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

[TreasonousBastard]

13. My first comment is...

that this is an anonymous discussion board made up of people who have no known credibility. Who really cares what any of us think?

But, more importantly, is that there are thousands of police stops and interventions every year (maybe even every day) and we just get to hear about the worst of them. Sure, there are bad ones we don't hear about, but we never hear about the good ones at all.

A week or so ago I was listening to a panel discussion with some serious police chiefs talking about this sort of thing. They were very well aware of the political and social problems out there and were sensitive to community concerns. I think they would all agree this was handled badly, but they did explain the training involved to try to reduce tensions while being aware of possible triggers that could make things worse. It's not an easy job.

I don't remember many of the details, but what impressed me was that they were making a good faith attempt to solve problems, not cause or inflame them.