michael libby wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Friday 19 April 2002 12:42 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote (to the > Mpls-Issues email list): > > There is a problem that exists between community members and police and > > inappropriate action being done by SOME police officers. > > No. That is not the problem. The problem is that the police department as a > whole has some directional issues which are part of why some police > officers are even found doing things that upset the community. > > If this were only a case of "some" police officers, the ISAG incident would > have been much different, the Critical Mass folks would be handled > differently. I am not clued in enough to know what else the force does > that falls into this category, but these things were not isolated cases of > "some" police officers making bad decisions, these were the result of high > level decisions being made by management.
There were no riots during ISAG, as at the debacle in Seattle. No widespread property damage, either. And the Critical Mass folks were prevented from annoying those nice, taxpaying, suburbanite commuters. :-) > > It is managerial decisions like these that further an us-against-them > mentality which seems to be leading some officers to consider excessive > force an appropriate measure, mostly as a "we need to show them who's > boss" kind of thing. That's right, else it makes it that more difficult for the next officer or group of officers to control a given situation. Remember, it's all about power. <snip> > We need a more scientific approach to solving community problems > and this area is rife for exploration along those lines. We just need good police work, along with citizen responsibility. Neal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Loring Park _______________________________________ 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
