If you were organizing a demonstration against the
police and wanted to get yourself on TV, which police
chief would you rather confront at a public meeting?
1. An African American chief. For example, try to
imagine having a dramatic confrontation with Charles
Moose or William Finney at a public meeting. It
wouldn't work so well.
2. A strong female chief with many friends in the
community. Neighborhood people have worked with the
chief. If you try to portray her as the reincarnation
of Charlie Stenvig you will look ridiculous. Reporters
won't buy your stories.
3. A white male newcomer. He's a liberal!
Sympathetic! He will act shocked and promise to look
into your wildest allegations. Did I forget to tell
you he's a liberal?
If you want to demagogue against the police what
you need is white liberal guilt-NOT diversity! You
need a city government run mainly by people from the
nicest neighborhoods and suburbs. Inner-city people
have better BS detectors.
Police brutality and racial profiling are real
problems.
But-I don't think discrediting the police makes
cities safer. What works is when the neighborhoods and
police work together.
Mayor Rybak should go back to being a consensus
leader. Before the unsuccessful nomination of McManus,
we had a near-consensus that the next chief would be
Lubinski or Gerold.
I hope this controversy comes to a speedy
conclusion.
Ed Fesler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis
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