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Related: About this forumBill de Blasio Breaks With Al Sharpton Over Police Retraining
Ross Barkan
When it comes to police training, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Rev. Al Sharpton are on very different pages.
The mayor broke with the reverend today over the value of retraining officers to address tension between police and minority communities, arguing its essential to the solution of easing that tension. Mr. Sharpton, at a round table hosted by the mayor yesterday, was deeply skeptical of that plan.
On the question of the criticism, I have to say I disagree with Rev. Sharpton
the training is quintessential to change. Now I understand that people hear the word training, they may think its superficial or temporary, Mr. de Blasio declared at an unrelated press conference in Brooklyn.
Bill Bratton doesnt do things in a small way or inconsequential way. Bill Bratton is one of the greatest police reformers and architects of effective policing in the history of this country, Mr. de Blasio said, reiterating remarks he made yesterday. Hes saying were going to systematically retrain the police department to make sure people understand how to best work with communities and to be effective.
Read more at http://observer.com/2014/08/bill-de-blasio-breaks-with-al-sharpton-over-police-retraining/#ixzz39AK4faHD
Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)Which is... while not unprecedented... fairly unusual.
Bureaucracies tend to come up with ineffective ( and bureaucratic ) "solutions"... to problems that need to be dealt w. head on.
This is one of those problems.
Training involves lots of $$$$... probably most of which won't be adequately accounted for.... which will basically teach cops what they already know. ( Or should know). In this case:
DON'T PUT PEOPLE IN CHOKE HOLDS.
Particularly if they pose no danger to themselves or others.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)At least we have a mayor who listens.