As a tea party conservative I would like to change the way policing is done in our nation.

 For a long time I have railed against the militarization and mindless brutality of our police in the USA.  This can be fixed.. if anyone will listen.  The attitude of police in general towards the public is adversarial and that must change.  The police must be trained that they are there to serve the public, all of the public including People of Color.
 
Here (if I were King) is what I would do at once:

   1. All candidates for police officer should be psychologically tested before being hired.  It appears there are an inordinate number of officers who have real anger and psychological problems and should never have been hired to be in a position of authority.

   2. Increase training of officers, particularly in community policing efforts which go a long way in preventing these encounters from being escalated by the police themselves.  Police should be trained in methods by which they can defuse a tense situation without using force including when a citizen has a weapon.

  3. Any use of force or discharge of a weapon by the police should be reviewed by representative citizens' group, not internal investigations.  If appropriate, the case should be referred to district attorney or special prosecutor for criminal charges.  This idea of "you work for me" has to return to the mental attitude of policemen and women.,

 4. In major cities, get the cops out of their cars and put them to walking a regular beat in normal uniforms with cameras mounted on them.  That way they get to know the people and will see them as people instead of suspects.

  5.  All military grade hardware and weapons needs to be removed from local police departments.  They are not properly trained to use these weapons and the presence of such weaponry only escalates any tense situation

  6. Every police officer should receive extensive training on Constitutional rights of all citizens.  Every officer should be trained in how to interact with the public in a calm and non-threatening way. 

I will write much more on this, but for those who get joy in posting bad things about cop abuse of citizens, I'm with you, but it's not race.. it's bad policing.  Race bias can't be as easily fixed as bad cops can.  This can help.