Police

“Camden … actually employed more police — and more law enforcement.

“Within the pressure-cooker of the Coronavirus pandemic we continue scraping at the festering wound of sinful racism. My heart breaks for my fellow black neighbors and for every police officer out there.” - Cameron Pollock

“This is one of the short videos I recorded for my church, which I’ve been doing daily since the COVID lockdown started. I recorded it before I knew about the rioting and looting in protest of the death of George Floyd.

“While we thank God for our law enforcement officers that bravely risk their lives for the sake of others and uphold justice with dignity and integrity, we also lament when some law enforcement officers misuse their authority and bring unnecessary harm on the people they are called to protect.” - BPNews

“The Portage County, Wisconsin, Sheriff’s Office is thanking Berea Baptist Church for its thoughtfulness and generosity. Three ladies from the church sewed more than 100 cloth masks for the sheriff’s office staff.” - GARBC

“If fatal shootings of minority civilians are due to bias by white officers, we would expect that when white officers are involved in a fatal shooting, the person fatally shot would be more likely to be black or Hispanic. This is not what we found.” - The Conversation

William Bratton (former LAPD, NYPD chief): 1. (From academics) “police don’t control crime.” 2. (From the left) “police bias is pervasive,” and 3. (from the right) “only heavy-handed tactics control crime.” DailySignal

“A large church in Alabama is one step closer to creating its own police force, a move that seems to be without precedent in the U.S. The state’s Senate has approved legislation that would give church police officers the same powers other law enforcement officers have in Alabama.” NPR

“Race influences views of US law enforcement more than religious tradition—except locally.”