
Mad Max was a movie franchise set in post-apocalyptic Australia. The survivors, in the outback, were terrorized by a psychotic, violent bunch of motorcycle gangs. The protagonist, a cop named Max, and his loosely formed force of police, called the Bronze, tried to stop them. In the process, Max’s partner was burned alive and his wife and child murdered. It is not a pleasant place or time to be alive.
Are we there yet?
Finally, police chiefs and calmer heads are attempting a discussion on race relations that doesn’t instantaneously elicit cries of “racism.” Almost unanimously, the reactions to the police involved in the George Floyd death have been of revulsion and condemnation. But voices are now being raised that fairly assert that the rogue actions of a few police thugs do not represent the vast numbers of honorable police officers comprising the thin blue line. These are the men and women who daily risk their lives with courage and dignity, often for scant pay. Some are also finally addressing the fact that Officer Derek Chauvin and George Floyd knew each other, meaning, a factor other than race might have been motive.
What other group would accept this type of stereotypical scorn. Most blacks do not riot and loot; they respect the police and appreciate their protection. Most immigrants, legal or otherwise, seek America as a haven and a chance for a better life; they do not drive while under the influence and they don’t rape and murder.
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