Thinking about the Teenage Pool Party and the people defending the cops. I have a question for you [View all]

[Hekate]

A couple of people here want it understood that cops are to be obeyed no matter what, any time any where, and that the 14 y.o. girl no doubt brought her throwdown on herself.

I've got to tell you up front I am really upset.

So here's my question: I wonder if it isn't time for "proper" police/civilian interactive behavior to be taught to all kids in high school.

Today I was driving home from the grocery store listening to this story on NPR, and wondering: Should all kids of all colors have a class in the high school gym on how to behave extremely subserviently to armed uniformed police officers?

We can't just get by on saying Yes sir and No sir any more, can we? Not when just giving cops a funny look much less seriously having a teenage attitude can mean a death sentence.

Kids have got to practice cringing at an early age, so they'll know the right way to do it, right down to laying face-down in the dirt before they're even told to.

I include white kids in this because I remember those protestors at UC Berkeley who were cuffed, kneeling, unresisting, and a cop walked along the line of them pepper spraying their eyes. Obviously they were doing it wrong. I mean the young people, not of course the police.

Help me out here. What. The. Hell.