Police Prejudice

This week eight San Francisco police officers are suspended, pending the outcome of an investigation. The police officers are accused of racist, homophobic text. Ouch! This is especially surprising and intolerable considering that San Francisco has the highest concentration of LBGT in the country. A police officer is held to a higher standard than the average person and are supposed to be extremely tolerant of diversity. Im not surprised though, desegregation is still a fairly new concept when matched against the amount of time racial superiority prevailed. This directly ties to the both realization that ethics and morality are associated with adolescent teachings and are the foundation of the root of what we consider appropriate. While these officers may not have felt they were doing anything wrong, it was obviously inappropriate in the eyes of SFPD chief of police, Greg Suhr, and I am sure the general public. I do not wish to condone the behavior of the officers, but I do know that the viewpoint of these officers is not something that appeared overnight...These officers were likely part of an upbringing that frown upon any race different from their own. That said, when you put on the badge you don't get to pick and choose which citizens you protect and which you don't. These officers violated ethically acceptable behavior of a public servant. I pulled this excerpt from the California POST commissions code of ethics, " I WILL never act officiously or permit personal feelings, prejudices, animosities, or friendships to influence my decisions." It makes perfect sense to most, others are still caught up in old ways or negative surroundings. Either way, need I reiterate the intolerance of prejudice of those charged with public safety?........Didn't think so. Way to go Chief Suhr!

https://www.post.ca.gov/commission-procedure-c-3-law-enforcement-code-of-ethics.aspx

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Who are you representing?

This article is concerning an attorney and executive that was suspended from practicing law as a result of her disrespect to the court in her capacity as a company officer. Naomi Isaacson was CEO of SIST, the Dr. R.C. Samanta Roy Institute of Science and Technology, a religious cult. While in court proceedings, Isaacson released a verbal beating to officers of the court. She also accused the area of being neo-nazi....This story is relevant due to the amount of respect a person must have for legal practice in order to acquire a law degree. At some point in life, Isaacson held the judicial process and the court in high regard. Although I would argue affiliations with a cult have transformed her opinion and she has lost respect for the court. Immediately I consider the "banality of evil," an expression that is the creation of Hannah Arendt, Isaacson began accepting the teachings of the cult.  It is important to know that her suspension was not the result of her behavior as an attorney. However, an attorney is expected to behave with the highest amount of respect to the court and judicial process. I am pretty sure that her affiliation with the cult has made her behavior more extreme as the ideology of most cults is extremely dark. It also possible Isaacson put a great deal of trust in the court and government and somehow feels betrayed......Just my thoughts...

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