tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877849.post9124523782145854401..comments2024-03-28T02:11:54.900+10:00Comments on GUN WATCH: Chief James Craig needs to Protect Detroit Open Carryjonjayrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13363092874281160320noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877849.post-78998830135184691242015-11-09T01:58:43.475+10:002015-11-09T01:58:43.475+10:00You are, I suspect, saying that the same type of p...You are, I suspect, saying that the same type of personalities chose to be police officers then and now. That may be correct, but it has little to do with racism. <br /><br />In the 1970's police professionalism was just getting off the ground. Now, it is hard to become a police officer without some college, often 2 years minimum, and a full time academy of 3-6 months. Performing police duties without racism is beat into officers today so hard that black offenders are actually arrested and convicted at slightly lower levels than white offenders. Police are more reluctant to arrest black offenders than white offenders.<br /><br />Notice that I say offenders, not a percentage of the total population. <br /><br />A greater percentage of black people are in jail because there are more black criminals, not because of racism. As an aside, I know many police today, and racism against white males is rampant in police selection and promotion, according to the police that I talk to. As a result, there are many, many more black police officers and police management than there were in the 1970's.<br /><br />There are still pockets of racism against black people, mostly in the large urban centers where the stereotypes are reinforced by the large numbers of black criminals, but now it is often black police officers that treat black suspects so much differently than white suspects. Is it racism when a black police officer does it?<br /><br /><br />Dean Weingartenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07026716292548440054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877849.post-43014299944833071542015-11-07T23:20:43.943+10:002015-11-07T23:20:43.943+10:00Having worked with a number of police agencies in ...<b>Having worked with a number of police agencies in the early 1970's and later, and having talked with people inside the police culture of the time in large urban areas, I can report that racism and discrimination against black people in the 70's was rampant.</b><br /><br />The same people who chose to be police then and swore an oath to uphold the constitution are the same people today who chose to be police and swore to uphold the constitution.Dan Griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16821363161467124604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877849.post-10446971212030385192015-11-07T10:09:28.638+10:002015-11-07T10:09:28.638+10:00Good luck talking to Chief Craig. I tried to arra...Good luck talking to Chief Craig. I tried to arrange an interview with him through his office a year ago and was unsuccessful. They didn't outright refuse, but they had difficulty working it in to our schedules. Dan Griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16821363161467124604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877849.post-85883553557593373732015-11-07T09:13:44.158+10:002015-11-07T09:13:44.158+10:00Sounds to me like a writ of Mandamus is required. ...Sounds to me like a writ of Mandamus is required. An order to demand the police do what the law requires them to do, charge him or return his weapon immediately. Violation of that court order, a writ of mandamus, could result in an arrest of the police refusing to comply. If a court refuses to issue the writ then it becomes a civil rights issue and he can go directly to federal court. With a complaint demanding the judge that refused to issue the writ be removed from the bench for malfeasance and the police for theft of a fire arm, a felony and loss of employments as a police officer for ever. plus money for life endangerment for everyday he has not had his personal protection and his rights were denied. the cap on civil rights violations is 15 million dollars. Not too many complaints like that and the police just might find it cheaper to retrain their staff. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com