Quote Originally Posted by hurley842002 View Post
So it is safe to say, you are in agreement with Obama, Hillary, etc, that it is the cops fault?
No, but that perception, particularly in the congested urban areas contributes to the issue. 99.99 percent of cops are good at their jobs and conscientious in following the law, with a great many risking their own safety to avoid having to injure the people they are policing, but between the media and social media, the excesses of that 1/100 th of one percent have the effect of inflaming areas where antipolice sentiment already exists(Ferguson, Baltimore, Charlotte, etc.). My view is that the preexisting level of negative sentiment here is far lower than in some of the areas that have seen riots and looting, whether that sentiment is justified by reality, or merely by perception through the media and social media. Our level of integration is vastly higher as well, compared to, say, Atlanta or Philadelphia.