Q: How do we bring give the police force reason to obey the law and not beat the daylights out of minorites, poor, mentally disturbed etc citizens?
A: Every time there is a proven brutality, one position will be cut from the police force. If it is set at say 900, it gets cut to 899. Then ALL of the officers are given a number from 001 to 900, and 3 "power ball" single digit balls are drawn, preferably on TV with lots of fanfare. The number, and then the associated name, of the officer is displayed, and he/she is thereby FIRED and may not be replaced. How long do you think it would take before ALL the cops were enforcing the most decorous polite behavior on ALL other cops? If brutality anywhere could mean the loss of his/her job, how long until Mpls had the best police force on earth? --David Shove Roseville On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, Steve Brandt wrote: > Steve Brandt: I believe that people are referring to this incident, > encapsulated in this morning's paper: > > In 1997, Storlie shot and wounded Lawrence Miles Jr., who was 15 at the > time, in south Minneapolis after Miles ran past him with a BB gun. > Storlie shot Miles, believing the teenager was pointing a gun at his > partner. Miles and a friend were playing BB-gun tag in the 3600 block of > Chicago Av. at 1:30 a.m. when that shooting happened. > > Storlie was exonerated by the Police Department and the Hennepin County > Attorney's Office. Last year, a federal jury found no police brutality > in that case and declined to award money to Miles. > > Steve Brandt > Star Tribune > > 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 > 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
