Winner of the John Kerry-Heinz “DUH” award.
There is a middle ground for all of this “hate”, “fear”, and “insanity”.
We don’t have to tear each other and this nation apart over issues that should be addressed and agreed upon by a reasonable population.
I’m glad this guy found the courage to try living in the shoes of the other side.
Perhaps it would be an interesting experiment to recruit some BLM types for the police and police training. Let them prove how serious they are.
You are so worried about police in your black communities? How will you deal with the drug-dealer selling to kids? What will you do when the local businesses “your people” need complain to you about constant shoplifting and threats? How are you going to stop drive-by shootings, especially when no on in the hood will give you information?
Have at it, boys and girls.
This needs to be clarified to say "... for their own [and mutual] safety." Yes there are bad cops and they can be protected too far and too long by their brotherhood, but good cops can be caught by bad situations. A civilian does best for all by being cooperative and saving his powder for when it does some good. Arguing a traffic stop beyond clarification leads to undesirable outcomes.
Still, it is good to see that a BLM leader is open to reason!
I went to the FBI Citizen’s Academy. There was a local news anchor in the class with me. During a simulated shoot/don’t shoot drill he (justifiably) shot the bad guy till his gun was empty. I told him later that he should think about that when the press reports how many shots police fire in a shoot out. Unfortunately I don’t think in his opinion I rose to the level of him listening to me.
Plenty of armchair experts that would probably benefit from similar simulations from their police departments. Unless you’ve actually been confronted with situations like that, you have no idea how you would respond.