I have written here in the past concerning the subculture of "cowboy cops" and the recent events just continue to prove they exist. What to do, the truth is the powers that be still refuse to do anything. I suggest the city issue bullet proof vests to all residents and those who work in the city and perhaps a booth at the airport for visitors.Dain Lyngstad phillips/edina --- Tim Bonham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >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. > I sure hope that David is making a joke > here! > Because there are so many illegal & unworkable with > this proposal that it > certainly ought to be a joke! > First: firing some person at random who has > done nothing wrong: > violates Civil Service laws, violates general > employment laws, violates the > city's contract with it's employees, etc. > Second: choosing some person at random does > nothing at all to the > person guilty of the "proven brutality". > Third: the people most hurt by this will be > us citizens, who would > have 1 fewer person on the streets to protect us > from criminals -- unless > David is also proposing some kind of public lottery > to remove from our > streets one criminal chosen at random, too? That > might have some effect! > > Perhaps we could instead choose one virgin from > Minneapolis at random, and > have them publicly sacrificed on the plaza in front > of City Hall -- would > probably have about the same effect! > > Or better yet, take the cop guilty of a "proven > brutality" and a randomly > chosen criminal guilty of a "proven brutality" to an > innocent Minneapolis > victim, and let them go one-on-one in a gladiatorial > battle. We'd get rid > of either a bad cop or a criminal, maybe both. And > we could surely fill > the Metrodome with spectators at say $25 a seat, and > probably sell TV > rights for a good price, too. The income might even > help the city survive > the financial attacks from the Republicans at the > State Capitol. > > Tim Bonham, Ward 12, Standish-Ericsson > > > > 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
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