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With identity crisis in police, more Fergusons inevitable
Recent social unrest across the country protesting the police shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson and the police chokehold death of Eric Garner in New York has reopened wounds and revealed deeply rooted tensions between citizens and police, especially in ethnic minority communities.
These incidents of real or perceived police misconduct followed by social unrest and riots are not new. In the 1960s there were the Watts Riots. In the early 1990s there were five days of rioting in reaction to the videotaped Rodney King beating.
An examination of the history of policing shows that this cyclical pattern can be explained by fundamental changes in policing over the past century.
These incidents of real or perceived police misconduct followed by social unrest and riots are not new. In the 1960s there were the Watts Riots. In the early 1990s there were five days of rioting in reaction to the videotaped Rodney King beating.
An examination of the history of policing shows that this cyclical pattern can be explained by fundamental changes in policing over the past century.
The comments on "asshole control" are especially noteworthy.
http://theconversation.com/with-identity-crisis-in-police-more-fergusons-inevitable-35237