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Originally Posted by janmcn
Have to agree with you about the police force being proportionate to the black population. It's up to the city leaders to bring this change about, otherwise Ferguson looks like apartheid in South Africa.
Another change for the police department should be that police officers be required to live in the community in which they work and the community that pays their salary. This is common practice in municipalities across the county.
Rev Sharpton's screaming and rallying people is what some in the African American community call preaching. Anyone who has ever attended a black church will understand.
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It's up to the city leaders? Why would city leaders (elected office holders) or ANY employer hire somebody who has not taken the initiative to fill out an application?
Why would city officials hire somebody who has dropped out of high school?
Why would city employers hire somebody who quit an associate degree program the person was enrolled in for purposes of applying for a police job?
If the person him/herself does not apply for the police job, they're not interested in the job! And if they're not
interested in the job, they're not going to be good and effective at the job!
It's up to
parents, church leaders (like Sharpton) and school faculty and administrators to
teach their children to look forward to a future that includes a a paycheck earned by working for it and by earning the the education and credentials to qualify for it.
And don't tell me about "screaming" at black church services. I've enjoyed many of them because of the lively feedback from
engaged people in the pews. The reason they are
engaged is because the Word of God is being taught with meaning and application and a memorable take-home message the person can refer back to in real life all week/month/year long. God's Word is effective
wherever it is read and proclaimed.
Effective pastors do not blame all the black community's problems on their caucasian brothers and sisters! They teach people to be a disciple of Christ, and the root word "disciple" is IN the word "discipline". Self-discipline, with God's help.