[Vision2020] Ferguson

[Moscow Cares]

I would post Joe Klein's article, Mr. Falen, but I (pretty much) disagree with most of it.

For instance . . .

"You can’t convict a terrified, undertrained cop of murder for trying to defend himself, if that’s what the facts show–but all too often in the past, we’ve exonerated racist thugs who were clearly guilty. We can’t ignore the barbarity that got us here: lynching was a fact, too, not a metaphor. Oddly, the election of Barack Obama–poor guy–has blunted the conversation about race relations, at least on the white side. We elected a black man with a Muslim name to be President. What other country would do that? The conversation has also been blunted, honorably, by the President himself in the face of some of the most tawdry race-baiting since Selma. And it has been blunted by leaders of the black community, who don’t want to harm Obama’s presidency by criticizing him. In a recent New Republic article, Jason Zengerle makes a strong case that hatred of Obama mobilized Alabama conservatives to take over the state legislature in 2010 and strip black officials of the power they had gained since the 1960s."

http://time.com/3153340/beyond-a-simple-solution-for-ferguson/

Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .

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Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"There's room at the top they are telling you still.
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,
If you want to be like the folks on the hill."

- John Lennon
  

> On Aug 25, 2014, at 10:59 AM, lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com> wrote:
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> I frequently disagree with Joe Klein, but he wrote a fairly well balanced article in the September 1 issue of Time magazine titled "Beyond a Simple Solution". Perhaps Tom or someone could post it to Vision2020.
> I am not a fan of Obama's but he Said Wait until the facts are in before jumping to conclusions.
> Police in a lot of areas make a mistake in not getting actively involved in the community. They should organize ball games an other events, like the Newbill Child Safety program in Moscow. Art Lindquist  is a Moscow City Policeman who lives in Genesee. He helped start the Genesee Recreational District and is it's Treasurer. He has also served as a City Councilman. If The police would take an active part in the community it would go a long way in defusing conflicts.
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> Roger
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