In response to Rayshard Brook's killing, Atlanta's police department fired Garrett Rolfe, the policeman who shot Brooks. Rolfe has now been charged with murder in the killing.
Today, a number of Atlanta's policemen "called in sick". They should be fired.
Remember Reagan's response to the air traffic controllers' strike? He argued that their actions imperiled public safety and he fired them. If ever there was a textbook case of employees with a public safety mandate being derelict in their duty, these striking, sorry, "unewell" policemen are poster children.
What's more it reinforces the point that training and reform aren't going to change the deeply ingrained culture or racism that clearly exists in Atlanta's police department. Restructuring is absolutely essential.
Firing those who have shown they are clearly unwilling to change, who have in effect owned up to being the “bad apples” so many GOP apologists talk about, would be a great start at cleaning house.
Today, a number of Atlanta's policemen "called in sick". They should be fired.
Remember Reagan's response to the air traffic controllers' strike? He argued that their actions imperiled public safety and he fired them. If ever there was a textbook case of employees with a public safety mandate being derelict in their duty, these striking, sorry, "unewell" policemen are poster children.
What's more it reinforces the point that training and reform aren't going to change the deeply ingrained culture or racism that clearly exists in Atlanta's police department. Restructuring is absolutely essential.
Firing those who have shown they are clearly unwilling to change, who have in effect owned up to being the “bad apples” so many GOP apologists talk about, would be a great start at cleaning house.
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