bluetick wrote:The overriding majority of chants at BLM marches are "Stop killing us" and "No Justice No Peace." Many are poorly organized, but for the most part are fairly benign. It's nearly all grassroots efforts all over the map. Even so, the movement is being credited with influencing some legitimate policy changes:
Since 2014, over 120 communities nationwide have formed civilian review boards for local policing, according to the National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement.
There has been a five-fold increase of indictments for LEOs charged with crimes
Cities and states have increasingly reformed or reduced the militarization of their law agencies, cutting back on weapons of war such as weaponized drones, grenades and launchers, armored vehicles etc. Last year Obama signed a bill banning tracked military vehicles being sold to law agencies
And probably the most notable change BLM has helped foster is the increased use of body cameras by police, a relatively inexpensive technology that guarantees greater accountability by law enforcement agencies. When the Obama administration made federal funding available to expand body programs last year, more than 70 policie departments applied.
More cameras, more oversight...nothing wrong with any of that that I can see. Maybe others see it differently.
you left out
Shooting deaths of law enforcement officers spiked 78 percent in the first half of 2016 compared to last year, including an alarming increase in ambush-style assaults like the ones that killed eight officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge, according to a report released Wednesday.
The bottom line is
Standard anti-cop ideology, whether emanating from the ACLU or the academy, holds that law enforcement actions are racist if they don’t mirror population data. New York City illustrates why that expectation is so misguided. Blacks make up 23 percent of New York City’s population, but they commit 75 percent of all shootings, 70 percent of all robberies, and 66 percent of all violent crime, according to victims and witnesses. Add Hispanic shootings and you account for 98 percent of all illegal gunfire in the city. Whites are 33 percent of the city’s population, but they commit fewer than two percent of all shootings, four percent of all robberies, and five percent of all violent crime. These disparities mean that virtually every time the police in New York are called out on a gun run—meaning that someone has just been shot—they are being summoned to minority neighborhoods looking for minority suspects.
Body cameras are great, but if cops feel handcuffed (not a pun) in their ability to serve the public while protecting their lives, they aren't going to choose serving the public. Now throw in a movement where as a complete coincidence ambush attacks on police spike (rolling eyes) and you have more African Americans being the victim of black on black crime because police departments live in fear of litigation, persecution or public backlash to the point their lives arein danger for just wearing the uniform.
Profiling is going to continue to happen if people want effective policing
Interesting of note........
It was a split-second decision.
A distressed man with a baby in tow was pacing back and forth in a manic state and shouting incoherently. The responding police officer calmly addressed the man in an attempt to calm him down and defuse the situation, but the man suddenly pulled an object from his side and lunged toward the officer. Instinctively, the officer raised his Taser and squeezed the trigger. It turned out the man was armed with a knife, but the "officer," who was actually the firebrand African-American activist known as Quanell X, acknowledged he would have fired whether the assailant had a knife, a spoon or an empty hand.
“I didn’t even see it,” said the leader of the Houston area Black Panther Party, who was taking part in a training scenario in an attempt to understand what police officers go through during high-pressure situations. “It could have been anything in his hand, and I still would have used force to stop him.
“It all happened so fast," he added. "You don’t know what they could have in their hand.”
Quanell, a former Nation of Islam member, is one of at least two black activists to take the police training tests. Both he and Arizona activist the Rev. Jarrett Maupin came away from the experience with a newfound understanding of the pressure on police officers, not to mention a new message for black youth who come in contact with law enforcement officers.
“I walked away with a few things,” Quanell said “Many of these officers do not have adequate training and they should not be patrolling by themselves. Having backup would stop them from being skittish and firing their weapon.
“Also, we have to teach our community that, even if you disagree with the officer, do not try to litigate with them on the spot," he added. "Live to see another day. Don’t let our pride get in the way. Otherwise, you are setting yourself up.”
I like the stinky pinky but only up to the first knuckle, I do not want a GD thumb up there--I've told her multiple times and I always catch her when she tries to pull a fast one---it's my butthole for Chrissakes I'm gonna know--so cut out the BS.
