tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post106682506265075707..comments2024-03-23T19:16:01.555-07:00Comments on Can it happen here?: Whiteness run amokjaninsanfranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07548452260456734928noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-25544826780483222592016-09-22T09:44:06.555-07:002016-09-22T09:44:06.555-07:00Brandon: I think police departments must be made t...Brandon: I think police departments must be made to operate under fierce rules that emphasize their "protect and serve" function. Any "use of force" should be viewed as a failure of proper policing, liable to hurt the officer using force's career prospects, if not immediately end a career. Any unjustified use of force by cops should result in criminal charges, as it would for anyone else. The job is to prevent violence, not to use violence. Yes, in a country with people running around with scarcely limited guns, that's scary. But that is the job. These days, police too often think of themselves as an army.janinsanfranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07548452260456734928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-50088987060992075062016-09-22T09:00:24.807-07:002016-09-22T09:00:24.807-07:00Good summary of a complex situation. I'm wonde...Good summary of a complex situation. I'm wondering if the stand-pat racism of people like my now mostly deceased older relatives still exists. They are the kind who do not object to people of color in their place. Hattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621439195920479957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-17837424216127150652016-09-21T15:02:30.144-07:002016-09-21T15:02:30.144-07:00How would a racially sensitive police force work, ...How would a racially sensitive police force work, in your opinion? If memory serves, the San Francisco police officer who made those offensive tweets was Asian. Brandonnoreply@blogger.com