Politicians: Ignorance vs Intent in Policing Policies

Posted by $ blarman 8 years, 11 months ago to Culture
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Thomas Sowell asks an important question: are the policies attacking police ignorant or intentional? Sowell argues that it is actually the latter.
SOURCE URL: http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/2015/06/02/paying-the-price/?subscriber=1


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  • Posted by CircuitGuy 8 years, 11 months ago
    I get the notion he thinks disagreeing with his ideas on policing = attacking the police.
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    • Posted by $ 8 years, 11 months ago
      What he's actually trying to say is that these politicians who attack the police are actually doing so because they think it will further their political careers.
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      • Posted by CircuitGuy 8 years, 11 months ago
        Yes. I agree with that. I got the idea, although I can'tell for sure, that he has a broad definition of "attacking the police." I suspect he thinks my opinions that the police should not use what I consider militaristic approaches, should mostly patrol their own neighborhoods and interact with the people they're protecting, and should be given few laws to enforce strictly to be "attacking" the police.
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        • Posted by $ 8 years, 11 months ago
          I've followed his economics and commentaries for years now and he strikes me more like a realist. His past columns have focused on how government oppresses blacks through minimum wage laws, housing policies, etc. I really don't see him as a social justice type or a government apologist either.
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