My problem is a lot of people, on this site and in general, are complaining about police brutality while not realizing it is essentially a necessary consequence of having a basic police state in the US today.
You can't support Obama and claim to be an opponent of police brutality.
I don't want to hear any of this 'theres nothing he can do" bullshyt. He keeps the drug war going cuz he's corrupt like the rest of the recent US presidents, the drug war is the main way black people are harassed and treated unfairly today on the basis of race.
He makes no attempts to stop mandatory-minimum sentencing.
Not to mention the entire phenomenon of sustaining poverty for votes with the inflation tax via quantitative easing that most people know absolutely nothing about.
Libertarian/Anarchy policies will actually address the problem of inequality of race in the US but they are blindly disregarded because mostly white people describe themselves as Libertarian. Black people are letting the emotion of having a black president blind them to the harm h e is doing to the black community, and in general.
I believe police brutality is a multi-layered problem. Officers are not equiped for the job.
Trainin' should be more in line with lawyers & psychiatrist... advanced degree necessary. It's a demandin' & dangerous job. They should be trained & paid accordingly.
And the process of investigatin' & punishin' offenders needs to be corrected. IMO, the lack of punishment is tied to expectations & lack of skills of officers. They're allowed to do what they do because they're not trained to do better. Address the trainin' & they can address the punishment process.
What the goverment's roll in that is, I'll leave to you all. IMO, government responds to money & power. It doesn't matter who's in office. They're goin' to act in accordance to the powers that be.
I put it on us. We need to educated ourselves on the money system & build our character/spirit. When we learn how to make money (not get jobs) & think collectively (amongst other things), we'll have the money & power to influence the system. IMO, the power is not in the votin'. It's in selectin' & influencin' candidates.
As for Obama, he serves as another small step for Black folks. His election gives black folks somethin' to look up to besides athletes & entertainers. His success shows white folks we can operate at the highest levels of government. But again, IMO, any government official is limited by the will of the powers that be.