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(57,936 posts)and the will of the voters. They have other means for speaking out about their grievances.
If they are unhappy in their work, they should get other jobs. Maybe policing is not their thing. Being a police officer means working for the people and the officials the people elect. There just is no way around that.
And yes, American families are more and more diverse. That is one of the reasons that you see so many white people in the demonstrations about police brutality toward minoriities.
In one generation, between the all-white siblings in mine, and the intermarriages and inter-racial adoptions in the generation of our children, we are seeing the reality of diversity if our family. And we are not that unusual.
If you received the Christmas greeting from Elizabeth Warren, you see that her family is also ethnically and racially diverse. I do not want my racially and ethnically diverse great-nephews and nieces and my own racially diverse grandchildren to suffer from police brutality based on racial stereotypes. I have a stake in this.
The police are servants of the people and serve at the will of the authorities elected by the people. If they don't like it, they should find another job.