While I agree on the first part I had to fix the second for you. We had different national leadership during the Ferguson and Baltimore riots,same outcome!
I'm specifically referring to taking advantage of this common ground we have in this specific instant. You have sheriffs and police chiefs doing that at the ground level, but a national effort could really yield something good and positive.
Yes I agree but most of these looters/riots continued because the ones at state level allowed it to. It's to bad because the whole country was behind George Floyd until all this crap happened. Not that they're still not behind him but it now takes a back seat because of all this destruction. Should've been stopped on day 1.
The problem is that elections have consequences. Law Enforcement at the local level should be managed at the local level. Politicians never want to take responsibility, so local politicians will blame national politicians. I, for one do not want my local police department governed at the national level. Most power (politically) should be at the local level, most people are not taught that this is how our form of government is setup. The Federal government should only be involved at the national level and never at the local level. We have to choose our local politicians more carefully.
That would certainly be my defense, in that situation. One of the few rights we also have here in Pa, but that story is for a different day.
I never said anything about federal direction or oversight over law enforcement. Consent decrees and centralized decision making are the death of law enforcement and corrections.
I am not trying to force any ill will here, but you did say a national effort. The police problems are a local issue and not a national issue. If you look where there are complaints of police problems, it may amaze you that it is issues with how the police unions have negotiated contracts that limit how bad police officers are handled. Those contracts are not negotiated at the national level.
That I did, let me clarify. Not any kind of federal level intervention. Something more akin to Obama's beer summit, just on a larger scale and more visible. The president could act as moderator, bringing these two sides together for a discussion over the common ground of the Floyd outrage.
