Lawlight said:
SvennoJ said:
Lawlight said:
The point is pretty simple. More coverage when the student is black. Was that officer fired like in this case? The one thing that we need to trust in is the police's ability to enforce law and order. Now they'll fear to do that due to any kind of backlash. That is why so much antisocial behaviour is possible in Australia.
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He got a 40 day suspension. The one thing we need to do is to teach kids that the police is there to serve and protect. They're the people to turn to when you can't figure out a peaceful solution yourself, not to invite to do the dirty work. While the majority is very good at their job, a few bad apples can easily deteriorate any goodwill teenagers have for the police, especially with social media nowadays. All this does is reinforce distrust in the police. You don't solve anti social behaviour with violence, you can only suppress it.
Do you want to live in a society where the next generation only listens to authority out of fear?
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And how do you suppress anti-social behaviour? What students learnt from this is that they can get away with a lot since the police cannot touch them.
And yes, I wish I lived in a society where the next generation only listens to authority out of fear as oppose to not listening to authority.
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You do know there are plenty places where you can get exactly that. Personally, I rather live in a society where the next generation respect authority and listen out of respect instead of fear. If I am doing what I should because I fear the police instead of respect them then I know this would not be the place I want to live. I have many friends who are police officers and I respect their job and what they do because its a thankless career a lot of times, extreamly tough to do it right. By our kids understanding what a police officer does and how they are their for us not against us, it would garner more respect and less fear. People should not be fearfull of the police unless you are going to break the law.
