It takes uncommon hubris to credit cops, alone, with the transformation of New York in the two decades. Demographic and economic changes; a political system more responsive to the concerns of African Americans; hard work by community leaders themselves to reduce crime and disorder – it’s a long list, and I’m not sure how many experts — outside the police department — would put cops at the very top.
But a lot of white New Yorkers would, too. A cousin of mine, a liberal, says she thought Giuliani went too far – but she’s glad the city moved beyond crime and fear. She was mugged multiple times, once at gunpoint. Once she was dragged between two buildings by some women who threatened to kill her, then let her go. “I don’t want to go back there,” my cousin confessed.
Nobody does, we agreed. The question is whether New York’s relative safety today can only be maintained at the expense of the police stopping, frisking, arresting and sometimes killing black men who didn’t deserve it.In the article, Reuters equates what they experience as the same type of racial profiling that cost Eric Garner his life after he was swarmed by police officers and one applied a choke hold to him.Walmart illegally disciplined workers.I used to love Christmas. When I was a child my family wasn’t religious, but my parents put extreme time, effort and money into making Christmas special. There were too many presents, too much food and the entire world stopped spinning for a month so we could participate in community and family activities. None of this involved church, ever, and Christmas carries a great many of my best childhood memories.
One of my most vivid memories of Christmas is of my mother wrapping a gift in plain paper for my aunt, who was a Buddhist. It stands out in my mind, because I knew very few non-Christians as a child. My mother knew enough, even before discussions of diversity were common, to try and give a gift to my aunt on her terms. My mother was careful to avoid shoving her traditions down someone’s throat. To this day it is one of the most beautiful gestures of understanding I remember from the holidays. If people could just hang on to that sense of respect, there would be no fictional “War on Christmas” narrative.
Contrary to the bizarre religious posturing offered by Linus in the classic “Peanuts” special, Christmas is not about Jesus. Not for a sizable minority of us. For most of my life, Jesus has been a bit player. Over the last few years, a cottage industry of Christmas pushers and religious fundamentalists have manufactured a list of penalties and prohibitions to dictate how each and every American must celebrate the holiday. Christmas has become about religious coercion.
In a separate case, the National Labor Relations Board recently ruled that Walmart illegally disciplined workers in Richmond, CA who were organizing for change, and ordered the corporation to rescind its disciplinary actions. Six workers had participated in a work stoppage action after their manager made a racially charged comment to one worker, telling him he wished he could tie a rope around his neck. After the workers returned to work, the same manager said he “wanted to shoot everyone in the union.” The NLRB wrote in its decision that Walmart should “cease and desist from issuing disciplinary coachings to associates because they engaged in a protected work stoppage, and to discourage associates from engaging in those or other protected activities.”
The black police officers said their experiences included being pulled over by police for no reason (multiple times for most), being stopped and frisked, thrown into prison vans, and being physically assaulted and threatened. Black cops say that they’ve had their heads slammed against vehicles and guns brandished in their faces.
“The black officers interviewed said they had been racially profiled by white officers exclusively, and about one third said they made some form of complaint to a supervisor.”
“All but one said their supervisors either dismissed the complaints or retaliated against them by denying them overtime, choice assignments, or promotions. The remaining officers who made no complaints said they refrained from doing so either because they feared retribution or because they saw racial profiling as part of the system.”
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It takes uncommon hubris to credit cops, alone, with the transformation of New York in the two decades. Demographic and economic changes; a political system more responsive to the concerns of African Americans; hard work by community leaders themselves to reduce crime and disorder – it’s a long list, and I’m not sure how many experts — outside the police department — would put cops at the very top.
But a lot of white New Yorkers would, too. A cousin of mine, a liberal, says she thought Giuliani went too far – but she’s glad the city moved beyond crime and fear. She was mugged multiple times, once at gunpoint. Once she was dragged between two buildings by some women who threatened to kill her, then let her go. “I don’t want to go back there,” my cousin confessed.
Nobody does, we agreed. The question is whether New York’s relative safety today can only be maintained at the expense of the police stopping, frisking, arresting and sometimes killing black men who didn’t deserve it.In the article, Reuters equates what they experience as the same type of racial profiling that cost Eric Garner his life after he was swarmed by police officers and one applied a choke hold to him.Walmart illegally disciplined workers.I used to love Christmas. When I was a child my family wasn’t religious, but my parents put extreme time, effort and money into making Christmas special. There were too many presents, too much food and the entire world stopped spinning for a month so we could participate in community and family activities. None of this involved church, ever, and Christmas carries a great many of my best childhood memories.
One of my most vivid memories of Christmas is of my mother wrapping a gift in plain paper for my aunt, who was a Buddhist. It stands out in my mind, because I knew very few non-Christians as a child. My mother knew enough, even before discussions of diversity were common, to try and give a gift to my aunt on her terms. My mother was careful to avoid shoving her traditions down someone’s throat. To this day it is one of the most beautiful gestures of understanding I remember from the holidays. If people could just hang on to that sense of respect, there would be no fictional “War on Christmas” narrative.
Contrary to the bizarre religious posturing offered by Linus in the classic “Peanuts” special, Christmas is not about Jesus. Not for a sizable minority of us. For most of my life, Jesus has been a bit player. Over the last few years, a cottage industry of Christmas pushers and religious fundamentalists have manufactured a list of penalties and prohibitions to dictate how each and every American must celebrate the holiday. Christmas has become about religious coercion.
In a separate case, the National Labor Relations Board recently ruled that Walmart illegally disciplined workers in Richmond, CA who were organizing for change, and ordered the corporation to rescind its disciplinary actions. Six workers had participated in a work stoppage action after their manager made a racially charged comment to one worker, telling him he wished he could tie a rope around his neck. After the workers returned to work, the same manager said he “wanted to shoot everyone in the union.” The NLRB wrote in its decision that Walmart should “cease and desist from issuing disciplinary coachings to associates because they engaged in a protected work stoppage, and to discourage associates from engaging in those or other protected activities.”
The black police officers said their experiences included being pulled over by police for no reason (multiple times for most), being stopped and frisked, thrown into prison vans, and being physically assaulted and threatened. Black cops say that they’ve had their heads slammed against vehicles and guns brandished in their faces.
“The black officers interviewed said they had been racially profiled by white officers exclusively, and about one third said they made some form of complaint to a supervisor.”
“All but one said their supervisors either dismissed the complaints or retaliated against them by denying them overtime, choice assignments, or promotions. The remaining officers who made no complaints said they refrained from doing so either because they feared retribution or because they saw racial profiling as part of the system.”
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