Sure. If that is what they choose to do then they'll have my full support.

 

I would do everything in my power to convince my kids not to be police officers.

 

Bad pay, bad hours, bad days off, stressful, dangerous...And then all the stuff going on today.

That has nothing to do with police, to be honest. But I think his point was that not many (percentage wise) of the black males in prison are there for non violent drug charges only.

 

I think his point was that the overwhelming majority are there for other reasons as well.

 

 

Also it would be interesting to see how many (in percentages) people of other races are in prison for non violent drug charges only.

 

I wasn't saying that it had anything to do with the police. I just thought his play with statistics was interesting.

 

I'm definitely interested in all of the numbers and not just percentages of people of all races in jail for non-violent drug crimes.

Criticism is one thing and often warranted and often an opportunity for improvement. I am not sure that the sensationalism we experience in the media qualifies as criticism.

 

I wasn't saying that it had anything to do with the police. I just thought his play with statistics was interesting.

 

I'm definitely interested in all of the numbers and not just percentages of people of all races in jail for non-violent drug crimes.

 

I think he was pointing out that some people make it seem like more than it really is when in reality only .5 percent are in jail for non violent dug offenses only. People skew statistics to make them seem worse than they are, especially when it comes to police. You would think police are out to kill young black males for no reason because that's what a lot of people tell you...The facts simply don't support that though.

I think he was pointing out that some people make it seem like more than it really is when in reality only .5 percent are in jail for non violent dug offenses only. People skew statistics to make them seem worse than they are, especially when it comes to police. You would think police are out to kill young black males for no reason because that's what a lot of people tell you...The facts simply don't support that though.

 

I agree about statistics. It's one thing to say 15,000 blacks are in jail for non-violent drug crimes and a whole other thing to say only .5% of blacks in jail are in jail for non-violent drug crimes.

 

At the same time his speech makes it seem like the media and a few isolated incidents make it impossible to be a good cop when it really is nothing more than an excuse.