| | |
|
NicoleMedham-FirstPaper 6 - 24 Mar 2008 - Main.EbenMoglen
|
| |
| META TOPICPARENT | name="FirstPaper%25" |
|---|
I liked Kaleb's idea of adding a disclaimer to his paper, so I decided to write one myself. This paper is not academic in the slightest. It is, however, a topic that my friends and I have spoken about more than once and one that is of interest to me. I figured that since we are given freedom with these essays, I might as well take advantage of it. | | |
| |
<
< | You are entitled to restrict access to your paper if you want to. But we all derive immense benefit from reading one another's work, and I hope you won't feel the need unless the subject matter is personal and its disclosure would be harmful or undesirable.
To restrict access to your paper simply delete the "#" on the next line: | | | | |
<
< | # * Set ALLOWTOPICVIEW = TWikiAdminGroup, NicoleMedham
Note: TWiki has strict formatting rules. Make sure you preserve the three spaces, asterisk, and extra space at the beginning of that line. If you wish to give access to any other users simply add them to the comma separated list | | | \ No newline at end of file | |
>
> |
- I don't understand the conflation in this essay of two apparently separate issues: refusal of cooperation with police based on identification with anti-police sentiment, and fear of cooperation with police based on retaliation. Because these are different in their nature, motivation, distribution, and effect, it would seem sensible to analyze and discuss them separately. A third issue, concern about police relationship to immigration authorities, might have been identified. Each can be thought about from a policy-maker's perspective: full-scale witness protection programs are unnecessary if tip lines are credibly run and criminals have not penetrated the police. Baltimore-style neighborhood intimidation has to be dealt with by significant organized crime prosecution and interdiction efforts, which sensible Justice Departments know will be necessary in response to the occasional attempts by gangs to attack the basis of rule of law. Anti-corruption efforts and witness protection are therefore intimately connected. Immigrant concerns, on the other hand, are best dealt with by outreach and strict observance of "don't ask" policies. The anti-police attitudes in Black America and its culture are the most intractable of all, I agree. But they won't be more easily dealt with by conflating them with other problems.
| | | \ No newline at end of file |
|
|
|
|
This site is powered by the TWiki collaboration platform.
All material on this collaboration platform is the property of the contributing authors.
All material marked as authored by Eben Moglen is available under the license terms CC-BY-SA version 4.
|
|
| | |