In response to: Breaking News: Officers in Tire Nichol's death get a passport before a state court

Dear Dr. Warren, I like this article, but for me I see other topics that most media have not treated in the whole country. Personally, I was torn back and forth because (1) another black life lost his life senselessly against police violence, (2), however, made it easier that black officers have received historical “traditional” judgments in the past that were received by white officers. I know that this reflects prejudices – but I can't help but be there. Feelings of being a policeman never disappear for most police officers. I still have many of these feelings. But when I looked through this master's degree, I was able to investigate and think not only as a former policeman and city instructor, but as an outsider, but not only as a former police officer, but the city of Memphis. I see things that I've never seen before.

Example: It is not only effective, Memphis and the MPD have an old story of “2.5 century” of “direct” racism, hate, prejudice, violence against Schwarze-Hell, Memphis was the largest outpost in the world to buy, sell and auction black. Slavery began in the colonies, but the slave owners traveled along the Mississippi to Memphis to buy and swap their slaves in the Street auction and in the Jackson Avenue near the St. Jude Children's Hospital. When these slave owners arrived in Memphis, they were amazed and horrified when they saw free black people who worked with houses and shops. They brought the MPD to pursue blacks, put together and force them into slavery – this is how slavery was introduced in Memphis, enforced, reinforced and regulated by MPD. In his efforts to resist the slave of 1863, MPD was working on the Memphis massacre – just like the Black Wall Street in Oklahoma. The “same game book” used by MPD at that time was used for 2.5 centuries with only minor ineffective modifications. This game book is still used today – even with blacks at the top. These black officers did a black man what white officers do with us. The agency is a black woman, but there were several black men until the mayors of Black City belonged.

Personally, I don't know how to fix the outlined problems – I'm too old to actively get involved, and younger people with whom I interact and with whom I communicate does not see it.

Olander Franklin

Memphis, TN

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