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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGeorge W. Bush Opines on Chauvin Trial: 'There's No Question There Needs to be Police Reform'
By Rudy Takala Apr 30th, 2021, 3:42 pm
Former President George W. Bush said in an interview he believes there is no question about a need for police reform. The question is, What grade do you give police people?' said in an interview with The Dispatch published on Friday. The answer that is overall good except police departments need to learn to weed out those who dont hold our fellow citizens in the same regard as they hold themselves, and theres no question there needs to be police reform
But I think one of the lessons that people will learn over time is that theres no question there needs to be police, he added. And so Im, you know, I, again Im optimistic about the countrys capacity to take on real issues, and there is a real issue in police accountability. See. that thing after the riots at the Capitol that should be encouraging to people is that the institutions held. And the question is, will the institutions of justice, hold, and be fair. And so far I think thats been the case.
He also said he believed justice was served by this months verdict that former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin was guilty of second-degree murder and third-degree manslaughter. He did not explicitly mention the names of others recently killed during engagements with police, including that of Daunte Wright, but said he believed a lot had escaped public attention.
Well see these other cases are going to be adjudicated, Bush said. I mean, the truth of the matter is there had been a lot. You know, you wonder how many, what you wonder how many might have been exposed with the internet. You know how much of this might have been just common practice and, you know, it feels to me that probably a lot more than we anticipate.
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George W. Bush Opines on Chauvin Trial: 'There's No Question There Needs to be Police Reform' (Original Post)
DonViejo
May 2021
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Yea I'm sure The butcher of baghdad would get right on it if he were in office
Fullduplexxx
May 2021
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Fullduplexxx
(7,870 posts)1. Yea I'm sure The butcher of baghdad would get right on it if he were in office
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)2. The war criminal who instituted a torture regime says what now?
Just have John Yoo write a legal-sounding memo, and hey presto! the need for reform disappears.
Volaris
(10,274 posts)3. Ya know why even DIM SON can understand this?
BECAUSE ITS NOT THAT FUCKING HARD.
Its CLEARLY a lot less difficult that distinguishing between Iraq and Afghanistan on a map.