Im trying to be the voice of reason and speak from the POV of someone that lived in it for most of my life.
In many innercities, the police have earned their distrust because of a myriad of reasons.
Now, im opposed to sharpton and the other baiters and have been extremely outspoken about them.
But the view of the innercity that you have and its structre is different from the actual thing. Ill just chalk it up to you not being a part of it and seeing it first hand.
No, you're right. I grew up in Alameda, CA just over the bridge from Oaktown but not close enough to really know what's going on. (I'm assuming that watching all 5 seasons of The Wire isn't enough either, lol.)
To be more clear about what I was getting at with my earlier post, my fairly uninformed opinion is that folks who live the inner city life should be heard but I don't think that there's any way to have a representative of that side commit to any course of action.
On the police side, sure, it IS feasible to have them agree to a course of corrective action. (Although getting all people down to the street level to adopt new guidelines or the like would probably be very difficult for many departments.)
Police do have a kind of shitty job not least of which is because they have to be around depressing shit a lot, I think. Not sure how you'd alleviate that aspect, though. Maybe rotate them in and out of the shittiest parts of the city to work? I don't really know.
I do agree with some others that accountability and closer supervision in the form of body cameras sounds like a promising way to get improved performance from police.