Why some police officers stood with protesters

[JEDIYoda]

We need a feel good story! What with all the crap that is going on.....

Why some police officers stood with protesters

"I never thought of anything else, to be honest," Camden County Police Chief Joseph Wysocki told ABC News.

For Camden, New Jersey, a city that had long been known for high crime rates, the police demonstrating alongside protesters in an ultimately peaceful event was not just a one-day phenomenon, but the continuation of years of efforts to bridge ties with residents since 2013, when the county police department took over public safety from the city's police agency.

Excessive force complaints in Camden have seen a 95% drop since 2014, with just three complaints each in 2018 and 2019. Meanwhile, violent crime rates, too, have come down in the city.

At the conclusion of Saturday's demonstration, police held what they call a pop-up barbecue for residents, including hot dogs, hamburgers and a Mister Softee ice cream truck. Officers are doing more barbecues on Sunday, Wysocki said.

"There's no alternative. We can't impose our will on a community. It's the community and the police together, and that's what we're doing in Camden," Wysocki said.

 

[theeedude]

Everybody should be kneeling during the anthem until this issue of police brutality is seriously addressed.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Everybody should be kneeling during the anthem until this issue of police brutality is seriously addressed.

What I thought was cool was to see thoae police officers KNEELING with the protesters!
I am sure Donny would have something to say about this........but who gives a fuck what Donny thinks or anybody else who stands behind Donny! They have lost the America that we all know and care about!

 

[Lanyap]

Saw a clip on ABC news tonight about several local PDs marching and kneeling with protesters. Good to see.
Fuck Trump

 

[sportage]

There was a huge crowd of demonstrators in downtown Des Moines iOwa. Cops on guard began to kneeled with the demonstrators and when the 9pm curfew set in everyone just got up and went home. But then again this is iOwa so the cows Probably needed milking.

 

[JEDIYoda]

There was a huge crowd of demonstrators in downtown Des Moines iOwa. Cops on guard began to kneeled with the demonstrators and when the 9pm curfew set in everyone just got up and went home. But then again this is iOwa so the cows Probably needed milking.

Dude, I have been in tears all day and I thank you for making me smile....thanks!!

 

[JEDIYoda]

so now FOX has changed the narrative to say all the protestors don`t care....
Thank God for the professional CNN journalists and the Police are continuing to also attack the media...

 

[HomerJS]

Dude, I have been in tears all day and I thank you for making me smile....thanks!!

I saw a clip of officers walking with protestors. Made me smile for at least 5 minutes today.

 

[Starbuck1975]

We need a feel good story! What with all the crap that is going on.....

Why some police officers stood with protesters

"I never thought of anything else, to be honest," Camden County Police Chief Joseph Wysocki told ABC News.

For Camden, New Jersey, a city that had long been known for high crime rates, the police demonstrating alongside protesters in an ultimately peaceful event was not just a one-day phenomenon, but the continuation of years of efforts to bridge ties with residents since 2013, when the county police department took over public safety from the city's police agency.

Excessive force complaints in Camden have seen a 95% drop since 2014, with just three complaints each in 2018 and 2019. Meanwhile, violent crime rates, too, have come down in the city.

At the conclusion of Saturday's demonstration, police held what they call a pop-up barbecue for residents, including hot dogs, hamburgers and a Mister Softee ice cream truck. Officers are doing more barbecues on Sunday, Wysocki said.

"There's no alternative. We can't impose our will on a community. It's the community and the police together, and that's what we're doing in Camden," Wysocki said.

Maybe its because the fascist state that exists in your mind isn’t real. The police unfortunately need to contain the elements within the protest that insist on looting and rioting, but I am willing to guess that a good number if not a majority of police would happily march with the protestors if the protests could remain peaceful.

It’s equally encouraging to see protestors try to stop the destructive anarchist and criminal elements that tends to exploit these situations.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Maybe its because the fascist state that exists in your mind isn’t real. The police unfortunately need to contain the elements within the protest that insist on looting and rioting, but I am willing to guess that a good number if not a majority of police would happily march with the protestors if the protests could remain peaceful.

It’s equally encouraging to see protestors try to stop the destructive anarchist and criminal elements that tends to exploit these situations.

Wow!! What a fucking idiotic comment! Do you ever give up and admit your white supremacist brothers who have been oppressing black people for years are sucked up??
IT is real as it concerns the treatment of Black people...of course you will deny that because some people are just blind to injustice!
I am willing to guess that good number of Policer Officers in many jurisdictions after they get off duty report to the local Klan offices........am i being hard? Damn right! Things need to change and people like you who are 2 cowardly to admit things need to change are part of if not the total problem!

 

[Starbuck1975]

Wow!! What a fucking idiotic comment! Do you ever give up and admit your white supremacist brothers who have been oppressing black people for years are sucked up??
IT is real as it concerns the treatment of Black people...of course you will deny that because some people are just blind to injustice!
I am willing to guess that good number of Policer Officers in many jurisdictions after they get off duty report to the local Klan offices........am i being hard? Damn right! Things need to change and people like you who are 2 cowardly to admit things need to change are part of if not the total problem!

The people looting and rioting are the problem. Full stop.

 

[JEDIYoda]

The people looting and rioting are the problem. Full stop.

No your the problem if you honestly believe that! This would have never happened had George Floyd not been killed and had Black people been treated correctly! You have heard it said all men are created equal.........well it doesn`t say all men except for people of color are created equal......
Perhaps you need to pay your KKK dues......

 

[Starbuck1975]

No your the problem if you honestly believe that! This would have never happened had George Floyd not been killed and had Black people been treated correctly! You have heard it said all men are created equal.........well it doesn`t say all men except for people of color are created equal......
Perhaps you need to pay your KKK dues......

yawn. I fully support police reform, the demilitarization of our police, more extensive training, community outreach, accountability, oversight and body cams. I also fully support the peaceful protests.

None of those things will happen because the narrative was lost to rioting and looting.

 

[JEDIYoda]

yawn. I fully support police reform, the demilitarization of our police, more extensive training, community outreach, accountability, oversight and body cams. I also fully support the peaceful protests.

None of those things will happen because the narrative was lost to rioting and looting.

No!! Maybr to you! But the narrative is never lost until somebody forgets the narrative! There are people who want you to believe that the narrative was lost. But those are the people who are ok with another black man being killed!

 

[Starbuck1975]

No!! Maybr to you! But the narrative is never lost until somebody forgets the narrative! There are people who want you to believe that the narrative was lost. But those are the people who are ok with another black man being killed!

I am old enough to vividly remember the Rodney King riots. The narrative is lost the moment peaceful protest turns into looting and rioting. What was the public sentiment after what happened to LA back then...law and order or police reform?

 

[DAPUNISHER]

I saw a clip of officers walking with protestors. Made me smile for at least 5 minutes today.

Meanwhile racist cops randomly pick a black man to arrest, only to discover he is a FBI agent. I love how the agent verbally works these two over, he is a god damned legend.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1267409164902576129

 

[DAPUNISHER]

And I am not trying to rain on your parade, FBI is still law enforcement, and what he did here should make you smile too. After all, it brings attention to bad policing, and shows there are good guy cops, all in one incident.

 

[interchange]

This is the way.

 

[dawp]

^that was golden, dapunisher

 

[interchange]

yawn. I fully support police reform, the demilitarization of our police, more extensive training, community outreach, accountability, oversight and body cams. I also fully support the peaceful protests.

None of those things will happen because the narrative was lost to rioting and looting.

The narrative is threatened. Whether it is lost is our choice. I hope you make the choice to keep it going yourself.

 

[Starbuck1975]

The narrative is threatened. Whether it is lost is our choice. I hope you make the choice to keep it going yourself.

I would love to see police, protestors and elected officials march in solidarity during the day and do the same in the evenings to stop provocateurs, criminal and anarchy opportunists.

 

[DrunkenSano]

Problem is, there are too many police officers, elected officials, Karens, and other people who are comfortable with the current status quo who gets a raging boner when they get a chance to beat down or shoot African Americans in this country. The amount of police that have ingratiated themselves with the minority community they are supposed to serve are sadly not in the majority.

 

[MtnMan]

That also happens in my city. Saw video from the local TV station where there were hundreds of protestors in front of the police department, and a row of cops with shields and helmets took a knee. They were cheered by the crowd, and all in all it went well. No looting, no arson, just a mess in the street the fire department hosed down this morning. The main station for the FD is in the same building as the PD.

The PD also has a new chief, due to the fact the last was forced out over the beating of a man for jay walker a couple of years ago. Guess what color the jay walker was.

 

[DrunkenSano]

You can tell which police departments serve and work with their respective communities and which ones oppress them. The attitudes are incredibly different between the two and the results as well.