Extinguishing blacks is exactly what some COPs would like to do…. It’s not all COPs but the Unions and the Blue Code prevents the good COPs from intervening…. It’s time to get rid of the bad COPs and change recruitment…. Psychological testing should be done on new recruits to root out bullies and racists…. and an anonymous reporting system should be initiated so that bad COPs can be identified and dealt with. In addition, independent Police Commissions should review every reported incident and complaint and take appropriate actions to reform or fire COPs who appear to lack the ability to properly do their job.
The way to solve the looting, rioting problem is to figure out that the rioting is NOT the problem, it is the reaction to the problem.
Weeding the bullies out of the police department and putting in a psychological test for their replacements would be the first step in solving the rioting problem. My brother in law was a cop in a small Texas town. He was a bully in high school to the point of exhibiting psychological issues in the stuff that he did, and he was able to turn that hobby into a profession by joining the local police department
Our police should be carefully chosen, required to wear cameras, and any complaints should be reviewed by a citizen’s committee, elected by the citizens of the community. The police have a “thin blue line” alliance that means that cops take care of each other. It should be modified to mean that no one covers for a cop who has done something wrong. I understand that the police are not dealing with the cream of society on a day to day basis, and actual respect for the average arrestee can be a hard thing to muster. But, they need to understand that covering for a cop who is not treating the citizens they arrest with respect even when they least deserve it is actually putting every one of them at more risk. Any time a neighbor is treated badly by the cops, even if I agree that he is a piece of scum, it makes me distrust that I will be treated fairly by the police. Until the people of a community trust that they will be treated fairly, there will be riots, and too many police have historically not acted in a way which created that trust.
And now, a reading from scripture, from the First Letter of J. Edgar Hoover: “In the beginning, there was authoritarian personality disorder. Then, there were cops.” Which, of course, is NOT fair, yet there isn’t (yet) a law against satire…………
Law enforcement has always had their share of “bad apples” – in no other field can a “bad apple” have such a destructive force.
This problem must be addressed on a local level, but there must be State and National support for the correction!
Every person who wears a badge MUST undergo psychological evaluation on a continual basis with those failing the evaluation summarily discharged with their names added to a national database so they can’t move from position to position with impunity – and those who pass such rigorous scrutiny must be remunerated accordingly!
The public’s welfare is in their hands and each individual should be regulated, accordingly. Until that happens, nothing will change.
Derek Chauvin had to work as a security guard after hours – this should NOT have been necessary. The venue at which he was employed was evidently some kind of “western” bar that entertained both Hispanic and Black groups. His former employer, there, reported that he “preferred” not to work black events as they “made him uncomfortable”! This is a red flag of brightest crimson! This should have been picked up during regular evaluation of his psychological readiness to serve the public as a law enforcement official.
I can think of no earthly reason why Officer Chauvin or any other officer with his mental ‘peculiarities’ should be allowed to continue to serve in the capacity in which he served. This is on all of us – we all allowed this to happen !
wyneaux almost 4 years ago
Extinguishing blacks is exactly what some COPs would like to do…. It’s not all COPs but the Unions and the Blue Code prevents the good COPs from intervening…. It’s time to get rid of the bad COPs and change recruitment…. Psychological testing should be done on new recruits to root out bullies and racists…. and an anonymous reporting system should be initiated so that bad COPs can be identified and dealt with. In addition, independent Police Commissions should review every reported incident and complaint and take appropriate actions to reform or fire COPs who appear to lack the ability to properly do their job.
Diane Lee Premium Member almost 4 years ago
The way to solve the looting, rioting problem is to figure out that the rioting is NOT the problem, it is the reaction to the problem.
Weeding the bullies out of the police department and putting in a psychological test for their replacements would be the first step in solving the rioting problem. My brother in law was a cop in a small Texas town. He was a bully in high school to the point of exhibiting psychological issues in the stuff that he did, and he was able to turn that hobby into a profession by joining the local police departmentOur police should be carefully chosen, required to wear cameras, and any complaints should be reviewed by a citizen’s committee, elected by the citizens of the community. The police have a “thin blue line” alliance that means that cops take care of each other. It should be modified to mean that no one covers for a cop who has done something wrong. I understand that the police are not dealing with the cream of society on a day to day basis, and actual respect for the average arrestee can be a hard thing to muster. But, they need to understand that covering for a cop who is not treating the citizens they arrest with respect even when they least deserve it is actually putting every one of them at more risk. Any time a neighbor is treated badly by the cops, even if I agree that he is a piece of scum, it makes me distrust that I will be treated fairly by the police. Until the people of a community trust that they will be treated fairly, there will be riots, and too many police have historically not acted in a way which created that trust.
Godfreydaniel almost 4 years ago
And now, a reading from scripture, from the First Letter of J. Edgar Hoover: “In the beginning, there was authoritarian personality disorder. Then, there were cops.” Which, of course, is NOT fair, yet there isn’t (yet) a law against satire…………
wellis1947 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Law enforcement has always had their share of “bad apples” – in no other field can a “bad apple” have such a destructive force.
This problem must be addressed on a local level, but there must be State and National support for the correction!
Every person who wears a badge MUST undergo psychological evaluation on a continual basis with those failing the evaluation summarily discharged with their names added to a national database so they can’t move from position to position with impunity – and those who pass such rigorous scrutiny must be remunerated accordingly!
The public’s welfare is in their hands and each individual should be regulated, accordingly. Until that happens, nothing will change.
Derek Chauvin had to work as a security guard after hours – this should NOT have been necessary. The venue at which he was employed was evidently some kind of “western” bar that entertained both Hispanic and Black groups. His former employer, there, reported that he “preferred” not to work black events as they “made him uncomfortable”! This is a red flag of brightest crimson! This should have been picked up during regular evaluation of his psychological readiness to serve the public as a law enforcement official.
I can think of no earthly reason why Officer Chauvin or any other officer with his mental ‘peculiarities’ should be allowed to continue to serve in the capacity in which he served. This is on all of us – we all allowed this to happen !