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Police Chief offers "Apology Heard 'Round The World" (Original Post) stlsaxman Jul 2013 OP
Wow iandhr Jul 2013 #1
saw this video on another blog... chillfactor Jul 2013 #2
Thanks so much for posting this. Cried all the way through. Let's keep changing the world. freshwest Jul 2013 #3
Proud mtasselin Jul 2013 #4
That is an incredible apology from Chief Kevin Murphy, stlsaxman! Cha Jul 2013 #5
k&r thanks for posting. rhett o rick Jul 2013 #6
It happened back in March, but it's worth watching again. Kennah Jul 2013 #7
These aren't cops, they're Police Officers. DeSwiss Jul 2013 #8

chillfactor

(7,566 posts)
2. saw this video on another blog...
Sat Jul 20, 2013, 05:39 PM
Jul 2013

it truly is amazing! wish all police chiefs had the same common sense he does...

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
3. Thanks so much for posting this. Cried all the way through. Let's keep changing the world.
Sat Jul 20, 2013, 06:33 PM
Jul 2013

I was a kid learning about what was going on. The hate, deaths savage brutality and hideous and shameful treatment to AAs.

The feelings of intense terror and revulsion are as strong now as they were then.Likely I will go to my grave with it.

Future generations may not have this seared in their minds, and it's up to us to spare them of this.

mtasselin

(666 posts)
4. Proud
Sat Jul 20, 2013, 07:18 PM
Jul 2013

This is one of those times in my life that I am Proud to have seen this, wish I could have been there in person. My hat is off to both of them, first to the Chief and second to Mr. Lewis a very unforgettable moment, I hope some day and can meet both of these extraordinary people.

Cha

(295,899 posts)
5. That is an incredible apology from Chief Kevin Murphy, stlsaxman!
Sat Jul 20, 2013, 07:21 PM
Jul 2013

What an extraordinary person person!

Thank you so much for posting it!

 

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)
8. These aren't cops, they're Police Officers.
Sun Jul 21, 2013, 03:59 AM
Jul 2013

There's a difference.

The cops we see beating, maiming and killing citizens, have become infected by the corrupt system in which they must ply their trade. The twisted sociopathic behaviors we are seeing more and more often from them, are but the obvious symptoms of the rot and cancer that lies above, below and all around them.

If we're ever going to free ourselves from the oppression of racism, it's only going to happen when we're strong enough to confront it, as we've seen a beginning of the process here. Once we do, reconciliation comes not just with apology, but when we forgive ourselves first by acknowledging our flaws. Because that is how we grow from them and evolve both personally and collectively.

And then forgive everyone else.

- Because we're all cracked pots.....

K&R


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