LakeVermilion
LakeVermilion's JournalLast night's performance by community police
has removed any empathy for the job they do. Its like it was a universal action against the people they "serve and protect."
No time for them. And I'm one of those 60's guys who didn't lose the faith. In my 70's now and still sit on the left side of society.
George Floyd hypothetical:
Let's suppose that George Floyd did not die and instead was taken into custody for passing a counterfeit $20 bill. After being charged, I imagine he would need some sort of bail to insure that he appeared in court later this summer.
Let's suppose that the citizen's who videoed the incident brought the video to the police with complaints of excess force. Do we think that any action would be taken to address the knee on the neck either with the police force or the individual officer?
I'm sure that George Floyd would have eventually had the charges dropped or be on some sort of probation. I'm also sure that Minneapolis police (and many others across the United States) would continue to cross over the line of enforcement.
Let's hope that this time we move to be a more inclusive society, and that our society removes the violence from community policing. The police are way too invested in the military style engagements and too often become accuser, judge, jury and executioner. They need to be refocused and reeducated.
just my thoughts.
I could do better...
Sign on if you believe you could have led our Federal government in the Covid-19 crisis better than Donald Trump.
Its ironic that the most powerful country in world history
cannot defend itself against this virus. Since World War II our military industrial complex has given us massive power around the globe. Yet we failed to defend our health, devalued our education and dismissed science.
So we face an enemy that bombs and armies cannot stop, and need science, education and a health system that have been dismissed as elitism.
If we are lucky we won't regress into another Stone Age.
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Name: T BegichGender: Do not display
Hometown: Tower, Minnesota
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Current location: Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota
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