Patrick Yoes, a national secretary with the 328,000-member Fraternal Order of Police, said before the new funeral: Across this country, we seem to be under attack in the law enforcement profession, and the message to take away from this is: We are public servants. We are not public enemies. Most individual cops may be, but -seriously - why are the NYPD and police departments as institutions across the country not recognizing that vast swaths of society simply dont see them that way? Hundreds of thousands of people feel AT RISK around the police. If cops really feel theyre public servants, why do they willfully disregard the voices of so many of the people? Why are they not outraged and embarrassed by this public perspective? Why are they not actively working - as servants - to correct their flaws as service institutions to meet the needs and demands of those whom they serve? Somethings obviously not right. Why do they continue to adopt the stance of victim, in effect further distancing themselves from the communities, who have for decades felt oppressed, and further perpetuating the perception that cops are above the people and themselves above the law? If cops feel attacked for being cops, they should recognize that minority communities have for decades felt, and today still feel, attacked for simply being minorities. The difference is that when minorities and the poor defend themselves when feeling attacked our oppressed, and even when they submit to police, theyre condemned as criminals, violent wretches, the dregs of society, while cops are hailed as heroes even in the cases when they are the aggressors. Time for law enforcement to listen. Time for cops to put the communities above the uniform. Time for justice and equality for everyone. The time is now. m.bbc/news/world-us-canada-30672097
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 00:44:36 +0000
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