The Racial Reality of Policing

This was an article in the Saturday "Wall Street Journal." The author, Edward Conlon has enormous street cred: In the NYPD for 16 years, mostly in the Bronx. Great article. Best I've seen on the subject. He has authored a couple of books: a memoir, "Blue Blood" and a novel, "Red on Red." I am going to read. He doesn't say it and may not go as far as my belief that the racial issue cannot be solved. He says, "police bias are serious problems but any conversation about reform has to address the epidemic of blacks killing blacks." 

People mainly see what they want to see is his view. 129 blacks killed by confrontation or however by police. This will knock your socks off--in the same period of time, 6,739 blacks were murdered by their own peers. Since 2001, 90,000 black men have been killed by other blacks. 

Here is the most disturbing thing about this article. In his experience, he would arrest some culprit who obviously committed the crime, the murder, usually. Cut and dry. The jury would acquit. Incredulous. Why? On those juries were the little old ladies, the grandmothers of these criminals and they refused to believe their grandkids were guilty. Those kids standing on the corners, selling and doing dope and other things--the Grandmas are thinking redemption.  Read the article. It is worth your time.