WALKING WHILE BLACK: GARNETTE CADOGAN ON THE REALITIES OF BEING BLACK IN AMERICA

[Ban Hammer 14,654]

don't forget about me!! i detest white people, even myself!

[smilesammich 10,727]

Why don't you sign on to go put your life on the line in some of these inner city neighborhoodso run by super predators and gangsee that have no morals or social awareness and get back to me on the Barney the dinosaur tickle fest approach to police

because it takes a certain type of person to be a cop, to be a good cop. i am not that person. also, keep stirring.

long before obama was elected into office..

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

It DOES take a certain type to desire to put themselves in harms way to protect others, to risk their own lives to make this world a better place. It's an honorable profession, and horribly underpaid. It is chock full of uncertainty and danger and terror and sometimes sheer boredom. As simple call to a house because someone is yelling can easily wind up with another police officer in a body bag. Heck, as we see in Dallas, just walking down the street in uniform can mean instant death.

Yeah, not many are willing to put their lives on the line for the rest of the country. Not many are willing to risk their lives to actually make a difference, or to try and turn the tide into what they believe is right. The majority would rather sit back and talk about what SHOULD be, rather than get up and make it happen. But if they raised the annual salaries of police to say, $150K per year, I bet you'd see more people willing to join the fray.

because it takes a certain type of person to be a cop, to be a good cop. i am not that person.

[smilesammich 10,727]

It DOES take a certain type to desire to put themselves in harms way to protect others, to risk their own lives to make this world a better place. It's an honorable profession, and horribly underpaid. It is chock full of uncertainty and danger and terror and sometimes sheer boredom. As simple call to a house because someone is yelling can easily wind up with another police officer in a body bag. Heck, as we see in Dallas, just walking down the street in uniform can mean instant death.

Yeah, not many are willing to put their lives on the line for the rest of the country. Not many are willing to risk their lives to actually make a difference, or to try and turn the tide into what they believe is right. The majority would rather sit back and talk about what SHOULD be, rather than get up and make it happen. But if they raised the annual salaries of police to say, $150K per year, I bet you'd see more people willing to join the fray.

i agree. they should be well paid. they should also have the best standards of training and departments should only employ those who are well trained, those who are a good fit for whatever type of l.e they're in. of course, that would require lots of money that most departments don't have.

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

Yep. In addition to all of that, when they discover a "bad" cop, someone with a superior attitude, or a desire to hurt others, or a lack of concern for human life, then they need to let that person go ASAP. No circling of the wagons. And if a bad cop kills someone, said bad cop needs to go to jail or be dead just the same as anyone else who wantonly takes anothers' life.

i agree. they should be well paid. they should also have the best standards of training and departments should only employ those who are well trained, those who are a good fit for whatever type of l.e they're in. of course, that would require lots of money that most departments don't have.

[Expat1 971]

i fell safer walking around the middle of frankfurt am main at 0200 than any american city, btw.

Ditto Dhahran

[Dashinka 26,253]

Apparently there are some good cops out there with good (non-lethal) experiences with POC.

TUCSON, AZ - A Tucson man is thanking officers after he was recently stopped for a traffic offense.

Steven Hildreth Jr. said on Facebook he was driving with a headlight out when a Tucson Police officer turned around and followed him.

Hildreth said he knew he would be stopped and was already preparing for the interaction....see link

http://www.abc15.com/news/region-central-southern-az/tucson/tucson-man-thanks-officers-after-traffic-stop