What concerns me regarding these killings - and others - is the use of deadly force by police on trivial legal matters. A traffic tickets should not result in death. Passing a fake $20 bill should not result in death. Selling a cigarette outside a store should not result in death. These are trivial matters. Police officers should direct their energy to serious matters.
What concerns me regarding these killings - and others - is the use of deadly force by police on trivial legal matters. A traffic tickets should not result in death. Passing a fake $20 bill should not result in death. Selling a cigarette outside a store should not result in death. These are trivial matters. Police officers should direct their energy to serious matters.
I disagree. Many of these crimes deserve only a ticket. There is no need to arrest these folks. It doesn't call for police to strong arm people. Give them a ticket. Move on to serious issues.
That'd be great! Except for the original sin: How many cars did those cops pull over - that day - for having danglies on their rearview mirror? A thousand?
I don't think there's much doubt about why this stop happened. This is authority trolling for "perps." And knowing just who might fit the profile.
Cops make choices. They should be accountable for the choices.
If you read Malcolm GladwellтАЩs book, Talking to Strangers, you will get an in-depth look at the interaction between Sandra Bland and the officer who arrested her. He not only stopped her for a minor traffic violation (pulling over without using her turn signal), he forced her to do it by pulling up close behind her, making her think he needed to get by. I wanted so badly to go back in time and go to her, to fight for her. I felt like I got to know her a little. And then she was gone.
Once I was driving in my city and I was in a neighborhood that had a "slow school" sign so I slowed down to 25 mph. I did not see a "end slow school" sign so kept crawling, then I saw a police car behind me....saw another "slow school" sign --this continued for about 2 blocks (I passed the school but assumed that perhaps, there was another school which is not unusual because there are religious schools and public schools often close by each other). I did not want to get pulled over for speeding. Then finally I saw a parking lot of a cafe and pulled in. The police pulled in after me, got out and asked me if I was ok, why was I driving so slowly. I told them I saw the slow school signs and the police were behind me and not passing me. This was on the South Side which is in a higher crime area.
What concerns me regarding these killings - and others - is the use of deadly force by police on trivial legal matters. A traffic tickets should not result in death. Passing a fake $20 bill should not result in death. Selling a cigarette outside a store should not result in death. These are trivial matters. Police officers should direct their energy to serious matters.
The crime isn't the issue, and hardly ever is in these circumstances.
I disagree. Many of these crimes deserve only a ticket. There is no need to arrest these folks. It doesn't call for police to strong arm people. Give them a ticket. Move on to serious issues.
That'd be great! Except for the original sin: How many cars did those cops pull over - that day - for having danglies on their rearview mirror? A thousand?
I don't think there's much doubt about why this stop happened. This is authority trolling for "perps." And knowing just who might fit the profile.
Cops make choices. They should be accountable for the choices.
If you read Malcolm GladwellтАЩs book, Talking to Strangers, you will get an in-depth look at the interaction between Sandra Bland and the officer who arrested her. He not only stopped her for a minor traffic violation (pulling over without using her turn signal), he forced her to do it by pulling up close behind her, making her think he needed to get by. I wanted so badly to go back in time and go to her, to fight for her. I felt like I got to know her a little. And then she was gone.
Jeanne, it is crazy making is it not?
Yes. And so, so sad.
You're fighting for her now, Jeanne.
Sandra Bland, say her name. Remember them all.
Thanks, TPJ.
Sandra Bland.
Duante Wright.
George Floyd.
Philando Castile.
Once I was driving in my city and I was in a neighborhood that had a "slow school" sign so I slowed down to 25 mph. I did not see a "end slow school" sign so kept crawling, then I saw a police car behind me....saw another "slow school" sign --this continued for about 2 blocks (I passed the school but assumed that perhaps, there was another school which is not unusual because there are religious schools and public schools often close by each other). I did not want to get pulled over for speeding. Then finally I saw a parking lot of a cafe and pulled in. The police pulled in after me, got out and asked me if I was ok, why was I driving so slowly. I told them I saw the slow school signs and the police were behind me and not passing me. This was on the South Side which is in a higher crime area.
Good start.
But it reveals...
Dear Patricia Kvill... try thinking, you are not even close. Denial is not where this is going.