"The dismissal was subsequently reversed by an arbitrator who cited the alleged victim's inconsistencies and lack of credibility. Lieutenant Sauro was again reinstated with rank and back pay. In an interview with Human Rights Watch, Chief Olson stated that the arbitration system was perhaps the greatest barrier he faces in his efforts to hold police officers accountable for misconduct."
I lifted this from the Human Right Watch site. If the above quote is accurate, then the problems are manyfold. Simply replacing the chief will do little, though I think it will be necessary. The idea that I'm paying for police brutality that will cause racial, community, and problems between the sexes is unacceptable. Not to mention costing the taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars. This would not stand anywhere else and yet because it's the police it's tolerated. Which as I'm coming to understand is not a left versus right political debate, but a vertical rich versus poor debate. Left versus right makes it look fair and equal, but's it's not. Look at the stats and the people who are at the wrong end of the baton, the riots at the u of m were an anomoly, the cops have every right to preserve order, though not using any means necessary. There must be a level of ethics, otherwise it will become increasingly harder to govern. If the police can break the law, than anyone will be able to break the law. What I have always thought is that the last people who should be police officers, are officers. People who want power should be suspect, do they understand the responsibility that goes with that power? Obviously not all cops are thumpers, but the culture that is tolerated, they all might as well be thumpers. I do not defend cyclists who are anarchists, they make me look bad, that same thought should go for all who hold power. Robert Yorga St. Anthony West ward 3 "The leadership systems currently in place too often look at us as our doing, and they say do differently in order to change. But the Indian way says we're not human doings, we're human beings. If we want to change the doing in leadership, I need to change my being. And the way to change my being is to change my intent" Don Coyhis, Mohican, 1993 _______________________________________ 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
