I have watched the video a few times,
Before I went to bed last night, I read most of the 700 plus
entries on KOB topix. link
(You really should read there for awhile;
posts now (1;30am) number 837.)
I have drawn some conclusions;
There were two men there,
one had a much greater responsibility than the other,
to keep his emotions in check;
and did not.
There are a number of people who side "blindly" with
the police, and a number who side just as blindly against
the police.
There are a lot of people in the middle, mostly locals,
who are genuinely afraid of their police department;
afraid of those who job it is to protect and serve.
Or if not afraid, have simply lost faith.
Those who know APS Police Chief Ray Schultz' name,
don't use it to express their confidence in him,
or in the department he heads.
There are a lot of people who no longer trust the media
in Albuquerque to tell them, or show them,
the whole truth.
I was reminded what it feels like when
a person with no power tries to hold someone powerful,
accountable for their conduct and competence.
Like I needed reminding.
The whole thing is so disturbing that I have been awakened
from a sound sleep, at 1:30am, by a nightmare;
... only to find I wasn't really "dreaming" at all.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
"Cop attacks photographer"
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It's been a long time since we've had a Lincoln, a Jefferson, a Cesar Chaez, or a Martin Luther King Jr.
Many public servants (not all) powerful because that's what they love and worship. They are powerholics.
Much like when you try to pry the bottle from an active alcoholic, if you chip at one of these people's power...they freak out and want you taken out of the pic anyway possible.
You have done an awesome job, but it's our resonsinility, the readers and believers of D6 to get the word out there, for more folks to read, and hopefully respond.
Next school year, I'm going to carry around slips of paper with this blogsite's address on it with a caption "Don't log onto this website! APS would prohibit it!" and see if we can't get you more readers...I sincerely believe folks that read your site will be moved, unless they are heartless or powerholics.
Thanks Ched!
--An APS Instructor
While I appreciate your support, I fear that next year will be too late.
If in thirty days, Winston Brooks assumes his superintendency without acknowledging any of these issues;
he never will.
July 1st is pretty much a drop dead deadline, for any real hope of honest accountability in the leadership of the APS.
I predict Winston Brooks to be a do-nothing...neither good nor bad.
W/o going into details, I have noticed Monica Armenta going in his place to functions where he was expected to be present, and even functions where he obligated himself to present or speak, then never showed up (but Monica did).
Winston would seem to be another in a long line of APS puppets.
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