Has anyone heard or read of any local government or police department, or anyone else, who has offered any ideas about how to decrease or stop deaths at the hands of the Police (knowing that it will probably never actually stop)?
Protesting is fine, if you want to have people become involved, but eventually, it has to run its course and while people are protesting, police forces are stretched thin, businesses are losing more money/inventory/storefronts, other property is being damaged and lives are being lost because of additional Police incidents, car crashes from reckless driving and shootings by rioters. In Milwaukee, all I have seen is the Mayor talking about it on TV, the Police Chief (who's Hispanic) saying that people need to stop vandalizing and looting, protesters talking to reporters with the crowds shouting slogans and nobody seems to want to stick their necks out to come up with any concrete plans. The basic problem has been identified; people are being killed while being arrested and in Police custody- what now? They obviously need to dig into what prompted the killings- is it bad cops, cops who aren't bad but have reached the tipping point, cops who are quick-tempered, were the arrested being violent/on drugs or other intoxicants? Next, they need to look into department procedures and how they deal with incidents that are simply violent or lead to a death.
It's not a new problem- why have they not come up with something by now?
What's next, if they aren't saying anything? The silence is deafening.
That kind of policy changing will take time to develop implement and then see the results
I think unfortunately the best thing that will chill the police out at least for now is the riots just realizing hopefully how once f@$!Up can send everything spiraling ought of control. When all you need to do is exercise some restraint ( can't always be easy in sometimes dangerous situations but still I feel it can be done)
Heres 2 problems I see. The officers are all charged they are still protesting and at night rioting. When they are asked why they state it wasn't enough or they should have been charged sooner. That's getting old. Youve made your point all the officers are charged it's like they want every thing to be changed right this minute and that's not possible change is possible but that much policy and training changes will take time to implement Its like they can't see that I can understand they're lack of trust I'm not unsympathetic but still something has got to give both ways on there s got be hopefully some give and take
Which leads to problem 2 once the rioting and things start building its hard to just shut that off ESPECIALLY when you have thanks to COVID a lot of people out of work and A TON of young people not back in school nothing to do no options in sight it's not surprising there ought now for days upon days just tearing stuff apart
But here's my concern there have been concerns on the news here about extremist groups survailing where off duty cops live. And worries to our communities out here to be careful due to some online threats of them bringing this into the neighborhood's
Last night in New York some one just walked up to a cop and stuck a knife in his neck saw that on the news unprovocated
Some of the threats I'm not sure to take seriously but one thing that cannot be condoned is just allowing at night these extremists to continue using cops as target practice and then throwing them under the bus like some mayors and others have down
There are a lot of good officers out there and enough businesses communities individuals and officers have paid the price for the f@$ up that started this off. Either it starts toning down or eventually somebody is going to have to step in
I don't want that to be Trump with our armed forces but hopefully this weekend things start to calm down thankfully not even hid own cabinet or the Pentagon appear to want to back him on this thank GOD for that
Well just have to see how it plays out.
I'll tell you one thing tho you think these riots are bad God forbid if they try those cops and they get off.
Damn I don't even want to be around for what happens if that comes about. Sh@! Will go to a whole new level real quick
