On Thu, 29 Oct 2015 17:09:20 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Wed, 28 Oct 2015 21:23:18 -0500, Ignoramus13886
wrote:

OK, let me ask you a question.

If the police feels too intimidated to get out of their cars and
confront criminals, in black neighborhoods, would that be good or bad
for the residents of those neighborhoods?

Bad.


Would that save black lives?

No, it would probably end up in more lives lost (when the criminals
knew they would always get away with the crimes. But it would switch
deaths from the criminals (killed by cops) to the neighbors (killed by
the criminals). That's a bad thing, too.

-
To change one's self is sufficient. It's the idiots who want
to change the world who are causing all the trouble.
--Anonymous

But you have to ask why they're intimidated. Is it because they're
used to ignoring the law, and now they're afraid they won't get away
with it?

There have been some good statements by high-level police officials
lately, to the effect that this video recording may finally be the
trick that enables something they've been trying to do for decades --
encourage professionalizing of the politce, and building a better
relationship with the communities they serve.

Meantime, there is going to be some blowback and overreaction. Let's
hope it works out positively, and soon.

--
Ed Huntress