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  1. I think maybe you aren't understanding what I said, or I am not being clear about, which is probably the case. The surface factor is concentrating on the result, not the cause, which is not what I am saying. I have been 'studying' this issue longer than this current issue, or any other issue in the past 20+ years, back to Rodney King. When I say the tests you directed me to were too general, it's because they are. I am not going to write a doctoral dissertation here on why I think that, but I could, and its based on far more research than that. I am also not saying to switch anything to any party, I made that clear. What I said was the policies from the Democrat party clearly fails in this area. This is a starting point for addressing change. Also, if you have to train someone on sensitivity then that is a patch in itself. It has no value unless its to identify and terminate the employment of whomever has to be taught it. Now that I am done defending myself, lol, I will agree wholeheartedly with you on testing to "identify..." Through my background and experience, existing personality tests are wonderful to test someones personality. That is used by many agencies, and it is the wrong approach. Personality refers to the combination of qualities, attitude and behavior, that makes a person distinct from others. Some examples being are they funny, shy, confident, lazy etc. Instead, recruits need to be judged on Character, which refers to a set of moral and mental qualities and beliefs, that makes a person different from others. This includes traits that reveal themselves only in specific—and often uncommon—circumstances, traits like honesty, virtue, and kindliness. One must possess this one trait, above all others, before being considered as a viable recruit. That trait is empathy. No other trait can compensate for empathy. Not one person who lacked empathy, in whose application process I was, and am actively involved in, got past the initial application. I don't care how fast they ran the mile and a half, how many push ups they did, how many years of armed forces they served, how many degrees they have. Without empathy, you don't work here. Period. I have watched those already employed have problem after problem, some serious, some not, and they all shared the lack of this very important trait. Conversely, the ones who excelled, gained community accolades, wrote unbiased reports, applied the law equally and used discretionary law as it was intended, all had empathy. But there is no standardized testing for empathy, and it is not easy to identify. So I stand by my assertion that these issues need to be addressed from the top down. Policies and standards that put people in positions, such as police chief > assistant chief > command staff > department heads > recruiters, need to addressed and, like I stated in my previous posts, NOT based on political beliefs. That is the root. Fix the cause of these problems, and weeding out the bad ones won't be such a daunting task. But if people keep focusing on and dissecting the results of these bad policies, it will continue, because it always has. I have had, and still have, success in unconventional methods because I know that accepted hiring methods are flawed, and I have known this for over two decades. Despite clear proof empathy is the main ingredient, convincing others falls on deaf ears. The common response is they have to follow department guidelines in hiring. Therein lies the problem. On top of that, trying to get backing from anyone outside of trained HR reps, or even those in the field of psychology, is next to impossible because most apply the wrong attributes to a profession they understandably don't understand. However, there has been a growing trend in this area the past few years, so there is hope for meaningful change. Thanks for educating me like you said by the way, it's no surprise to me that good ideas come from a lot of different places. Have a great day.
  2. Correct. I agree. But we are limiting this person's bias, for lack of a better term, to just blacks. This person also feels superior over all races, his own included. He feels he is entitled to this way of thinking and he is entitled to disregard societies norms, rule of law, the Constitution and basic humanity. Whatever the reason for this persons contempt, this type of person has no business in law enforcement, he or she never should have been hired in the first place. He is definitely part of the problem, but not the cause, he is the result of bad polices and decisions from the top down. Until we collectively address the cause, and not concentrate so much on the result, then this will persist. Since 2003, Minneapolis has paid out $45 million in police misconduct, yet the problem persisted. Why? Again, it is policy, what is behavior and actions are allowed. All agencies and their policies need legal oversight. They all need to be held to the same legal standard, and not political party standards. This is, and has been a huge problem that continues to be cast aside as people point fingers. Case in point, out of the 20 largest US cities paying the most in litigation for police misconduct, 17 are Democrat controlled. Seventeen. Why is this? Failed Democratic policies is why. I'm not bashing Democrats or that party, I am only pointing out their failure when it comes to their regulations, standards and policies that they hold their officers accountable to. This is not an excuse for police misconduct either. Yes, there are failures in Republican controlled agencies, but not as many. This is not a white, black only problem. It is a problem that includes all kinds of abuse, towards all kinds of people, all races, sex, and ages. It is a small minority of officers, but that small minority is still too many. If we, as a society, concentrate solely on white vs black, we will lose. This problem will persist because those who should be held accountable, aren't. And if we don't be more specific about who the bad cops are, the good ones will continue to leave. It's hard enough as it is to find qualified recruits. This is only adding to, and assuring, future problems in police ranks. Tighten up policies, align them with the rule of law and the Constitution. Get rid of those with issues that are counter to societies laws and decency, and don't hire them in the first place. Hold the governing authority over these law enforcement agencies accountable to their failed policies and pandering. You can't stop a runaway train by uncoupling the caboose, you have to address what's pulling the train, the locomotive. And the mom comment wasn't directed at you. For the record, my two cats only vie for attention when they're awake Have a great day.
  3. Thanks Luna for replying with a more intelligent and thoughtful response than I have seen others reply with. To be clear, what happened to Floyd should not have happened. He was flat out murdered. I am not disputing facts you present, though they are too generalized for my thinking. What I am saying is we all need to look further into this issue, aside from race issues, real or imagined. It is very difficult for people to set aside their politics and personal feelings when it comes to these issues, social issues in particular. I am an independent and I do not agree with everything any party subscribes to. I am not beholden to them, so I can think on my own without undue influence. Having said that, we need to look at hiring and retention policies of law enforcement. This includes police recruits and corrections. We need to look at operating policies and procedures and correlate cause and affect. But that is only starting in the middle. It needs to be addressed from the top down, from those we elect to the recruit on the street. They all need to be held accountable. Regardless if Floyd's killer is racists or not, and I have yet to see proof beyond speculation, he should not have been a cop in the first place, much less for 18 years. So how did that happen, how did he stay on the force that long? The fact that this city has been democratically controlled for 40 years does matter, because if you dig deeper into officer involved shooting deaths, the large majority occur in these types of cities. Its a fact, and no amount of hatred toward others or condescending speeches aimed at anyone who has differing views will change it. It is what it is, and it needs to be addressed. In my time, I have seen first hand the change in law enforcement. I am not a mom sitting at home playing social warrior on the computer. I saw what happened during and after Rodney King. I know what correct policy and procedures are, because I have written them. I know the affects of bad and good policies. I have been part of civil law suits because someone was washed out of the department because of troubling signs in their performance (suits I never lost). This problem is not recent, it's not worse than or better than the past, because if one person is killed because someone like this Minneapolis office somehow stayed on the force for that long, then that is one death to many. He is responsible for killing Floyd, but others should be held accountable too.
  4. So you cannot answer my question? But then again, apparently everything past me saying "I" confused you, so I'm not sure you can explain how it was a racist murder. Understand this, this officer was/is a murderer. There is no justification for what he did. I want to know why you, any of you, think it's race related. Educate me instead of being condescending. Look past your own hatred toward anyone who sees this as a murder and not a race crime, so it can be properly addressed. The issue is the types of people being hired and being retained. The issue is failed policy. Until this is addressed, it will continue.It will happen again, regardless of the race of the killer or the victim. This was a horrible crime, we owe it to the victim, all victims, to root out the cause and stop it dead in its tracks. Open you mind, mom. I hope this didn't confuse you as well.
  5. I have yet to see proof, beyond mere mindless jabbering, that the killing of Floyd was race related. The real problem is, how did someone with the potential to commit murder get hired and stay on the police force for so long? Continuing to blame all cops, whites, Trump and religion for a perceived racist killing, only serves to be inflammatory and stoke emotions not directly related to his death or his killer. The press needed some excitement after months of monotonous COVID=19 reporting and shamefully used Floyd's senseless murder to feed their sensationalist 'journalism'. And you all fell for it, hook, line and sinker. The uncomfortable truth: Minneapolis has been solidly in Democrat hands for decades. Minneapolis has been dominated by Democrat mayors for more than 40 years. If systemic racism exists in the Minneapolis police force it has been enabled by Democrat leaders for more than 40 years. They refuse to own the results of their failed policies and blame the usual scapegoats instead. So, please explain how this was a racist killing.
  6. 1) Qualified immunity is not something police decided for themselves. It is a Federal legal doctrine that protects police officers from being sued for enforcing the laws they are mandated by law to enforce, whether its discretionary or not. It only protects officers if they do not violate federal or state law. Excessive force in causing the death of someone does not entitle an officer to qualified immunity. 1a) Using a term and definition that has no bearing on the subject matter, then judging someone based on such incorrect term and definition is irresponsible and inflammatory. 2) What what? 3) Federal and state grants given to agencies are only to be used for specific purposes as dictated by law or some other legitimate legislation. Bribery is an offer to exchange money, goods or services in return for an illegitimate or illegal act. Huge difference. 3b) Private funding has to go through, be approved by and received by the local governing authority for any law enforcement agency. Once approved and received by that authority, it is then distributed to the agency for specific use per that governing authority. That's called checks and balances, not bribery. I don't know, maybe holding the ones truly responsible for their own failures should be the main focus, rather than just casually lumping all police officers into one big murderous, corrupt and violent pile. Education on facts would be a great start.
  7. What's a silence order, never heard of it. Who are you saying is being bribed, and by whom, when you don't even know the definition of bribery? What private monies are you talking about? Who are they receiving it from?
  8. Selene, who is the "us" you are talking about? If you are referring to cops as being "us", then re-read what I said. I am one of the "us" too.
  9. First off, all of you who say cops are bad, or law enforcement is a huge problem etc, then you are part of the problem. As a matter of fact, you ARE the problem. Let me break it down: Most of these tragic incidents occur in larger cities (no not all), these cities are controlled by a Democrat majority, city council and mayor/city manager. A majority YOU voted into office. They in turn take your liberal political views and, ahem, values, and govern and hire their staff accordingly. This staff includes the police chief. So now this chief, who takes orders from the aforementioned council and mayor, hires his own staff and puts those in charge of recruiting, internal affairs, patrol, detectives etc., in place. These commanders are responsible for those under them. Hiring, patrol and case assignments, recruiting, internal and external complaint investigations and so on. They all are carrying out the views and values of their department, as approved by their chief. From the top down and from the bottom up. They all have to operate not only under the laws of the state, but of the policies of their departments and their cities ordinances. So here we have a democrats, liberal or otherwise, electing their city council and mayors to carry out, abide by and be responsible to the voters political stance and accountable to them, the voter for their actions, or lack thereof. Then...this system fails, time and time again. The result, in this case, a bad cop murdering a civilian for no damn good reason. To top it off, three others stand around watching. Lets not forget the 'innocent' bystanders filming the man dying, or 'watching in horror', and doing absolutely nothing about it. Why weren't they charged with the same thing these officers were?? They too have a responsibility! Democrats voters failed to elect people for the right reasons. They allowed them to stay in office and promulgate rules and policies in line with the democrat party. When the system fails, especially this particular Democrat system, who gets blamed for it?? The good cops do, white people, Trump, Republicans, religion, even antifa does. Might as well toss in the Easter bunny for as much sense as that makes. It's everyone else's fault but those who are directly responsible, you, the democrats who vote these people in office and demand they adhere to your failed policies. Stop blaming ALL cops, whites and anyone else who makes for an easy target. Stop throwing the baby out with the bath water. Go ahead and 'defund the police', that's brilliant. Keep shoving your BLM message down everyone's throat too, because who dares stand against that for fear of being labeled?? Go ahead and just call them racist if they have differing opinions, not opposite opinions, just different, that's the easy, mindless response to counter critical thinking. And yep, all lives do matter, or else you are discriminating. Start taking responsibility for your own actions and decisions and stop blaming others when your choices fail. And for ffs, learn the definition of racism. Before you respond in haste, stop and ask yourself, is Ravyn white? If not, will that change how you respond? Does it even matter? God bless you all, and God bless those who wear the badge and fight the good fight with honor and integrity. (Not a Dem or Rep thank you)
  10. I wanted to give y'all an update. First, I backed up settings, I then tried virtually all of the above suggestions, (not the clear cache every day part, sorry ) clean install, cleared cache location (once), messed with the settings, turned down all graphics, disabled shaders, took draw distance to 32, changed computers, worked in a virtually mesh free environment, even stripped off my AO, closed all HUDs, removed all attachments etc etc etc. The problem persisted, no change whatsoever. Logged in with the SL viewer, not one problem! Yay, but not yay because I like my FS. So I was resigned to the fact I would have to live with this, whatever the heck it is freeze thing. So there I was, many days later after having restored my settings, minding my own business building something, and, POOF! I have never seen my viewer shut down so fast , ever! OMG right? I'm seriously freaking out as I signed back on FS, deathly afraid I was hacked or something because it took several attempts to sign back in. Finally, I see myself with my pants on my head, hair attached to my hip and my brain floating freely above it all. Whew, what a lovely site! All my invo is there and I still have all my linden, yay! Everything is fine except everything on my FS viewer has gone back to default. Pfft, no big deal, I put it all back and GENTLY rezzed a prim. Went to edit and all was good. No freeze. Uploaded and rezzed some mesh, no freeze. Logged off then back on, rezzed, deleted, rezplat, the whole shebang. No problems at all. I have NO idea what happened or how it corrected itself, but it did. Thank you to all of you who responded, I really do appreciate it!
  11. It began right after the last update, others I know are outright crashing, not freezing, just poof. I'll try the fresh install and see, that may fix it. Otherwise, they say their updates will come out every 3 months or so, we'll see then. Thank you for your response
  12. My apologies in advance if this isn't the right forum, I have three headaches simultaneously from my unsuccessful search for an answer. Thank you Google for the how to freeze bread link, but that's not what I asked for. Whenever I go to edit an object, my viewer will freeze for about 4-6 seconds. every time this happens, I see a little text box hovering somewhere near the object that simply says 'edit'. I am a builder and mesh creator and this is driving me absolutely mad. When I'm building, stuff move rapidly as things are being created, I don't have time for these momentary life reflections by my edit tool. Any help would be greatly appreciated it. Btw, I'm on the latest FS release (again, I apologies if this isn't the place for that), I have a great gaming desktop with plenty of power and resources to handle this and virtually anything else I have running, never had any other issues here or with other programs. Thanks!
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