I have several close family members who are (white) police officers, I also have several family members (my adopted daughter and others) who are black...I understand that police officers are working in often very dangerous situations...but this statement by your previous reader about racist cops doesn’t ring true to me: Good cops despise those cops...I’ve heard the stories from black family members and friends of the profiling and harassment that is endemic...I’ve watched my (very young) daughter being profiled by white officers and managers (white, Asian and others)...And yet I’ve heard very little from the police acknowledging that. Instead I have watched both my relatives and police spokesmen double down on the defense of racist cops and racism. They all immediately come to the defense of the very racist cops your reader says they despise. Rarely have I seen a police chief or spokesman say We despise what this officer has done. But worse still is watching my family members defend these obviously racist cops, and post racist stuff as some kind of defense on social media. I’ve had to block them from my feeds. I am not sure I am able to explain to my daughter that some of the people she loves are racist … and cops...I respect and love what the police do for our society, but even I am starting to worry they are becoming militarized group feeling they are in a war.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 04:05:37 +0000