Heavy times in America. What’s going on here? Are these modern day lynchings? Are they? Do we need to look in the mirror? Did the cops make mistakes or are procedures inadequate? The NYC police commissioner will spend millions to train 22,000 cops but won’t say cop made mistake. He won’t say procedures not followed. He won’t say procedures inadequate. He won’t apologize. Ferguson cop’s conscious is clear. He would do it again if in the same situation.
I have a friend who castigated me for my questions, saying I’ve never been in “combat”. Split second life threatening decisions have to be made. I’ll never know what it feels like. The stress, the fear. True. I doubt I’d have the courage to face that every day. I’ll never know. But have we come to this? Comparing Ferguson, Missouri to Baghdad, Iraq? One of our American cities to a war zone? These are questions Americans need to ask and answer.