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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand why they would plan to release the video late on a Friday. Makes sense for a white house press release they don't want to draw attention to, but if you are worried about protests that could get violent Friday afternoon seems like the worst possible time.[/quote]

I don't think releasing the video on a Tuesday afternoon would be any better.  [/quote]

If people are scheduled to be at work at 9am Wednesday, they’re less likely to be out protesting (with potential for things to go off the rails) in the wee hours of Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. Friday night, people often stay out late because it’s the start of the weekend, the. There’s a whole weekend for protesting and possibilities. I’m hopeful that the way it’s being handled so far will let people feel heard and hopefully everyone stays safe. [/quote]

The people who work at 9AM on Wednesdays are typically not the people protesting.  They're the ones whose lives the protestors are trying to disrupt.[/quote]

As horrific as this video is described to be, and as often as crimes like this are swept under the rug, I'm guessing it's going to enrage and motivate a lot of people to want to bring about change.

Also, why do you think protesters don't have day jobs? Would you care to explain what you mean? [/quote]
Exactly what change do people want?[/quote]

I want police officers with college degrees, adequate training, and the pay to match.  I do not want HS drop off bullies who got kicked out of the military thinking they are God of the Universe and above reproach.  [/quote]

The type of people you want for cops, won’t be cops. Why would they ?

Think about it- it’s a job where:

1) everyone hates you, except for *maybe* a small (and rapidly diminishing) percentage of conservatives/republicans

2) requires to interact with [i]actual[/i] bad people, some of whom might try very hard to kill you.

3) requires you to possibly make life-or-death decisions with only seconds to act, with no foreknowledge of the circumstances beforehand.

4) you will be exposed to liability, loss of job, loss of finances, and possibly prison, if you make even an [i]honest[/i] mistake, without malice (see point #3)

Why would anyone with the qualifications you desire, with many other career options available to them, do that job? It would be insanity to even consider it. Even people with genuine altruistic motives for “wanting to be the change they want to see” won’t do it, because they’re not stupid.

You’re asking for the impossible. [/quote]

My spouse is an officer. This is the very reason I ask him regularly to quit. I’m afraid of that encounter, the one in which he has the best intentions but it goes horribly wrong in half a second. I also know what taking a life would permanently do to him, and he would have to suffer so publicly and so brutally because people would assume he’s a cold killer.

He still wants to serve, but he does admit it is harder now. He gets shouted at and mocked almost on a weekly basis for simply being in uniform. [/quote]

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