New Ferguson Police Commander Ron Johnson Walks With Protesters

[Lakhota]

The man now leading police in Ferguson, Missouri, walked Thursday night with those protesting the shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown, one day after protesters faced rubber bullets and tear gas from heavily armed officers in riot gear.

"We all want justice. We all want answers," the new commander, Capt. Ron Johnson of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, told The Associated Press.

When it was announced that Johnson would command law enforcement in Ferguson starting Thursday night, he said "it means a lot to me personally that we break this cycle of violence."

New Ferguson Police Commander Ron Johnson Walks With Protesters

Right on! This makes sense! A black police commander in a town that is 67% black with a local police force that is 94% white. Things should improve rapidly. Thanks to the governor.

 

[bucs90]

That's a good move. Race shouldnt' matter, but it obviously does.

Police departments nationwide WANT to hire black men and women to be cops. Anyone who has worked in police work knows just how much they want to. But they cant get them to apply. Just the way it is.

 

[whitehall]

Good move as long as he doesn't break windows or throw bottles at fellow officers.

 

[ScienceRocks]

Same people that want to kill the police and burn down all the businesses. How fucked is that.

 

[ScienceRocks]

Goes to show you that race is all that matters.

 

[Lakhota]

That's a good move. Race shouldnt' matter, but it obviously does.

Police departments nationwide WANT to hire black men and women to be cops. Anyone who has worked in police work knows just how much they want to. But they cant get them to apply. Just the way it is.

It's no wonder blacks don't want to be cops.

 

[Rikurzhen]

Right on! This makes sense! A black police commander in a town that is 67% black with a local police force that is 94% white.

I want to understand your point of view. Is it OK for my community to protest a school having a black principal if the student body is 67% white?

 

[deltex1]

Ron sees himself as a man. That's how he approaches the job. He says the "African American thing is way down the list of descriptors of who he is.

He is the right man for the job.

 

[Ibentoken]

The field slaves will calm down now that they have one of their own kind in charge. Racist trash.

 

[Rikurzhen]

That's a good move. Race shouldnt' matter, but it obviously does.

Police departments nationwide WANT to hire black men and women to be cops. Anyone who has worked in police work knows just how much they want to. But they cant get them to apply. Just the way it is.

It's no wonder blacks don't want to be cops.

It's not that blacks don't want to be cops, it's that they're not intelligent enough to pass the civil service exams.

 

[Lakhota]

That's a good move. Race shouldnt' matter, but it obviously does.

Police departments nationwide WANT to hire black men and women to be cops. Anyone who has worked in police work knows just how much they want to. But they cant get them to apply. Just the way it is.

It's no wonder blacks don't want to be cops.

It's not that blacks don't want to be cops, it's that they're not intelligent enough to pass the civil service exams.

Are you really that dumb? There are plenty of blacks who could pass the civil service exam. Plenty of blacks work in government and the U.S. Postal Service. Blacks just don't like police - and I don't blame them for it. They have good reason to hate cops.

 

[bucs90]

That's a good move. Race shouldnt' matter, but it obviously does.

Police departments nationwide WANT to hire black men and women to be cops. Anyone who has worked in police work knows just how much they want to. But they cant get them to apply. Just the way it is.

It's no wonder blacks don't want to be cops.

Hmm. Well, maybe they, and you, and other people who don't like how cops operate.............can stop being whiny chicken shits and go sign up. Be the change. Show us how the job should be done.

Rather than talking shit and being a hero-with-cell-phone-camera.

Go do something to change it. But it will require some hard, dirty, dangerous work for low pay, little respect, shitty hours, and could get you hurt or killed. Which is why you and they wont sign up.

 

[ScienceRocks]

The field slaves will calm down now that they have one of their own kind in charge. Racist trash.

Race will always be the divider of humanity. What the liberals don't understand is the reality that whites do as good as we do as we are innovative and care about educationing our kind. The sad part of it is, we're very native of reality as we seek things that are impossible. Things that will come back to harm us greatly.

Blacks will side with blacks
Hispanics will side with hispanics
Asians will side with Asians
Arabs will side with Arabs
Some of the more intelligent whites will of course side with whites.

 

[Rikurzhen]

It's no wonder blacks don't want to be cops.

It's not that blacks don't want to be cops, it's that they're not intelligent enough to pass the civil service exams.

Are you really that dumb? There are plenty of blacks who could pass the civil service exam. Plenty of blacks work in government and the U.S. Postal Service. Blacks just don't like police - and I don't blame them for it. They have good reason to hate cops.

They work in government because civil service exams have already faced the same process.

Here's the deal with policing:

The Dayton Police Department is lowering its testing standards for recruits. It’s a move required by the U.S. Department of Justice after it says not enough African-Americans passed the exam.

Dayton is in desperate need of officers to replace dozens of retirees. The hiring process was postponed for months because the D.O.J. rejected the original scores provided by the Dayton Civil Service Board, which administers the test.

Under the previous requirements, candidates had to get a 66% on part one of the exam and a 72% on part two.

The D.O.J. approved new scoring policy only requires potential police officers to get a 58% and a 63%. That’s the equivalent of an ‘F’ and a ‘D’.​

 

[Gracie]

Capt. Ron Johnson rocks.

 

[deltex1]

The field slaves will calm down now that they have one of their own kind in charge. Racist trash.

Race will always be the divider of humanity. What the liberals don't understand is the reality that whites do as good as we do as we are innovative and care about educationing our kind. The sad part of it is, we're very native of reality as we seek things that are impossible. Things that will come back to harm us greatly.

Blacks will side with blacks
Hispanics will side with hispanics
Asians will side with Asians
Arabs will side with Arabs
Some of the more intelligent whites will of course side with whites.

Glad you're a weatherman Matt...and not a proof reader.

 

[ScienceRocks]

What the white liberal must understand is...When we lose our majority they lose a lot of their power too. Their children and grandchildren will be slaughtered just as fast as mine.

 

[Lakhota]

It's not that blacks don't want to be cops, it's that they're not intelligent enough to pass the civil service exams.

Are you really that dumb? There are plenty of blacks who could pass the civil service exam. Plenty of blacks work in government and the U.S. Postal Service. Blacks just don't like police - and I don't blame them for it. They have good reason to hate cops.

They work in government because civil service exams have already faced the same process.

Here's the deal with policing:

The Dayton Police Department is lowering its testing standards for recruits. It’s a move required by the U.S. Department of Justice after it says not enough African-Americans passed the exam.

Dayton is in desperate need of officers to replace dozens of retirees. The hiring process was postponed for months because the D.O.J. rejected the original scores provided by the Dayton Civil Service Board, which administers the test.

Under the previous requirements, candidates had to get a 66% on part one of the exam and a 72% on part two.

The D.O.J. approved new scoring policy only requires potential police officers to get a 58% and a 63%. That’s the equivalent of an ‘F’ and a ‘D’.​

So, sparky, what you're saying is that "qualified" blacks just don't want the job - so the dregs apply. It ain't rocket science. Blacks put up with enough racism without having to face it in uniform as a cop. That just exponentially increases their risk of being disrespected or killed.

 

[Jarlaxle]

That's a good move. Race shouldnt' matter, but it obviously does.

Police departments nationwide WANT to hire black men and women to be cops. Anyone who has worked in police work knows just how much they want to. But they cant get them to apply. Just the way it is.

It's no wonder blacks don't want to be cops.

Hmm. Well, maybe they, and you, and other people who don't like how cops operate.............can stop being whiny chicken shits and go sign up. Be the change. Show us how the job should be done.

Rather than talking shit and being a hero-with-cell-phone-camera.

Go do something to change it. But it will require some hard, dirty, dangerous work for low pay, little respect, shitty hours, and could get you hurt or killed. Which is why you and they wont sign up.

Yeah, it's so horrible that they retire at 50 with a gold-plated pension.

 

[ScienceRocks]

Are you really that dumb? There are plenty of blacks who could pass the civil service exam. Plenty of blacks work in government and the U.S. Postal Service. Blacks just don't like police - and I don't blame them for it. They have good reason to hate cops.

They work in government because civil service exams have already faced the same process.

Here's the deal with policing:

The Dayton Police Department is lowering its testing standards for recruits. It’s a move required by the U.S. Department of Justice after it says not enough African-Americans passed the exam.

Dayton is in desperate need of officers to replace dozens of retirees. The hiring process was postponed for months because the D.O.J. rejected the original scores provided by the Dayton Civil Service Board, which administers the test.

Under the previous requirements, candidates had to get a 66% on part one of the exam and a 72% on part two.

The D.O.J. approved new scoring policy only requires potential police officers to get a 58% and a 63%. That’s the equivalent of an ‘F’ and a ‘D’.​

So, sparky, what you're saying is that "qualified" blacks just don't want the job - so the dregs apply. It ain't rocket science. Blacks put up with enough racism without having to face it in uniform as a cop.

Lol, that's NOT what he is saying at all. He's saying BLACKS can't pass the exam, so they need to lower the standards.