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Recent deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of US police have triggered protests in a number of American cities. Seth Stoughton is a former police officer, now a Law Professor at the University of South Carolina. In this excerpt from The Inquiry, he argues that a ‘warrior mentality’ has come to dominate police training and tactics, and that this makes police more likely to resort to deadly force.

Photo: Police wearing riot gear walk toward a man with his hands raised in Ferguson (Credit: AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)