What is the Civil Rights Issue of Our Time (and who knows the way forward)?
I think we know the answer - it's still civil rights protections for all citizens of our country but especially for those whose rights appear to be violated every single day. (Note: this is a very long thread but I think worthwhile for the discussion.) I will say right upfront - the only thing standing between us and the bad guys? Cops. These are people who go out every day not knowing if they will come home at night because of the job they have chosen. It is a horrible, difficult job. Everyone is always happy to see firefighters but police? Not so much. No one likes to be told what to do. But with that kind of danger also comes responsibility. That responsibility is to be true to the goal "to protect and serve." We can't have police officers having different standards of interaction for one community versus another. We can't have police officers escalating conflict rather than deescalating it. Most of all, we c...