The police are out there every day. 24 hours at a time, 365 days per year, someone answers if you call them.
I could not do that job. I would not want to try.
I am not denying Black America's experience. I know it's true.
I don't think there's going to be a quick fix, not even a multi-step quick fix. The most serious problems never have them.
One thing I would do, if I were a media editor, would be to make police journalism a routine, front page issue every week, from now on. If I managed journalism education programs, I would make police journalism a major. I think there are similar things to say about criminal justice education programs and what ought to be included and also reinforced throughout people's careers.
If I were part of government, I would also make discussions of policing mandatory and weekly.
These issues can't be put away; that, at least, is clear. They have to be kept in the public conversation and political thought process.
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