Last night, shortly after midnight, 2 Ferguson policemen were shot and seriously wounded. The shooter is still at bay and a manhunt is underway.
Black leadership is denouncing the violence as is the Obama administration. No person of decency accepts this horrible behavior towards people who were just standing there in front of their station at the end of their shift.
So where does it end? The violence really needs to stop. We can’t have crazies picking off cops. We also can’t have cops and municipalities committing acts like those cited in the Ferguson investigation. That time has passed. The protestors have gotten pretty much all they have asked for. Maybe its time to work towards better relations in another way that exposes our officers to less violence.
What people forget is that cops don’t always see the best of society. Perhaps its a natural thing to start developing stereotypes when dealing with people who aren’t behaving themselves according to the laws of society. Cops have to resist the urge to categorize individuals. They have to rise above it. If they can’t, then they shouldn’t be cops.
