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“In my neighborhood... they view the police as someone who comes to take their loved ones away.”

Views Police Neighborhood Loved Ones

Author:Curtis Jackson

“The first view is "bad apple." Bad apple is excusable. It's sort of like, something went bad with this man. But the second option is police corruption, so it's a problem with the department.”

Men Firsts Problem Views Police Corruption Apples Department Like Something Bad Apple

Author:Oren Moverman

“In the case of Philando Castile, we believe he was complying, it might have been precipitated by a police officer telling him to open the glove compartment.We have other examples in which people have met the same fate when they appear to be complying. Yet the way that the system tends to operate and the way the police when you talk to them view that situation is they are looking for things that trigger their perception of threat and that`s a highly subjective judgment.”

People Way Believe Has Beens Might Views Situation Cases Fate Example Mets Judgment Perception Police Threat Officers Might Have Been Subjective Triggers Gloves Police Officer Complying

Author:Chris Hayes

“I had this radical idea that the police should obey the law. My view was that any human system without adequate checks and balances will tend towards corruption and abuse. That's why you have meat inspectors. Not because you hate butchers, but because of an understanding of human nature.”

Should Humans Ideas Law Hate Understanding Views Human Nature Balance Abuse Police Corruption Checks Radical Meat Adequate Butchers Inspectors Radical Ideas

Author:Van Jones

“I was under police security for 15 years because I was on their hit-list. I opposed Khalistan because I thought it would be suicide for the Sikh community to demand a separate state, and they heard me because they knew I was one of them. I think I turned round at least the intelligent Sikh's point of view and that gave me enormous satisfaction.”

Thinking Years States Would Be Community Views Heard Security Demand Intelligent Police Suicide Rounds Satisfaction Point Of View Lists Enormous

Author:Khushwant Singh

“I have always taken the view that sometimes war may be justified, as police action can be justified, to protect the weak and vulnerable (a major preoccupation in scripture). But this is an old and difficult question and very wise people take different views.”

“When killings of black by policeman happen, there's the victim, there's the family, there are the police, there are the politicians, and there is the community. Everybody is affected. Everybody has a point of view. We really wanted to dig into that and get to know all these different people that are changed by it.”

People Knows Different Happens Wanted Black Community Views Changed Politician Police Victim Killing Point Of View Affected Different Peoples Policemen

Author:Gina Prince-Bythewood

“My point of view, while extremely cogent, is unpopular. . . . That the repressive nature of the legalities vis-a-vis drugs are destroying the legal system and corrupting the police system.”

Views Drug Police Point Of View Destroying Marijuana Cannabis Legal System Legality

Author:Jack Nicholson

“We adults protect ourselves with laws, police, workplace regulations and social norms and there is no conceivable reason why children should be left more vulnerable, other that laziness or callousness in considering what life is like from their point of view.”

Source: The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

“Speed Limit – A sign that tells you at what speed the car that's rapidly fading from view in your rearview mirror is going; a law that provides the sole means of support for many small-town police departments.”

Mean Law Views Support Car Limits Towns Police Mirrors Speed Driving Department Sole Small Town Fading Police Department Rearview Mirror Speed Limits

Author:Richard Turner