I agree. I have already stated that there is a "gang" of bad officers, with the chief as the leader. I believe that there are others that need to walk the plank, too.
Pamela (Tampa) --- David Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want to agree with Tamir, up to a point. Tamir > writes: > > > Wizard makes an excellent point about changing > police > > chiefs. Although I support the buyout of Olson's > > contract it's important to remember that this > won't > > make much of a difference in terms of the avarage > > rank-and-file cop being rude to, beating, or even > > killing the Black/Somali/Hispanic/long > haired/spiked > > haired (etc.) resident. > > I have only reported on, not witnessed, incidents of > alleged police > brutality. Since I will be reporting on police > issues again, I am going > to be less-than-certain about Olson's staying and > the police > department's actions. > > However....I think Tamir hits the nail on the head > on how the problem > seems to be blamed on one man - Olson - without some > acknowledgment, > that if there is a problem, it has to be broader > than the chief. > > Yes, the Chief is the top person and thus bears > significant > responsibility as a leader. But I am concerned that > while RT has warred > with the chief - his predecessor's choice - in > public and apparently > private, he has not mentioned other leaders or > potential offenders in > the department, who endorsed him through the Police > Federation. > > I think we overdo the Great Man theory of history, > and I worry we are > overdoing the Poor Leader theory if there is a > problem in the > department. It seems logical that this is bigger > than one guy. Our > leaders should tell us why he is the sole offender, > and if it's bigger > than that, what they will do beyond criticizing the > chief. > > David Brauer > Kingfield > > _______________________________________ > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic > Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: > http://e-democracy.org/mpls __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
