[The following is a post I received privately, giving a choice] (I don't know if you should post this, I am still scared of the police) (your choice) [My choice is to post, but with identifying information removed -DS] In response to the reappointment of chief Olson, I don't think he should be appointed again, because everytime I have tried to talk to him, he seems to just not care anymore. His heart is not in his position, in my opinion. I was brutally arrested, with others, in '98 at the October "Seize the day" operation, at the first peaceful encampment to stop the reroute of highway 55. (... I went through the civilian police review board, to no real solution. ... The police started covering their mistakes, almost immediately after that arrest.) No lawyer in town would take the case against the police, no apology was offered from the city, the emergency room bill was not paid, I was left in pain for weeks, and my psyche is still damaged to the point of never wanting to ever call the police for anything ever again, going nuts when I see police or hear sirens. I feel like Minneapolis is a fascist police state, with its very own Berlin wall. Later, while at a public meeting in north Minneapolis, with some recently battered MayDay youngsters in attendance, I asked chief Olson if the officers were taught about the Constitution of the United States, he said he didn't know. I think he should know this! However, I took notice of a very sincere, young, Black officer from the North side, who had been working WITH the neighborhood and a local businessman to solve some problems, and I remember thinking "Why can't he be the police chief?" I don't recall his name, but he is NOT the one on TV on that city cable police show. If someone could please find out his name, I would know it if I heard it again, and I would like to nominate him to the Mayor, to appoint as our new police chief. We are way past due for a change. An officer to work WITH the other officers and public, instead of against them and their Unions. .. Minneapolis. ---fwd by David Shove
