Time may ease racial tensions
Our seated President was WRONG to comment at all on the Cambridge situation until he knew all the fact and, at that time, remain neutral and let the powers that be handle the situation.
Whether a police person is well trained or not, they have elected to have a career in law enforcement. They have to abide by the Constitution as we all do and their job is to police, provide protection, whatever their job description is.
However in our world today where we have more and more single parent families and more and more no family atmosphere, young adults are growing up to not respect as we in our 50 and 60’s were taught to do, even if we had a racial slant. High density living as well as economic conditions are all factors in creating high crime rates that in turns makes the profession of law enforcement a tough career.
Personally I feel that when a police person, white approaches a black person for a possible violation, appearance comes into play, sad but true. Maybe 10, 20 30 years from now when the younger generation becomes adults this will not be the case.
I believe the office was doing his job and the homeowner was ungrateful. The mistake was that the charges should not have been dropped. The officer, a sergeant, backed off probably under pressure OR was in the wrong. Will we ever really know?
