What would you prefer they be called? |
Criminologists too. Anyone who works with data. I was trying to be gentle because almost half the victims are under 21. About 35% are under 18. They are babies. They are someone’s heart, their life, and now they are gone. |
How about Black men, or Black boys, depending on age? |
So you want them to guess the age based on how they present? I can’t imagine how that would go. And I fail to see the difference between black male and black man. |
"Males" aren't people. Male dog, male sheep male parts of a flower, male end of a plug. "Men" are people. |
If this is bad trolling, I commend you for derailing the conversation. If this is meant in seriousness, please ask for an educational refund. |
This is what happens when you let inherently stupid people post on the internet. |
We can only hope. |
| Three of my close family members are police officers including my retired father. They would all admit police departments have problems including inadequate training and a few bad apples. Every single one of them retired the moment they were eligible because of the danger and stress. The thing I have discovered is that everyone wants to defund the police until they are unfortunate enough to need them for something. |
The complete "a few bad apples" saying is: a few bad apples spoil the whole barrel. |
Defund the police was/is a very unpopular and dumb slogan and only a very small minority of people actually want that. Most people want the police to focus on making the community safer. When they are instead harassing people of color, that not only distracts from keeping the community safe, it undermines it because people who hate the police do not talk to the police. |
Yet we know that isn’t accurate. There are a few bad doctors. Are all doctors spoiled? There are a few bad teachers. Are all teachers spoiled? There are a few bad humans. Are all humans spoiled? We don’t throw out an entire group of people based on the worst among them. Jawando’s legislation (to get this back on track) tends to follow the “all police are bad apples” train of thought. His current legislation, and even the language he used to introduce it, demonstrate that. |
Who is throwing anyone out? There is a process for taking away a doctor's license when warranted. The process for firing or disciplining a police officer in many places, including Montgomery County, is very difficult and opaque. |
Ironically, he would likely have less of an impact on our lives if he was a Senator instead of a county councilman. |
We do not know that at all. A few bad apples actually do spoil the whole barrel. If you think the bad police officers don't spoil all police officers, then you shouldn't use the phrase "a few bad apples", which suggests that the bad police officers DO spoil all police officers. https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/one-bad-apple-spoil-the-barrel-metaphor-phrase For what it's worth, I don't think I've ever heard anybody (mis)use the phrase "a few bad apples" to describe doctors or teachers or humans. |