerous to let go of problematic officers. The use of deadly force should be limited way more than it is now.

As to mass shootings, we can do better. Shootings are not natural disasters that are unavoidable. They are not like volcanoes or hail storms. They are the result of human behavior and human agency. The increase in the frequency of these mass shootings is very alarming. It is troubling in its randomness- no location, no city and no state is immune.

This nation put a man on the moon. The next frontier is the new and fascinating world of artificial intelligence. As to police deadly use of force and as to mass shootings, we should do better. We can.

Imad Hamad, AHRC Executive Director

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Ray Hanania is an award winning political and humor columnist who analyzes American and Middle East politics, and life in general. He is an author of several books.

Hanania covered Chicago Politics and Chicago City Hall from 1976 through 1992 at the Daily Southtown and the Chicago Sun-Times. He began writing in 1975 publishing The Middle Eastern Voice newspaper in Chicago (1975-1977). He later published “The National Arab American Times” newspaper (2004-2007).

Hanania writes weekly columns on Middle East and American Arab issues as Special US Correspondent for the Arab News ArabNews.com, at TheArabDailyNews.com, and at SuburbanChicagoland.com. He has published weekly columns in the Jerusalem Post newspaper, YNetNews.com, Newsday, the Orlando Sentinel, Houston Chronical, and Arlington Heights Daily Herald.

Hanania is the recipient of four (4) Chicago Headline Club “Peter Lisagor Awards” for Column writing. In November 2006, he was named “Best Ethnic American Columnist” by the New American Media. In 2009, Hanania received the prestigious Sigma Delta Chi Award for Writing from the Society of Professional Journalists. He is the recipient of the MT Mehdi Courage in Journalism Award. He was honored for his writing skills with two (2) Chicago Stick-o-Type awards from the Chicago Newspaper Guild. In 1990, Hanania was nominated by the Chicago Sun-Times editors for a Pulitzer Prize for his four-part series on the Palestinian Intifada.

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