 |
|
By the way, who were the 5 boys Trump allegedly demanded
Posted on: November 17, 2016 at 17:50:01 CT
JeffB MU
Posts:
72858
Member For:
21.60 yrs
Level:
User
M.O.B. Votes:
0
be executed who were in fact innocent of the charges? That's apparently a story I missed.
“I can’t believe this. I just can’t believe it,” said one of the officers, the younger of the two. The other just shook his head. I asked the younger officer what he thought about all of this—about President Donald Trump. “This is deep, man. This is deep. Who am I supposed to be protecting now?” He looked down at his uniform. “Why am I wearing this?” He didn’t need to explain. The Donald Trump who won the presidency on Tuesday is the Donald Trump who demanded execution for five boys, wrongly accused of a crime.
In any event, I don't expect the same drastic change in law enforcement due to a Trump presidency that Bouie does:
He is the Trump who ran on a platform of “law and order.” The age of Trump will be an age in which police can act with impunity. And as an officer of color, he knew, perhaps better than anyone, that it’s people who look like us—who are brown and black—who will face the brunt of that impunity.
The rules and procedures for the cop on the street is more likely to be governed by local authorities than some mandate(s) from the federal level.
Or so it seems to me.
Edited by JeffB at 17:52:53 on 11/17/16
“I can’t believe this. I just can’t believe it,” said one of the officers, the younger of the two. The other just shook his head. I asked the younger officer what he thought about all of this—about President Donald Trump. “This is deep, man. This is deep. Who am I supposed to be protecting now?” He looked down at his uniform. “Why am I wearing this?” He didn’t need to explain. The Donald Trump who won the presidency on Tuesday is the Donald Trump who demanded execution for five boys, wrongly accused of a crime.
In any event, I don't expect the same drastic change in law enforcement due to a Trump presidency that Bouie does:
He is the Trump who ran on a platform of “law and order.” The age of Trump will be an age in which police can act with impunity. And as an officer of color, he knew, perhaps better than anyone, that it’s people who look like us—who are brown and black—who will face the brunt of that impunity.
The rules and procedures for the cop on the street is more likely to be governed by local authorities than some mandate(s) from the federal level.
Or so it seems to me.
Edited by JeffB at 17:52:53 on 11/17/16
Please explain why this message is being reported.
MESSAGE THREAD
By the way, who were the 5 boys Trump allegedly demanded - JeffB MU - 11/17 17:50:01