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Originally Posted by Spikearoni
When Brooks was dying on the ground after having been shot in the back twice, he was repeatedly kicked by the officer; Brooks was not a danger to those policemen. All involved had shared in a lengthy, rather friendly conversation prior to the shooting. Brooks was on probation and knew that his run-in with the police would not bode very well with his PO so he took off. The entire incident is very sad, for the police as well as for Brooks.
I saw the video to which you refer and my take on it is that Brooks suggested that newly released ex-convicts need help upon their release if they are to become productive citizens. They require assistance re-entering society and finding a job; they need a mentor to help them when problems arise. He recognized that he made mistakes and wanted to be a "good father" but had to overcome many obstacles in addition to having a prison record on his resume. I didn't come away from that interview with the notion that he just wanted "funds" or a hand-out.
It costs many thousands of dollars to house prisoners just for one year. It would make sense to lower the recividism rate by providing the kind of assistance that Brooks suggested. It would thereby save the government money if a real effort in that direction came to fruition.
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He didn't appear to recognize he made mistakes to me. It seems like he was saying...no big deal. I guess it all depends how you look at it. It is a huge deal for me. I came from a great big family with grandparents giving birth to nine children on both sides. Not a single one of them were incarcerated.
I imagine one of the reasons was this. If they would have been, no one would have paid their bail. We had one of those families that if you burnt your ass, you sit on the blister. They weren't mean or unkind but you...YOU...brother. YOU sister were in charge of what happened to YOU.