I accept it (that's the gist of my first sentence, because that's one aspect of it : better funding for schools and more power to teachers, but I didn't develop my thought) but at the same time it's also no coincidence it comes out now.
I mean anyone can dig up a random video from 4 years ago to adress any issue, at any given time. When you decide to do it speaks volumes on the intent imo. Why didn't the vid make waves 4 years ago? Why didn't it come out 2 years ago?
And while both incidents are wrong, they are not equally wrong : one cannot equate kids, however they may misbehave, with cops, who serve a function in society and are responsible for the security of citizens. Cops have a duty, follow a training, are adults, and their function is to serve the community and appease tensions. They are to be held at a higher standard, as any other person working for the community should be. Never forget that cops are supposed to work for security of the citizen and of the community. Obviously as times goes by we become more and more cynical about the fact to the point of forgetting it, but that's the essence of police work. The same cannot be expected from a group of kids.
The two things are wrong, but cannot be compared and both must be adressed but in different ways.
