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The officer, who is Black, said he is concerned this incident will fuel the children’s mistrust of police, and told Mims they need to “fix this” and find a way to “bridge the gap” between police and the children.
“We gotta fix this. You know, I don’t like this. We gotta fix this. We gotta come up with something,” the officer said as he walked Mims to the police car. “Right now, I care about them babies on that bus that just got left. I care about them babies that aren’t going to be able to trust the police just because of these situations.”
“I know, but If you put me in the car … it’s just making it worse,” Mims said. …
Gee, you think? You tasered a bandleader! What was he going to do, whack you to death with his thin conductor baton?
The thought of his mighty blows from his workout of waving a conductor baton EVERY. SINGLE. WORKDAY.
The shock wave alone would have killed… millions…
/satire
You could poke an eye out with one of those things!