Elrich bans blue lives matter displays

[Anonymous]

I was in WV and saw a sign with the words Blue Lives Matter in the window of a police station. I was taken aback.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And forces removal of one at a police station https://twitter.com/abc7kevin/status/1190630119603396608?s=21

Shameful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And forces removal of one at a police station https://twitter.com/abc7kevin/status/1190630119603396608?s=21

Shameful.

Yes, it was shameful. The police should never have put up that tweet showing the wood-worked flag-looking thing. At the very least, they should have taken the tweet down after they heard from the community. For the police to be able to do their job effectively, the community needs to trust the police. The flag-looking thing just encouraged distrust.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And forces removal of one at a police station https://twitter.com/abc7kevin/status/1190630119603396608?s=21

Shameful.

Yes, it was shameful. The police should never have put up that tweet showing the wood-worked flag-looking thing. At the very least, they should have taken the tweet down after they heard from the community. For the police to be able to do their job effectively, the community needs to trust the police. The flag-looking thing just encouraged distrust.

Why?

[Anonymous]

Elrich continues to be a disgrace and should resign. No wonder Moco is down the crapper.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And forces removal of one at a police station https://twitter.com/abc7kevin/status/1190630119603396608?s=21

Shameful.

Yes, it was shameful. The police should never have put up that tweet showing the wood-worked flag-looking thing. At the very least, they should have taken the tweet down after they heard from the community. For the police to be able to do their job effectively, the community needs to trust the police. The flag-looking thing just encouraged distrust.

Why?

Because while the originators of the blue-line flag did not intend it as a symbol of white supremacy, white supremacists use it as a symbol of white supremacy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And forces removal of one at a police station https://twitter.com/abc7kevin/status/1190630119603396608?s=21

Shameful.

Yes, it was shameful. The police should never have put up that tweet showing the wood-worked flag-looking thing. At the very least, they should have taken the tweet down after they heard from the community. For the police to be able to do their job effectively, the community needs to trust the police. The flag-looking thing just encouraged distrust.

Why?

Because while the originators of the blue-line flag did not intend it as a symbol of white supremacy, white supremacists use it as a symbol of white supremacy.

White supremacists use the American flag too. Should we ban that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And forces removal of one at a police station https://twitter.com/abc7kevin/status/1190630119603396608?s=21

Shameful.

Yes, it was shameful. The police should never have put up that tweet showing the wood-worked flag-looking thing. At the very least, they should have taken the tweet down after they heard from the community. For the police to be able to do their job effectively, the community needs to trust the police. The flag-looking thing just encouraged distrust.

Why?

Because while the originators of the blue-line flag did not intend it as a symbol of white supremacy, white supremacists use it as a symbol of white supremacy.

White supremacists use the American flag too. Should we ban that?

Generally, in communication with humans, context matters.

Lots of people in Montgomery County saw the police tweet with the blue-line flag and reacted to the flag as a symbol of white supremacy. Do you think it helps the police when lots of people believe that the police are tweeting out symbols of white supremacy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And forces removal of one at a police station https://twitter.com/abc7kevin/status/1190630119603396608?s=21

Shameful.

Yes, it was shameful. The police should never have put up that tweet showing the wood-worked flag-looking thing. At the very least, they should have taken the tweet down after they heard from the community. For the police to be able to do their job effectively, the community needs to trust the police. The flag-looking thing just encouraged distrust.

Why?

Because while the originators of the blue-line flag did not intend it as a symbol of white supremacy, white supremacists use it as a symbol of white supremacy.

White supremacists use the American flag too. Should we ban that?

Generally, in communication with humans, context matters.

Lots of people in Montgomery County saw the police tweet with the blue-line flag and reacted to the flag as a symbol of white supremacy. Do you think it helps the police when lots of people believe that the police are tweeting out symbols of white supremacy?

Do you think it helps when the Executive confirms their misguided bias? He could have stated the proper context of the thin blue line. He could have had a chance to educate people. To show how much HIS police do for community relations and what they plan to do under the new Chief. Instead he’s just ignorant, like the few who complained.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Do you think it helps when the Executive confirms their misguided bias? He could have stated the proper context of the thin blue line. He could have had a chance to educate people. To show how much HIS police do for community relations and what they plan to do under the new Chief. Instead he’s just ignorant, like the few who complained.

The police had a chance to educate people. They could have apologized, explained that they did not mean it as a symbol of white supremacy, and taken down the tweet. That would have been an effective public-relations strategy. Instead, they reacted defensively. They did their own damage.

And no, it wasn't "a few" who complained, and no, they're not ignorant. Describing it as the complaints of an ignorant few is exactly what the police public relations strategy should NOT do.

[Anonymous]

The flag has been around since 1964: https://www.foxnews.com/us/controversy-over-blue-lives-matter-flag-forces-son-of-fallen-officer-to-remove-it-from-phone-pole

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The flag has been around since 1964: https://www.foxnews.com/us/controversy-over-blue-lives-matter-flag-forces-son-of-fallen-officer-to-remove-it-from-phone-pole

The swastika has been around for millennia.

When you need the public trust in order to do your job properly, but some of the public already distrusts you, and then you do something that increases public distrust, which should you do?

A. Listen and apologize
B. Tell the distrusting public that they're ignorant and wrong, and you're right and a victim

MCP, unfortunately, chose option B. Now there's even more distrust.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Do you think it helps when the Executive confirms their misguided bias? He could have stated the proper context of the thin blue line. He could have had a chance to educate people. To show how much HIS police do for community relations and what they plan to do under the new Chief. Instead he’s just ignorant, like the few who complained.

The police had a chance to educate people. They could have apologized, explained that they did not mean it as a symbol of white supremacy, and taken down the tweet. That would have been an effective public-relations strategy. Instead, they reacted defensively. They did their own damage.

And no, it wasn't "a few" who complained, and no, they're not ignorant. Describing it as the complaints of an ignorant few is exactly what the police public relations strategy should NOT do.

I’m not Police. So I can say what I want. However, in this era of demanding instant response to everything — nobody gives them any time. It’s a bureaucracy like any other. So Elrich speaks first, and inartfully at that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The flag has been around since 1964: https://www.foxnews.com/us/controversy-over-blue-lives-matter-flag-forces-son-of-fallen-officer-to-remove-it-from-phone-pole

The swastika has been around for millennia.

When you need the public trust in order to do your job properly, but some of the public already distrusts you, and then you do something that increases public distrust, which should you do?

A. Listen and apologize
B. Tell the distrusting public that they're ignorant and wrong, and you're right and a victim

MCP, unfortunately, chose option B. Now there's even more distrust.

Some of the people in the county distrust the police. But the police have over an 85% approval rating. The people who don’t like them are just louder and have the executive’s ear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The flag has been around since 1964: https://www.foxnews.com/us/controversy-over-blue-lives-matter-flag-forces-son-of-fallen-officer-to-remove-it-from-phone-pole

The swastika has been around for millennia.

When you need the public trust in order to do your job properly, but some of the public already distrusts you, and then you do something that increases public distrust, which should you do?

A. Listen and apologize
B. Tell the distrusting public that they're ignorant and wrong, and you're right and a victim

MCP, unfortunately, chose option B. Now there's even more distrust.

Some of the people in the county distrust the police. But the police have over an 85% approval rating. The people who don’t like them are just louder and have the executive’s ear.

That's good enough? It doesn't matter if people whose trust we need distrust us, because hey, we have an 85% approval rating? (Or we did, before this happened...)

I don't think that's good enough.