10-19-2016, 12:46 PM
(10-18-2016, 02:47 PM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: The mistreatment of minorities by police in the south in the 1950s and 1960s was immoral and wrong. People marching for justice and equal opportunity should never have been cut down by water hoses, beaten with truncheons, or attacked by dogs. Only an insane government could attack people for marching for their beliefs or studying peacefully at a lunch counter.
Fast forward sixty years. If you're breaking the law and/or not obeying a cop, you're an idiot. If a police officer tells you to do something, don't argue. Do it. If you're innocent this will blow over and if you're guilty, obstructing and resisting will make things even worse.
A lot of men and women died needlessly and innocently at the hands of law enforcement during marches and sit ins. They won freedom for so many so please don't taint their legacy by being stupid.
When I get out later today I'm going to look up the book "Once a Cop" to try and remember the authors name and you guys can look him up. Interesting police career in some of NYC's toughest areas. I don't think you'll think that he his tainting their legacy. Amazing story really.
