Pro-police forces WANT mayhem. It makes people watching on TV afraid of the protests, and it changes the subject away from the widespread peaceful opposition to racist police violence.
Seattle Chief of Police: http://www.seattle.gov/police/about-us/about-the-department/...
St Louis Chief of Police: http://www.slmpd.org/chief_of_police.shtml
Atlanta Chief of Police: https://www.projectq.us/atlanta/atlanta_police_chief_erika_s...
Chicago Chief of Police: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Brown_(police_officer)
Oakland Chief of Police: https://climaterwc.com/2019/07/17/san-mateo-police-chief-sus...
People on HN seem to have a cartoon villain view of police, so I thought I'd share a few faces of police leadership in effected communities.
Above, they cherry-picked a few cops that just happen to be the chief of police. It's not that simple.
You don't understand the institutions involved if you highlight these examples. Police, police unions, district attorneys, etc. It's not simple.
Baseless accusation. The protests are mostly in the blue-voting cities, and the GP's list is representative.
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Here is how it works:
Minneapolis, Chief of Police: nominated (...) by the Mayor of Minneapolis (Betsy Hodges) [1]
Seattle, Chief of Police: [n]ominated by Mayor Jenny Durkan [2]
St Louis, Comissioner of Police: appointed as the 35th Commissioners of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department on December 28, 2017 by Mayor Lyda Krewson [3]
Atlanta Chief of Police: Mayor of Atlanta Kasim Reed announced on December 1, 2016, that he had chosen Shields [4]
Chicago Superintended of the Chicago Police Department: The City Council on Wednesday voted 50-0 to appoint former Dallas Police Chief David Brown to lead the Chicago Police Department [5]
Oakland Chief of Police: Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf announced Monday that she has appointed former San Mateo Police Chief Susan Manheimer as Oakland’s interim police chief [6]
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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medaria_Arradondo
[2] https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/carmen-be...
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hayden_Jr.
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erika_Shields
[5] https://news.wttw.com/2020/04/22/david-brown-confirmed-chica...
[6] https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Oakland-Mayor-ap...