I've tried to contact both the Samuels and Moore campaigns regarding my (and many others) experiences with the Minneapolis Police.
To give Olin Moore his due, he returned my phone call right away, but then went on to say that he's a "labor" person and that stopping the reprehensible, bullying behavior that MOST police officers exibit while working at the street level (I don't buy this nonsnese that the majority of cops are "good professionals...it's just something people say when they want to hide behind their own fear of people who are different, a justification of arrogant police behavior. I've NEVER encounter a street level officer who was polite or professional), is something that requires concensus. Mr. Moore sighted his strong labor views as a reason for seekiong the endorsement of the police federation, the only union to endorse the Republican Pawlenty. I found this answer to be really whimpish. To me this simply means that he's not willing to support the zero tolerance policies on police harassment that are needed. That he's not willing to have police who commit murder and beat people up prosecuted like any other criminal. Cheif Olson's clever manipulation of the mediation process shows that this may be an issue where you simply can't find consencus, and you need to take a tough stand. Though I greatly apprecited his promptness in returning a call to a potential constituent, Olin Moore showed that he's not willing to be tough on police brutality. Don Samules (who also screened for the PF endorsement, and presumably didn't get it mostly because he's Black, and is also using "tough on crime" rhetoric) never returned my call. Does anyone know of a good write-in candidate who's got at least gets a little upset when he sees out of control cops beating people senseless? Tamir Nolley Holland Ward 3 __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
