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Tag Archives: Police officer

Rights, Liberties and Responsibility for Justice

As of this date, there exists in the media a video, in fact a dash cam video showing the death of a young man at the hands of a police officer.  In part, because of this video, the police officer was charged with murder. I choose not to link to that video.  It is bad enough that the video has been released to the public.  I have not viewed this video, so I can neither support or condemn the actions of either party.  Reality is that someone died at the hands of another. It is not my intention to sway the reader as to the guilt or innocence of the police officer.  It is also not my intention to sway the reader as to the guilt or innocence of the deceased.  It is the intent to provoke a conversation.  A conversation about responsibility. What happens if a jury can’t be

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Tags: Chicago, liberty, murder, Police officer, shooting ·

A response to events in Ferguson – a teachable moment

My son is African-American.  I could care less.  All I care about is that he is my son. That said, how would I feel if he was shot and killed?  Of course, I would be heartbroken. So how do I talk to him about the events in Ferguson, Mo?  Or do I?  He is affected differently by some things just because of his race.  Why is he affected differently?  Because the rest of our family is not African-American. Because he is.  It is a simple fact of life.  It isn’t fair, but it is life. We didn’t adopt him out of hope of winning some noble award for bettering a race of people.  We adopted him because we fell in love with a little boy.  Our whole family fell in love with him.  Those that didn’t no longer matter because they haven’t been a part of his life since before

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Tags: African American, Civil and political rights, ferguson, Ferguson Missouri, mental health, Police officer, racism, Utah ·

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