[FRIAM] Thoughts on the Floyd protests

[Frank Wimberly]

I have a developing friendship with a retired Captain of SWAT for the
Pennsylvania State Police.  He's relatively young, does a fair amount of
public speaking, and has a consulting firm that teaches "police Spanish" to
interested departments.  We are both members of a group that meets once a
week (currently Zoom) to practice Spanish conversation.  I could ask him if
he'd be interested.

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Frank C. Wimberly
140 Calle Ojo Feliz,
Santa Fe, NM 87505

505 670-9918
Santa Fe, NM

On Tue, Jun 9, 2020, 5:28 PM Jon Zingale <jonzingale at gmail.com> wrote:

> Like many of you and from an armchair, I am watching protests in
> the streets. I am watching calls for the defunding of our police, and
> surprisingly painful responses on all sides. The whole affair leaves
> me to wonder:
>
> 1. Will the efforts to defund the police eventually meet with efforts
> to build private militias? Will the future of policing in this country
> follow a path similar to the shift from public to private postal service?
> If so, what will accountability be?
>
> 2. While there appear to be some videos of police chiefs talking to
> crowds through megaphones, should I expect to see interviews with
> police on podcasts or in other more intimate domains? Are commentators
> making a mistake in treating the thoughts and opinions of police officers,
> as individuals, as if they were swarming black boxes?
>
> 3. Protests are announced with more than a day's notice. Police,
> it would seem, are aware and anticipating participation in these public
> events. What do the text messages between police officers look like in
> the days leading up to some of the more horrific scenes?
>
> 4. Are any of us good enough friends with a police officer such that we
> could invite one to talk about these events on an upcoming Friday?
>
> I cannot help but be upset by what I am seeing, and yet there do not
> seem to be meaningful steps taken by those that can affect transparency
> or promote sanity.
>
> Jon
>
>
>
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