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napkinz

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10. another GUTSY officer who more should know about ...
Sun Dec 28, 2014, 07:50 PM
Dec 2014



Meet the Police Chief Who's Bravely Protesting Police Brutality

Richmond California Police Chief Chris Magnus held "Black Lives Matters" sign while wearing his uniform.

Steven Rosenfeld
December 13, 2014

This past Tuesday, as the mayor and top city officials in Berkeley, California, were deciding to postpone that evening's City Council meeting to avoid a confrontation with protesters over clashes with police in demonstrations over police brutality, top officials in nearby Richmond did something unexpected.

Police Chief Chris Magnus, Deputy Chief Allwyn Brown, Mayor Gayle McLaughlin, and three City Council members all joined a similar protest on a major city thoroughfare to underscore that they understood the issues at stake and were listening to their community, which has one of region's most ethnically diverse populations.

They stood with protesters for four and a half hours, the length of time that Michael Brown's body lay on the pavement in Ferguson, Missouri, after the unarmed black man was shot and killed by a white officer.

"I spoke with my command staff and we agreed it would be nice to convey our commitment to peaceful protest and that black and brown lives do matter," said Magnus, whose remarks were widely quoted.

""We get the conversation about the use or force, we get it," said Brown on Tuesday. "This is an opportunity for all police departments, including ours, to look inward and examine our approaches and get better."

But in the days that followed, that looking inward has prompted surprising criticism from inside Richmond police ranks.

read more: http://www.alternet.org/activism/meet-police-chief-whos-bravely-protesting-police-brutality
Applying for a job in the mayors office helpmetohelpyou Dec 2014 #1
as another member posted ... napkinz Dec 2014 #2
My respect for the officer is not because he stood facing and didn't turn his back on the mayor helpmetohelpyou Dec 2014 #8
by turning their backs, the other officers were politicizing a funeral and disrespecting napkinz Dec 2014 #11
It was a stupid decision on their part helpmetohelpyou Dec 2014 #14
excuse me? rbrnmw Dec 2014 #5
No just a joke helpmetohelpyou Dec 2014 #9
oh ok rbrnmw Dec 2014 #15
Come again? Kingofalldems Dec 2014 #6
Amazing! One "gutsy" Black Officer.. beautiful. Mahalo napkinz. The NYPD, except for one, Cha Dec 2014 #3
another GUTSY officer who more should know about ... napkinz Dec 2014 #10
Yes, and Chief Chris Magnus.. more about him later. We should get a whole list of the PD who are Cha Dec 2014 #18
how I wish someone would create such a list napkinz Dec 2014 #21
The Police Are Still Out of Control, I should know. G_j Dec 2014 #29
"I am also, all these years later, still persona non grata in the NYPD" napkinz Dec 2014 #34
Brilliant.. The Serpico Award.. like the Heisman only for Cops. More on Chief Magnus.. Cha Dec 2014 #33
first, congrats to the happy couple! napkinz Dec 2014 #35
What a unique, "power couple", eh! Only doing good things and serving the People! Cha Dec 2014 #36
another officer deserving of the SERPICO! napkinz Dec 2014 #47
Great.. I'm making a list! Thank you, napkinz! Cha Dec 2014 #49
Courage rbrnmw Dec 2014 #4
Respect and admiration Hutzpa Dec 2014 #7
That Complete List..... Curmudgeoness Dec 2014 #12
I wonder how many New Yorkers actually support these antics and how many are disgusted by them. napkinz Dec 2014 #24
I have heard nothing about how the people in NY feel about it. Curmudgeoness Dec 2014 #30
Well you said "none of it is good for the NYPD image" napkinz Dec 2014 #31
GOP went ape shit lobodons Dec 2014 #13
and a lot of Democrats were not happy about it either, including Al Franken still_one Dec 2014 #17
It's Al Franken rbrnmw Dec 2014 #23
fixed still_one Dec 2014 #25
cool rbrnmw Dec 2014 #26
Good for him! drm604 Dec 2014 #16
Another sad day in America, napkinz. sheshe2 Dec 2014 #19
I hope we learn the name of that brave officer napkinz Dec 2014 #22
He was an inspiration, napkinz. sheshe2 Dec 2014 #28
I hope that image becomes iconic napkinz Dec 2014 #37
one cop with courage. mountain grammy Dec 2014 #20
reminds me of another INDIVIDUAL with great courage who refused peer pressue napkinz Dec 2014 #38
You can be sure this man disappeared. Hope that brave cop watches his back mountain grammy Dec 2014 #46
"Black Cops Fear Other Cops - AlterNet/Salon" napkinz Dec 2014 #48
seems like a whole barrel load of bad apples Ramses Dec 2014 #27
"Portrait of Courage" daredtowork Dec 2014 #32
Yeah, I like that.. "Portrait of Courage".. the only one out of how many?! Hope we find out if Cha Dec 2014 #40
CNN Reporter confronts Lynch.. Lynch goes full on Hypocritical.. Cha Dec 2014 #39
"We have to understand the betrayal that they feel." napkinz Dec 2014 #42
Pat Lynch and the NYPD who turned their backs on the Mayor have this Bully-Victim card down Cha Dec 2014 #43
they want respect and sympathy but they show none for the victims killed by their own napkinz Dec 2014 #44
We need that officers' name. joshcryer Dec 2014 #41
I wanted to know his name because I wanted to know more about this brave man napkinz Dec 2014 #45
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