“Unacceptable”

 

I’m sure most of you by now have heard about Sean Bell, the 23 year old man who was shot to death by police officers. The famous case of Amadou Diallo is also appearing again, who I think got shot at by like 18 shots…? (don’t quote me on that I’m not exactly sure), but both of these cases are pretty scary if you think about them. The question of are we ever safe pops into my head over and over again. If you aren’t safe because of burglers, and if you aren’t safe because of murderers and if you aren’t safe because of any other angry/violent person out there, and now we have police officers making mistakes and shooting innocent people down, then are we ever safe? I mean its so scary, and the famous question that everyone seems to be asking, “Why did officers fire 50 rounds at three unarmed men?” Well anyone out there got an answer for me, because if you do I would really like to know. Sure Mayor Bloomberg said that New York city police have the strictest ruling on racial profiling, and that 50 shots was “excessive” but that doesn’t help, that’s no answer, and can the officers justify themselves for what they have done? Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said, “I can’t have a visceral reaction. I’m in charge of a 52,000-person organization. I’m also the final determiner as far as discipline is concerned in any process that goes forward.” Well if he is not responsible, and the city isn’t responsible, and the men aren’t taking that much responsibility for themselves then who in the world is responsible for this? Well I can go on forever with this ramble that I have going on here but I leave you all with these quotes:

” “I appreciate it,” said Anthony Childers, 54, of St. Albans. “I’m glad he wants to talk to the family it shows he’s concerned.”

But Stokely Roberts, 27, of Cambria Heights, was skeptical. “It’s a show,” he said. “It’s an effort to make it look like they really care. It’s not genuine.” He also said police are heavy-handed in their approach to policing in minority communities. “

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