Chandler police report says the masked, armed sergeant tried to bait teenagers into an arrestable incident during a protest demanding justice for Renee Nicole Good and Alex Jeffrey Pretti.
It's important to teach kids to let their position on things that matter be made public. It's basic civics. My grand was part of a BLM protest. My kids were taught to protest in elementary school. One of my kids was a keynote speaker at a MLKJr annual march.
They should never be subjected to the police state. That lesson is one we have to teach at home, and arm them with safety measures. That said, this is despicable. An armed adult trying to provoke kids. Thank goodness he didn't use his gun.
You’re dead on: kids should never be the target practice for the police state. A masked, armed adult showing up to bait teenagers into an arrestable incident is escalation-by-design, not “public safety.”
Protest is a civic right. Provocation is a tactic.
You need to clean up you facts a touch here. Phoenix and Chandler are two separate cities. While it’s common to share communication, Chandler is the relevant jurisdiction here
ICE has proven itself rogue and untrustworthy. Local and State police need to step up and do the right thing, otherwise how can we ever expect our young people to trust the law?
You’re right, Lynda — ICE has burned public trust on purpose, and it spills into everything else.
If local and state agencies want any legitimacy, they have to stop partnering, stop covering, and start holding people accountable — especially when the target is students. Otherwise “public safety” becomes a slogan kids learn to fear, not trust.
Exactly. Paid leave is how they buy time and cool public outrage while the system decides whether accountability will be real. If an armed officer tried to provoke teenagers into an arrestable incident, that should end in termination and prosecution.
It's important to teach kids to let their position on things that matter be made public. It's basic civics. My grand was part of a BLM protest. My kids were taught to protest in elementary school. One of my kids was a keynote speaker at a MLKJr annual march.
They should never be subjected to the police state. That lesson is one we have to teach at home, and arm them with safety measures. That said, this is despicable. An armed adult trying to provoke kids. Thank goodness he didn't use his gun.
You’re dead on: kids should never be the target practice for the police state. A masked, armed adult showing up to bait teenagers into an arrestable incident is escalation-by-design, not “public safety.”
Protest is a civic right. Provocation is a tactic.
You need to clean up you facts a touch here. Phoenix and Chandler are two separate cities. While it’s common to share communication, Chandler is the relevant jurisdiction here
On leave? Fire his ass and strip him of his pension. POS.
Post his address
ICE has proven itself rogue and untrustworthy. Local and State police need to step up and do the right thing, otherwise how can we ever expect our young people to trust the law?
You’re right, Lynda — ICE has burned public trust on purpose, and it spills into everything else.
If local and state agencies want any legitimacy, they have to stop partnering, stop covering, and start holding people accountable — especially when the target is students. Otherwise “public safety” becomes a slogan kids learn to fear, not trust.
Dr. Catherine Al-Meten Meyers
Exactly. Paid leave is how they buy time and cool public outrage while the system decides whether accountability will be real. If an armed officer tried to provoke teenagers into an arrestable incident, that should end in termination and prosecution.