[Peace-discuss] [Discuss] Non-interaction with Champaign police

[E. Wayne Johnson]

It's a long way from a neighbor walking across the yard and saying,
"hey, what are you guys doing over there"
to one of Champaign's paramilitary thugs yelling
"get on the ground Now or I kill you.  Blammo!"

It's not exactly vigilante-ism to communicate with the people
in your neighborhood.  It would seem that calling the police should
be the last resort not the first response.



On 7/19/2010 3:00 PM, Karen Medina wrote:
> Wayne wrote:>  Kiwane C. thing. Simply asking the kids what they were
> up to could have taken care of the whole matter.
>
> If I remember correctly, that call to the police was by someone who
> was on probation. They did not want to be accused of committing a
> crime themselves.
>
> I do think that making that call was poor judgement. But I also see
> vigilantes having poor judgement -- after all they are one person
> acting on limited information. Supposedly, police are trained to not
> act on limited information.
>
> -karen medina
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