Once you become targeted you also become aware how important it is to hold people accountable. Without accountability we will find ourselves in a few years back to the very same spot; perhaps a worse spot. There are certain behaviors in our society we should not nor ever accept. For some reason we have accepted them as "ok" even though they run against the grain of everything good and just. There is a higher calling for our society to adapt to the distortion of hate and rage. We must only be willing to take a few steps to see the risks we face as individuals and as a society.
Give you an example. Someone holds inappropriate beliefs about their importance in the world. Racial and religious hate and is willing to lie and manipulate to gain benefit. That sets off a whole serious of dangerous events that include police targeting (by a few corrupted officers. Not all. Most did the right thing but a few persisted.), a large mediocre ex-sports highschool players clan engage in highly provocative antics, potential manipulation of an elderly person for financial gain (not the first time), and lost opportunities caused by those who support hate, etc...
Let's pretend an extremely bizarre thing happened (I know! I know! Its impossible a distorted soul can launch a hate network! But let us squint our eyes and pretend a Steven King creepy thing actually did happen. Let us look beyond the surface.). Someone went back and asked questions and found out that not only was the initiators lying, they were also stealing, and in turn hated the targets for personal, racial and religious reasons. Perhaps they were even coached by their close officer friends on how to "set up" their target (It didn't turn out as planned but they tried. Again, sorry for the impossible scenarios. May not be true but you never know weirder things in life have happened.)
If this bazaar thing were true what would be appropriate?
To me I would say that five things should happen. 1.) Mandatory mental health and monitoring for those who caused the problem. 2.) Those officers that were involved be disciplined and in turn reforms within their department to protect the public be initiated. and 3.) Audit of any of the incentives for theft 4.) they admit to their social networks they were lying (to minimize future conflicts) and 5.) Review of coaching g practices to ensure we aren't teaching young to bully and hate (There have been comments about some of these coaches and how they act. Most are good but some take their values and put them in their coaching practices)
That is me. I would suspect with a thorough review they might even receive jail time but that isn't what I advocate for. Remember that they launched a hate network that damaged children, pulled over in a unmarked car (Meaning it is still dangerous because of different issues for them to come up in the area. It is becoming a smaller risk but it is still a risk.), the father followed home and threatened (I continue to challenge these bad behaviors. I've made my peace long ago. So intimidation tactics will likely have opposite effect.), and did lots of damage to reputations and opportunities. Because of their rumors of that Muslims are crazy, dangerous, and terrorists they could have easily sparked a lone wolf in their network that wants to "save" America (Perhaps part of the goal. Now we have something called replacement theory to sort of explain why some of these behaviors are happening.)
What is the value of accountability in society? I'm not sure but it would seem we need to find mechanisms to ensure that the rampages we are experiencing, people are held to account and we find a better path forward. It seems like we might not yet understand why these behaviors are inappropriate and early intervention on hate and their networks is helpful for others in society. I think our heart is in the right place and we want solutions but perhaps we don't have the political and moral conscious to ensure we stop these behaviors in their tracks before they become bigger issues (Politics and racial identity are becoming increasing tied together so acting and not acting with value is often associated with one's political beliefs. That is one of the most dangerous things we can have going on in society. Human life is not political. Our democracy should be universal. I'm a light right but my values on Americans are universal. ) Hindsight is often more wise then foresight. It opens up a can of worms as to the value of life and how we see different lives in society. I guess if some people can do whatever they want they have good reason to giggle and smirk as well. We just dont seem ready to solve these problems yet. If that is true it's a sad state of affairs. 🤷
....and then we turn a page in this book of life and see what is next. I'm curious myself if we as a society can adapt. Or whether our values will see the need for change....and that will open some doors and close others. Starring at the door is not a particular helpful strategy unless we find the courage to grab the knob and open it. Do our leaders need help mustering their inner lions? Wheat from chaft in leadership! These are the times that determine the nature of a nation and its future!
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