Originally posted on 04/02/2021:

The Police should be like the umpires in a baseball game. Yes, the Police are in control, but life goes on around them, WITH ZERO HASSLES, and they only step in when absolutely necessary. Floyd was a local guy and was no flight risk. Small time guy that wasn't going anywhere. He could be picked up at any time. So what he passes a counterfeit $20 to buy a pack of cigarettes? Pass that info onto the FBI, that's THEIR job, and maybe later on down the road the FBI snags 5 more involved counterfeiting scumbags.

Instead we get the Chauvin gang murdering a small time addict which sets off a nuclear reaction countrywide. That lousy $20 counterfeit ignited a situation that cost us all how much more time and trouble? Can't even begin to calculate the price.

Sure, hindsight is 20-20 but the current policing system is broken. There is no serve and protect any more and that has to change. Local Police should be observing and deescalating situation problems instead of acting like thugs. Respect the people you serve and protect and the people will reciprocate and give the Police respect in return. It really is that simple.