tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post2624058158445998201..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: "Politics as the crow flies" and the Baltimore riotsgcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-41337162481243767312015-05-06T05:02:10.891-04:002015-05-06T05:02:10.891-04:00The unions are not the problem.<a href="http://mattbruenig.com/2015/05/03/cop-unions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cop-unions" rel="nofollow">The unions are not the problem</a>.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-27595143900645738272015-05-05T20:11:27.547-04:002015-05-05T20:11:27.547-04:00You'll need to roll over the police unions to ...You'll need to roll over the police unions to do that.<br />(A feature not a bug IMO, but a difficulty.) Ken Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08207803092348071005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-25404743568809300662015-05-05T04:26:22.870-04:002015-05-05T04:26:22.870-04:00This article politely and accurately explains the ...This article politely and accurately explains the problem with a template approach to policing demographics. In almost all cases, it is better for the police and the residents if the former is part of the community.<br /><br />Reading this article reminded me of a scene from The Wire (a show set in Baltimore!) where the resident says "here's the one thing that I miss about my neighborhood is that we knew the police. We had a white police officer and our house was on his foot-beat. And he would be sitting there talking to my mother damn near every night...he even knew my grandmother. I have not seen that face to face policing in a very long while... and that is how it should be"<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAf23H2Dz7IAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18095427692520186889noreply@blogger.com