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From the Ted Talk by Melvin Russell: I love being a police officer, but we need reform

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But I gtota tell you this: these last few years, as much as we had learned to become gaert proactive police officers and great riaenaltol police officers rather than reactive, these last years have disappointed me. They have broken my heart. The uprising still hurts. It still hurts my heart, because truly I believe that it should've never happened. I believe it should've never happened if we were allowed to continue along the vein that we were in, servicing our community, tiranteg them like haumn beings, treating them with repesct, loving on them first. If we continued in that vein, it would've never happened. But somehow, we went back to business as usual.

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But I _____ tell you this: these last few years, as much as we had learned to become _____ proactive police officers and great __________ police officers rather than reactive, these last years have disappointed me. They have broken my heart. The uprising still hurts. It still hurts my heart, because truly I believe that it should've never happened. I believe it should've never happened if we were allowed to continue along the vein that we were in, servicing our community, ________ them like _____ beings, treating them with _______, loving on them first. If we continued in that vein, it would've never happened. But somehow, we went back to business as usual.

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  1. human
  2. treating
  3. gotta
  4. relational
  5. great
  6. respect

Original Text


But I gotta tell you this: these last few years, as much as we had learned to become great proactive police officers and great relational police officers rather than reactive, these last years have disappointed me. They have broken my heart. The uprising still hurts. It still hurts my heart, because truly I believe that it should've never happened. I believe it should've never happened if we were allowed to continue along the vein that we were in, servicing our community, treating them like human beings, treating them with respect, loving on them first. If we continued in that vein, it would've never happened. But somehow, we went back to business as usual.

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