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Originally Posted by BigRedChief
We have talked privately about some of this. The town I live in had a full blown race riot in the mid-90's when a white cop shot an unarmed black man.It was national news. On every channel. Front page of every paper. No one trusted the cops because they just did whatever they wanted at any time. As long as the older white people were safe, no one in government cared to change this behavior.
Things slowly changed. Still a lot of racists down here but, now the vast majority of citizens trust the police. Are friendly towards them on the street. They quit seeing everyone as a possible criminal to put down. Police were viewed as humans, not racist pigs. Cops were held accountable. Fired, put in jail, suspended etc. They started foot patrols in neighborhoods. Put them on bikes. The citizens had more pleasant interactions with cops. Attitudes changed that the few didn't really represent the whole police squad.
They have the 3rd largest gay pride festival in the country here. Use to have all kinds of violence between rednecks coming down to beat up people. The police turned a blind eye. Now they put out a public notice last year to keep your conversations and greetings with police to a minimum. People were thanking them for their service. Appreciate the turn around. Distracting them from doing their job. They havent had an incident of violence in 10 years now.
It seems like a formula that works everywhere. Get cops out of their cars. Show the city that the vast majority want to serve and help make it safe. Will hold accountable the cops who **** up and hurt innocent citizens. Anyone of us on here does what this cop did, we don't get off, we are going to jail. Undercuts all the goodwill.
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Just curious..was this unarmed black man standing still with his hands up or possibly resisting or not complying and reaching in his pockets? People think just because someone is unarmed they shouldn’t be shot by police. NOT the case. Officers don’t know if someone is armed or not.