Exhibit One on why it will be a very uphill battle to reduce cop shootings. Dr. William J. Lewinski, 'psychologist' from the Force Science Institute. Teaching cops the 'science' of why they must kill in the blink of an eye. The guy you never heard of unless you were on a jury deciding the fate of a killer cop.

NYT Training Officers to Shoot First, and He Will Answer Questions Later.

A 'scientist' profiled in the NYT and a huge success in cop circles, with a million subscribers to his newsletter.  His 'research' is published in non-peer reviewed magazines.

America. Guns readily available to anyone with the money to buy them.

More guns per person, almost 1 gun per 1 person, than any nation in the world.

The highest homicide rate in the industrialized world.

Background checks that don't happen or work.

Guns guns guns everywhere, real guns, toy guns, things that look like guns.

Hand movements that cops claim might be for grabbing an unseen gun.

Cops being excused of the murder of unarmed persons.

Defended by testimony from an Institute whose purpose is to profit from and exonerate killer cops.

De-escalation? Expected? Taught? As dead as.....?

Cops shoot not because they thought they saw a gun, because the cop THOUGHT that IF the suspect HAD a gun they NEVER SAW, then the suspect MIGHT grab it and shoot. In 1/2 second. Gotta think fast.

A Force Science Institute video. Showing why cops must kill unarmed persons at traffic stops, because.....the citizen can blow you off in a flash, so shoot first:

Dr. William J. Lewinski. $1000 an hour fee. He says criticism of him is 'politics'.

Dr. Lewinski also has a theory called "inattentional blindness". He invented that word 'inattentional', a mind that comes up with stuff like that is worth $1000/hr. In America anyway.

When an officer’s version of events is disproved by video or forensic evidence, Dr. Lewinski says, inattentional blindness may be to blame. It is human nature, he says, to try to fill in the blanks.

The Dr. Lewinski small print:

Dr. Lewinski acknowledged that there was no clear way to distinguish inattentional blindness from lying.

Cops call him their hero, saying what Lewinski promotes is scientific.

Dr. Lewinski and his company have provided training for dozens of departments, including in Cincinnati, Las Vegas, Milwaukee and Seattle. His messages often conflict, in both substance and tone, with the training now recommended by the Justice Department and police organizations.

And the Holder/Obama administration paid him $55,000 to defend a federal drug agent who killed an unarmed teenager. His gig pays well.

And the Holder/Obama administration paid him $15,000 to train federal marshals. In America everything is for sale, even your principles. So you hire this guy cause he is good, convincing with the jury.

A NYT comment:

..Lewinski is a psychopath with a license to train and defend other psychopaths. I know there are cops who would LIKE TO BE good cops, but as long as they stand behind the blue wall of silence, they are in league with the bad cops. It's almost as if they are being programmed to shoot, particularly Black people. We thought cameras were the answer, but now we have people telling us not to believe our eyes.