I’m certainly glad that Baltimore, Ferguson, and South Carolina cases haven’t led a single American to put all cops in the same bag.
The court appearance of the cop from Aurora, Colorado speaking to what it was like to pick up a dead six year old, killed by a right-wing white gun nut, represented far more police, and what they have to face on a regular basis, to “protect and serve”, and the anguish when they feel they’ve failed.
Hmm, personal experience again; a black lady had been tubing on the river, fell in, and wasn’t breathing when pulled out. The first ranger gave up on CPR when she threw up, which is common. I got there and continued CPR for fifteen minutes, but she was gone. We tried because she was a person. We later found out she was the personal secretary for the Carpenters, the sining brother and sister.
Point being, her race and postion didn’t influence the rescue effort. What did matter was that we felt had the first person to start been better trained in CPR, and how to continue when “icky” things happened, we might have saved her, maybe not, but a lack of training may have failed her.
Which, how many ‘average citizens" are trained in any elment of what police, or any first responders, have to deal with when “**it” hits the fan, whether it’s fire, flood, accident, or criminal behavior and dangerous activiity.
Of the thousands of comments I’ve read from those “average” folks, less than 1/2 of one percent, have even the slightest clue what they’re talking about.
Which is why having a right to an opinion, is not carried forth to a right to invent your own “facts”.
I’m certainly glad that Baltimore, Ferguson, and South Carolina cases haven’t led a single American to put all cops in the same bag.
The court appearance of the cop from Aurora, Colorado speaking to what it was like to pick up a dead six year old, killed by a right-wing white gun nut, represented far more police, and what they have to face on a regular basis, to “protect and serve”, and the anguish when they feel they’ve failed.
Hmm, personal experience again; a black lady had been tubing on the river, fell in, and wasn’t breathing when pulled out. The first ranger gave up on CPR when she threw up, which is common. I got there and continued CPR for fifteen minutes, but she was gone. We tried because she was a person. We later found out she was the personal secretary for the Carpenters, the sining brother and sister.
Point being, her race and postion didn’t influence the rescue effort. What did matter was that we felt had the first person to start been better trained in CPR, and how to continue when “icky” things happened, we might have saved her, maybe not, but a lack of training may have failed her.
Which, how many ‘average citizens" are trained in any elment of what police, or any first responders, have to deal with when “**it” hits the fan, whether it’s fire, flood, accident, or criminal behavior and dangerous activiity.
Of the thousands of comments I’ve read from those “average” folks, less than 1/2 of one percent, have even the slightest clue what they’re talking about.
Which is why having a right to an opinion, is not carried forth to a right to invent your own “facts”.