I shouldn& #39;t have to explain this, but clearly I do to a lot of you. Fear of police, is a real thing and just because "YOU" don& #39;t fear them does not mean other people shouldn& #39;t. Unfortunately, that& #39;s have been way too many slip ups by police to downplay anyone& #39;s fear. As an...
... Officer, who polices black people all of the time in a high crime area. I know every one is not a criminal, but I& #39;m also very cognizant of what they see on television. So I& #39;ve had so many people, on traffic stops say hands up, don& #39;t shoot to me. I& #39;ve had young people run...
...from me for no reason and say it& #39;s because they were scared and told to run from police when they see them. I& #39;ve had young people cry at the sight of me. I promise I& #39;ve not once told them they should be afraid and they left that day feeling better about police because of me...
Problem is, a lot of you lack compassion for people you don& #39;t understand, nor care about. This is a huge issue. Police are great, but not above reproach. I say cultural sensitivity training for police is big, but a lot of citizens need it as well.
Because one thing for sure is, a white officer coming to Memphis and policing would have a culture shock if they never been around people like this, situations like this. It& #39;s not a hit on them, but I grew up in this so I don& #39;t get on edge over things that are usually bs.
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