Actually, it's cameras that have made the police officers jobs harder. But IMO, these officers can make their jobs easier simply by the good officers reigning in the bad officers instead of hiding behind the so-called blue wall.
IMO, people won't take the comment seriously because they'd already made up their minds not to and/or don't even want to consider if what he has pointed out is true or not. And they probably never will until something happens to either them or someone they love. That's the way most of society is today.
We draw lines in the sand and idolize professions so much so that we seem to forget or ignore that not everyone within that profession is above board. Yes, there are good police officers all over the country which even Kaepernick acknowleges but has been ignored. However, there are also bad police officers all over the country (whom which he refers) that are either poorly trained or simply treating people of color unfairly (Some have even been exposed as being members of the KKK).
But, some simply don't want to hear or acknowledge that such is even possible or even sympathize with the victims of these officers. And that's what has always concerned me the most. People who are clearly more upset with how Kaepernick protested vs. what he was actually protesting which was the mistreatment of people of color by some within the police force.
BTW, Kaepernick didn't put the camera's and microphones in his face.
While I'm not disagreeing with your premise, I don't believe that the picture being painted is accurate. There are MANY positive stories where officers but the negative takes precedent. And while I think most of the stories that get highlighted have two sides to the story, deal with those guys, and not clump all law enforcement into one.
CK didn't put the media in front of his face, sure but he didn't shy away from making his point. Again, he's used the NFL and the 49ers as his own political agenda.
I could guess it's positive......but I'm curious about where you live? Out in the country or in the city?
Tulsa, OK until I relocated to Houston. BTW, the law enforcement quickly and efficiently caught a criminal ring that jumped fences, broke into a house, and shot and killed an elderly man for no reason. This house is located right behind me. Oh but you want to know MY interactions with police officers? OK.
I came home from college, working on a project in the garage. It was a Friday afternoon. Squad car pulled up, two cops walked toward me. Now, I could've done one of two things:
1. Throw a fit about how they were walking up to me without any reason, play the "rights" card, etc. etc. and escalate the situation.
or 2. Hear them out on WHY they came. Turns out, it was a glitch that triggered a false alarm. I talked to them like humans, told them I just came home and no alarm went off, off they want on their merry way and I continued to work on my project.
Oh gawd, I totally forgot about this one. Walking alone, in my neighborhood (as a person of color), wearing headphones, squad car rolls by. I look at it, wave at them, and continue walking.
And absolutely nothing happened.
Course I could've whipped out my phone and started filming, but hey, no need.
And there it is. Done arguing with you. I'll continue to be a respectful, law-abiding citizen (i.e., common sense), that respects law enforcement.
