Topic of Discussion: Policing in the Community
There's a new episode of Topic of Discussion out this week, and this one focuses on policing in the community. The podcast, hosted by linebacker K.J., former Seahawks linebacker (2011-2016) Mike Morgan, and Ali Samael, is described as a "multi-generational show about real life topics from different perspectives". Previous episodes have focused on a wide variety of topics ranging from social media to going to college to depression, and often include a subject matter expert in the discussion. For this week's conversation, they were joined by Sergeant Jones, a longtime member of the local police force who shared his own perspective on several topics being discussed around the police.
The entire 52-minute roundtable is worth listening to, and I hesitate to pick which topics to highlight since they are all so important, but here are a few particularly powerful moments from the discussion.
On complying with the police as a Black citizen:
"Officer, I've got three kids, two boys," Wright said to Jones. "What I'm trying to teach them is if you don't do what the cop tells you, you're going to be in trouble. It's hard for me to tell my kids, 'If an officer asks you to get out of the car, you can refuse' because I don't know what the hell is going to happen. That's some scary stuff…I feel like to give myself the best chance to get home, I've gotta do what I've gotta do. I've got to step out. I can't exercise my rights even if I do have them."
"My dad always taught me you comply," Morgan added. "At the end of the day, whatever happens in that situation, you want to make sure you come home. I don't have the right to talk back or say anything. I've seen videos and I know what happens."
On the murder of George Floyd and police accountability:
"When stuff like this does happen, these cops need to be held accountable," Wright said. "If you do this, you need to be in jail. That's why I feel like this [officer] with George Floyd, he's seeing these other instances where these cops got off. These folks need to be in jail. Period. That's the issue. They need to go to court, the case needs to be covered, and you need to go to jail. So you think twice before doing certain stuff. Cops need to be held more accountable for their actions."
"We're human beings and we can get emotional," Jones responded. "When you see your fellow officers tripping, getting emotional, getting wound up for whatever reason, you've got to physically intervene. That's what should have happened with George Floyd. Someone needed to grab that dude…What got me was when George Floyd went unconscious. The worst thing that can happen for a police officer besides being seriously injured or killed yourself is having someone die under my watch. That is brutal. That officer never shifted gears into life-saving mode…You've got to switch gears. When that never happened, okay this is…this is dark. It's wrong. We are the police. We're supposed to do better than that."
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