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<\/a><\/p>\nAccording to the officers, they intervened and spoke with the individual to “determined that he did not want to harm himself or others, and he was on his way, and Denzel left.” Washington even provided the man with a mask to protect himself from the environment and that was good. “So Denzel helped us today” said the officer who spoke with news outlets.<\/p>\n
As good of a Samaritan as he may be, spectators are commenting that Washington put his life in danger and could have just as easily ended up in a situation like the one George Floyd lost his life in. Unreasonable and unnecessary police brutality has been a main topic of discussion in 2020 and it can go left very quickly if the right persons are not there to stop it.<\/p>\n
By 2015, 95 percent of large police departments reported they were using body cameras or had committed to doing so, but they have had almost no effect on officer behavior. According to a New York Times article, one solution to this seemingly rampant issue is\u00a0tighter restrictions on when and how police officers can use force<\/span>. After making these reforms in 2016, “the San Francisco Police Department saw <\/span>a 30 percent decline<\/a> in the use of force by 2019, and, as of last May, had gone more than a year without a single officer shooting.”<\/span><\/p>\n