Another inocent black man is killed by a white cop

In an almost too familiar video, a black man (George Floyd) was murdered on the streets of this country by a white police officer, while 3 other officers watched and did nothing to stop it as Mr Floyd begged to breath. It's hard to watch this video, but without it, it would have been the cops word that investigators would have believed.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/26/opinions/minneapolis-george-floyd-video-a-horrific-rerun-alexander/index.html 

This killing reminds me of the others we have witnessed thanks to social media and IPhones. It was just six years ago, in 2014, another black man, Eric Garner, pleaded with police officers in New York City who held him in a chokehold, saying "I can't breathe." His alleged crime? Selling "loosies" -- individual cigarettes -- to passersby.

What happened in 2014 and 2020 do share a common root. It is a catastrophic failure of training and an unconscionable failure of culture. Both are dereliction's of leadership. 

And in our little Town of Framingham, in 2011, Officer Paul Duncan murdered Eurie Stamps as he was laying down with his hands over his head in his home and not a threat. And the saddest part is that none of the cops involved, including Paul Duncan, Craig Davis and the others were never held accountable for this gross negligence and illegal actions.

http://www.framingham-police.org/files/eurie-stamps-complaint.pdf

The Schools step up, the Finance Sub Committee tries

I am impressed with the Superintendents bold actions in cutting the school budget without hurting the students. Not renewing the Perini lease and having the staff work from home for 2020 and 2021 is a great idea. Not hiring the other two assistants made a serious reduction in the school budget.

https://patch.com/massachusetts/framingham/framingham-schools-make-budget-cuts-wont-renew-perini-lease?utm_term=article-slot-1&utm_source=newsletter-daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter

The FSC did make cuts that made sense to me like the senior advisor to the Mayor, the accountant, membership in the MMA ( Mass Municipal Association) travel for meetings and stipends for the City Council. 

What the left alone was the one sacred cow... the Police Department. None of them have the courage to ask the Chief to justify anything. 

http://207.172.210.8:5002/CablecastPublicSite/show/1991?channel=1