TV and Internet News organizations are scurrying to find a commentator to fit their mold while sending out cameramen and reporters to trail protesters for the latest in "what are you seeing"
What's really needed and what we are not currently seeing are peacemakers, individuals who will bridge the gap between those who have the perception that the scales of justice are tipped against them and those who are sworn to uphold the law.
It is not a popular time to be a law enforcement officer. To balance the rule of law within the community you serve is no easy task. Crime effects everyone not just the victim. Left unchecked it will produce anarchy. Yet in administering justice, the officer has to be part priest, part teacher, and part neighbor. The greatest tool that an officer carries everyday to work is not the gun, or the handcuffs, or the citation book. It is his (or hers) communication skills. The ability to hear and understand what is being said to them and more importantly the ability to defuse tense situations.
Everyday thousands of law enforcement officers are called on to "keep the peace" in the jurisdictions they serve. And they do it admirably, often without thanks, sometimes at the cost of their lives.
Pundits only talk. And as the saying goes. "talk is cheap"
What is really needed now is more peacemakers.
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