Good vs. Evil
June 3, 2020
Police Officer Chauvin, who is white, kept his knee on George Floyd’s neck, who is black, for eight minutes and 46 seconds while three police officers Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao looked on and did not intervene to aid Mr. Floyd and their inaction helped caused the death of Mr. Floyd.
Officer Chauvin had eighteen conduct complaints filed against him with only two resulting in reprimands. Sixteen times he was told his actions were acceptable which eventually led to the death of George Floyd. Well, that action was not acceptable and that led to our country, and the entire world, being in turmoil. How was this cop still in uniform?
I listened to a Police Chief in another state who said that any cop who found Mr. Floyd’s death acceptable “needs to turn their badge in now”
I watched another cop with a young black man on the ground, face down, and a second cop placing handcuffs on him when I noticed the cop had his knee on his neck when the other cop took his pants leg and moved his knee to the young man’s shoulder. As I’m writing this another video showing yet another cop doing the same thing.
Protester’s vs. Looters
There is, and always will be “strength in numbers” and when people have had enough of injustice they have one way to bring attention to their cause. They come out by the thousands and protest, and that gets the attention of people in a position too rectify the situation.
Smashing windows, burning property, and looting stores that has accompanied peaceful demonstrations make some hesitant to support the protesters. We must remember looters and peaceful protesters aren’t the same people and we should never paint them all with the same brush.
Protesters have formed a line to protect a police officer from harm when he was separated from his unit and threatened. Ask yourself who they were protecting him from. Certainly not law abiding citizens just trying to make us a better country but from people taking advantage of a situation to drive a deeper wedge between the police and black residents.
It is impossible for me not to support the police but I was brought up being told by my parents if someone is bothering you find a cop, they will keep you safe. How sad black parents feel they can’t tell that to their children.
In my opinion the WPB police are the best in the state and I have watched them interact with young black children in the Peace Walk and also the “Coffee with a Cop” program. Both programs benefit the police and the residents.
I don’t want to see college students tazed and dragged from their cars. I don’t want to see the police run down in the street and murdered by people who only have the desire to pull this country apart. We are smarter and better than that.
The majority of police are decent hardworking people who come to our house when called, who work to keep us safe, and want to go home to their families at the end of their shift. I repeat we should never paint them all with the same brush.
I commend all the Police Chiefs who have taken a knee with the protesters in solidarity now is the time to stand up and take a hard look at the men/women in your command and begin the process of removing the bad apples from service. State Attorney’s need to prosecute the bad ones and Police Unions need to stop defending their actions.