Poll of Public

[Patrickt]

"After a sustained onslaught of negative publicity, you would think that Americans had lost faith in the police, but a recent poll in Philadelphia gives some insights on the regard ordinary people really have for the men and women in blue.

In the city of Brotherly Love, a whopping 72 percent of respondents to a recent Pew poll said they had either “a great deal” or “a good amount” of respect for officers, a year on year increase of 5 percent for the city’s peacekeepers. Sixty percent of black, and 60 percent of Latino residents expressed the sentiments."

Most Americans trust — and need — the police | New York Post

As a practical matter the police do have a lot of support. It was my experience that in the neighborhoods with a majority of minority residents the complaints about police were generally at not doing enough to make the neighborhoods safe.

One of the many problems today is a media that is serving it's political masters and not the public.

 

[Sparky2]

One of the many problems today is a media that is serving it's political masters and not the public.

Truer words were never spoken.

There was a time when the major news networks simply reported the news, without bias, and in an objective fashion.
Those days are long since gone.
:doh

 

[Patrickt]

Truer words were never spoken.

There was a time when the major news networks simply reported the news, without bias, and in an objective fashion.
Those days are long since gone.
:doh

I missed those halcyon days but I'm only 75. When I was very young, my grandfather explained the rules for being a citizen. One was, "You have to read both newspapers, Pat. They both lie but if you read both you can sometimes figure out what's going on." He never dreamed of a day when America's enemies would control both papers.

In the city where I lived one newspaper was Democrat and the other Republican. They hired only from their respective parties. One of the jokes was where the Republican paper found enough Republicans to get a newspaper out. They both joyously announced their bias. There was none of the, "We're unbiased providers of the news," horse****. Now we have Chris Mathews of MSNBC telling us he's unbiased, middle-of-the-road.

Sadly, for the liberals, the media is doing their duty to their rulers but the public is not falling in line. If the police would return to being a part of the community they serve things would be even better.