Senoufou says: My husband was completely amazed to see on TV crime documentaries that UK officers always ensure an arrested person doesn't bump their head when being put into a Police car.

The same is policy in the U.S., and I see it done as a matter of procedure. The population in the US is 318 million, while the UK population is 64 million. And we have guns. So, we're likely to have more bloodshed, despite the fact that most of our police are quite civilized. Civilized police officers don't make for good drama, so you're not likely to see them on television.

I think there's a need for questioning every time a police officer kills a person - and that's standard procedure in the U.S., too. Most officers are suspended (with pay) after a shooting incident, until the matter is resolved. But it is a serious problem. The Washington Post says that 990 people were shot dead by police in the U.S. in 2015. That's a number big enough to warrant serious scrutiny. There has to be a better way.

-Joe-