Black History Month – History of Black Police Officers in St. Louis MO
The video is a bit over 20 minutes, and is jam-packed with history and information, including interviews and photographs. After watching it, it brought revelation as to why the St. Louis police department made changes in who it appointed to oversee law enforcement during the Ferguson, MO protests after the police came out as a militarized occupying force.. That attitude goes back in history.
Posted on 02/04/2015, in Michael Brown - Ferguson, Potpourri, research and tagged Black History Month, Ferguson, St. Louis police. Bookmark the permalink. 14 Comments.
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Hi Xena, is the video missing?
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Hey Glenn! The video appears. If you are trying to access it through the link, do not copy the “&rel=0” at the end. That’s coding that prevents the thumbnails of other videos after the video plays.
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I can see it now. I must have been in an area with a bad connection before ’cause the embedded video I couldn’t see earlier.
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Glenn,
(Whew) Glad that was figured out.
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It is sad isn’t it how the force to protect has become a force of its own..
Many thanks for all your informative postings Xena..
Sue
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Hey Sue! Thanks for the comment and your kind words.
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Reblogged this on The Militant Negro™.
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Hey Jueseppi. Thanks for the reblog dear friend.
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Thanks so much, Xena, for this video.
These Black officers connected with the community by walking the beat, talking with people and getting to know the residents from the young ones to the adults.
Today, it is this connection with the community that is missing in Ferguson.
Yes, Xena, the Ferguson police department had to call in Highway Patrol Officer Johnson because their White officers seem to have never had an interest in connecting with the Black community whom they were sworn to serve and protect. In fact, the Ferguson PD’s oppressive military-style approach to the protesters, their “them vs us” approach was very telling.
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Yahtzeebutterfly,
“Them vs us.” That’s it in a nutshell.
One of the things I’ve wondered all along is why would anyone want to work in a community where they would not want to live?
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Right on Point Xena, good work 🙂
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Why — thank you scrodriguez. 🙂
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That was so interesting!
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