What Happens to Police Officers Who Shoot Black Americans
James McGovern
Executive Architect | Application Modernization, Enterprise Architecture, Financial Transformation
Today, I decided to research what happens to police officers who have been protested against by #blacklivesmatter movement that murdered Black Americans...
The Justice for Chulo protest occurred in Hartford County, Connecticut, where a police officer murdered a Hispanic American. Research shows the officer has switched careers and is now an IT professional focused on Information Security for a Fortune 100 Healthcare firm.
Many of his coworkers do not know his history, which I find interesting. Nothing came up in the background check that would spook #humanresources.
There are many good Americans, well-intentioned Americans who do not want to see racial injustice, and rightly so, putting up signs on their lawn about Black Lives Matter. Sadly the media and political enemies continue to manipulate the good nature of many people who think what they're doing, in my view, is trying to promote a philosophy that is not going to be good for this country, will destroy this country and will destroy our way of life. The constitution clearly states that the ability to petition the government to redress grievances is a fundamental right.
So, do we dare ask what should happen to police officers who murder others and are found innocent in a court of law that does not ensure justice for all?
Senior Insurance IT and Operations executive
3 个月Hi James - I'm far from an expert on any level here, but my basic question is if there should be any difference in treatment between how police officers who kill someone and are found innocent are treated compared to civilians who kill someone and are found innocent? On the one hand, you can certainly argue that police are in a higher stress position then many people and, of course, have greater access to methods of killing people. On the other hand, police have a unique ability to alter the narrative and may need to be held to a higher standard then the average person. All in all, it's both complicated and worth both researching history and not being too burdened by generalizations as opposed to case-by-case analysis. I'm not sure what this has to do with "way of life" since I think in this country there is not one way of life that has ever existed. I will say that it has always been the case that people will use any "movement" or "call to arms" or "philosophy" to justify any amount of their own actions and perspectives. This has been true since Ancient Greece and I think muddies the waters around any social change, whether good or bad.