George Floyd died at the hand(s) of the police in their normal course of doing business. What we witnessed, is the ingrained culture of police departments in many places. There is a simple way to fix that problem.
For what ever reason the cop(s) who caused the death of George Floyd can be seen in broad daylight committing the act that caused his death.
For what ever reason the cop(s) did what they did, with no fear, no worry of getting fired, or being charged, or being admonished, or being judged in any manner whatsoever.
For what ever reason the cop(s) exist in a culture that I/we do not, and we can not easily understand.
The solution goes back to before our constitution and the meaning of a "jury", or more accurately a jury of ones "peers".
I for one, as police departments presently exist in our nation, do not feel that I am a peer of a police officer, . . . I have no idea what we ask/expect them to do on a daily basis. It is my opinion and my belief that our society wrongly ask police to do things that we can't and do not want to do/face ourselves.
"If" cop(s) were judged only by their peers, over time (not immediately), good cops (whatever that turns out to be) would turn on the bad cops, and that is the only way the culture in the police department will change. The military have their own justice system for precisely those reasons. We ask soldiers to do things that we don't /can't fully understand.
In front of a jury of one peers, a cop can speak in the figures of speech that only cops understand! They will get a just hearing. Over time, cops will not stand by their partners while their partners are doing something that they would condemn.
Simple solutions are the only ones that work and this simple change would work over the course of a couple years.
For what ever reason the cop(s) who caused the death of George Floyd can be seen in broad daylight committing the act that caused his death.
For what ever reason the cop(s) did what they did, with no fear, no worry of getting fired, or being charged, or being admonished, or being judged in any manner whatsoever.
For what ever reason the cop(s) exist in a culture that I/we do not, and we can not easily understand.
The solution goes back to before our constitution and the meaning of a "jury", or more accurately a jury of ones "peers".
I for one, as police departments presently exist in our nation, do not feel that I am a peer of a police officer, . . . I have no idea what we ask/expect them to do on a daily basis. It is my opinion and my belief that our society wrongly ask police to do things that we can't and do not want to do/face ourselves.
"If" cop(s) were judged only by their peers, over time (not immediately), good cops (whatever that turns out to be) would turn on the bad cops, and that is the only way the culture in the police department will change. The military have their own justice system for precisely those reasons. We ask soldiers to do things that we don't /can't fully understand.
In front of a jury of one peers, a cop can speak in the figures of speech that only cops understand! They will get a just hearing. Over time, cops will not stand by their partners while their partners are doing something that they would condemn.
Simple solutions are the only ones that work and this simple change would work over the course of a couple years.
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