Much of the routine trade and investment between China and America is entirely appropriate and in America’s interest. But inserting the Chinese Communist Party into America’s pay-to-play system and its economic development strategy isn’t just crossing a line. It’s a leap into an abyss of stupidity.
I think this editorial misses the elephant in the room: the fact that officers are now seen in many minority neighborhoods as an enemy in a war, rather than as human beings. The dehumanizing of officers is what has changed, not the violence. Suicide is up, and I’m surprised more don’t see that this is probably a driving component, not the violence itself, as that has remained somewhat constant. Would you want to live and work in conditions where people video you constantly and then throw things at you while spewing hatred? This is what is happening on a daily… Read more »
The overtime too makes for long hours in stressful situations at odd hours of the day. Lots of time away from the family. and the politics of big city police departments are notorious.
My wife knew Paul and she worked with his wife in Cicero school district, sad nobody saw it coming.