Like many of you and from an armchair, I am watching protests in the streets. I am watching calls for the defunding of our police, and surprisingly painful responses on all sides. The whole affair leaves me to wonder:
1. Will the efforts to defund the police eventually meet with efforts to build private militias? Will the future of policing in this country follow a path similar to the shift from public to private postal service? If so, what will accountability be? 2. While there appear to be some videos of police chiefs talking to crowds through megaphones, should I expect to see interviews with police on podcasts or in other more intimate domains? Are commentators making a mistake in treating the thoughts and opinions of police officers, as individuals, as if they were swarming black boxes? 3. Protests are announced with more than a day's notice. Police, it would seem, are aware and anticipating participation in these public events. What do the text messages between police officers look like in the days leading up to some of the more horrific scenes? 4. Are any of us good enough friends with a police officer such that we could invite one to talk about these events on an upcoming Friday? I cannot help but be upset by what I am seeing, and yet there do not seem to be meaningful steps taken by those that can affect transparency or promote sanity. Jon -- Sent from: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/
