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Jews in the D

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• You can go from hero to 
zero in seconds: “In some 
instances, they (officers) 
make mistakes, whether 
due to lack of training or 
indifference to the welfare of 
a person. There are times I 
have seen video on TV where 
I agree with the public and 
I think, ‘
What was that cop 
thinking?’
 Should the other 
officers have intervened to 
protect George Floyd? From 
what I have seen, 
absolutely yes!” 
• Intervening 
with a fellow 
officer “is 
good for 
morale 
because it 
protects 
everyone.”
Effective 
intervention: 
“
A fellow 
officer sees an 
officer getting out 
of control, and says 
‘
You know what? I’
ve got 
it. Go back to the car.’
 Let 
go of your ego, if you have 
one, and get in the car. You 
should not have an ego if you 
are a cop.
“When a person is in 
our custody, in our care, 
our control, whether they 
committed a crime or we are 
giving them a ride as a favor, 
we are responsible for their 
safety. If they complain of 
a health issue, it is our duty 
to get them health care. We 
have to protect them from 
harm, not only from us, but 
also from harming others 
and even from self-harm. It 
is the most important thing 
that we do. We take them to 
the hospital, even if they have 
committed a triple homicide. 
People have a right to expect 

us to protect; we have the 
responsibility to protect. It is 
not for us to judge.” 
• “Peaceful protesters are 
not doing anything wrong. 
We have to protect them. 
Maybe they should not be in 
the street, but if they are, we 
have to make sure that they 
don’
t get hit by a car. 
“Ideally, the police 
work with the leaders of 
demonstrations to keep 
everyone safe. People 
have a right to 
protest. 
“I have seen 
white agitators 
from out of the 
area show up 
at a peaceful 
demonstration 
and commit 
vandalism, and 
loot … a few 
agitators can give 
the whole black 
community a bad 
name.” 
• Perception is reality: “I 
can’
t tell other groups how 
they should or shouldn’
t 
feel, based on their life 
experience, when I haven’
t 
been there. Conversely, don’
t 
paint the police with a broad 
brush when you haven’
t been 
there.”
• Communities need funds: 
“When people say they 
want to ‘
Defund the Police,’
 
I think they are saying we 
need funds for other areas. I 
do not support ‘
Defunding 
the Police.’
 I do support the 
diversion of funds elsewhere 
to create or increase funding 
for things that will help the 
citizens and children of the 
communities we serve, the 
schools, the neighborhoods, 
the mentally ill. That is a 
government decision.” 

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