Red, that question is beneath you.
After the four or five "unarmed black men" (regardless of circumstances or prior actions) were shot by police officers over the last year or so, Obama has come on TV and spoken about how the policing has to improve, how they are not doing their job, how the victimize young black men, how black lives matter, and using too much force, and on and on. While you may not agree with the sentiment, surely you are aware of this never ending trashing of the police by the person with the number one bully pulpit in the known universe. The message has been clear to a great many people, I am surprised, shocked actually, that it has resonated with you.
Red, I think you follow LSU football. If Coach Miles tells the team they are gonna beat Alabama, constantly, there are a lot of kids on that team that are really really gonna believe this. It is what leaders do. They lead, mostly by words, sometimes by example. If the President of the United States gets on tv, even once, not to mention dozens of times, and talks about problems in the police departments, how they are victimizing young black males, how they are using too much force and all the other anti-police comments he makes, there are a bunch of people gonna take it to heart, and run with it. We are seeing the results, this summer and spring, with the almost 30 law officers gunned down, many execution style.
One of my best friends, became one of the first Executive Officers from my USNA class. I asked him what it was like, his response, "They do what I tell them. It is scary." That my friend is what leadership is about, and when the President is condemning the police at every convenient opportunity, or their actions, someone is going to do it!
Please realize, I am pretty anti police. My experience with them has been very negative, and I feel in every interaction, the police or highway patrol has been in the wrong and in most cases acted like an asshole. But, I am intelligent enough to understand that if the President condemns and condemns them with words, sooner or later, as we see very very plainly, some minion will carry his words to the next level, and condemn them with a shot in the back.
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