csmonitor | Between the visceral points of concern for police violence and
concern for police safety are many difficult questions – honest
questions about latent racism, and honest questions about out-of-control
violence in some communities. Nineteenth-century abolitionist Frederick
Douglass said people who wished to reach racial harmony without asking
tough questions are "people who want crops without plowing the ground."
Officers
Liu and Ramos were not the face of that debate. They had nothing to do
with Brown or Garner or the tide of events into which they were
eventually swept.
But perhaps now they will be that face.
If Garner and Brown came to symbolize to a part of America
the need to address the sometimes-dehumanizing way in which blacks are
viewed, then perhaps Liu and Ramos will come symbolize what police have
done right, and how much they are called to sacrifice to keep others
safe.
Said some Twitter users, perhaps it's not #BlackLivesMatter or #BlueLivesMatter, but both.
I was unaware this track Kerik had gotten out of jail for post 9/11 stealing..., but Fox News put this offal on the air, as well.
