The city of Berkeley is moving forward with a first-of-its kind proposal to replace police with unarmed civilians during traffic stops in an effort to curb racial profiling. [More]I wouldn't mind seeing Berkeley do that with the entire department.
And sorry, to those of you throwing a flag on "civilian." Somewhere along the line, the word became more inclusive.
[Via Mack H]
So....
ReplyDeleteLet's take a little poll.
How many of these "unarmed civilians" will get shot, some perhaps killed, before:
A. The city agrees that this was a really, really bad idea
or
B. They run out of people fool enough to volunteer to take the job.
I would like to suggest they take a different tack. Do like the police here in Miami-Dade County do. Just pretend that the traffic laws don't exist and stop enforcing them in any way shape or form.