ESSENTIAL" Stephen Maing’s 's Crime + Punishment" asks Is there such a thing as a "Good Cop ?"

ESSENTIAL" Stephen Maing’s 's Crime + Punishment" : asks Is there such a thing as a "Good Cop?" Meet 12 NYC police officers who prove yes ..despite their union and the Brass and a Mayor who speaks loud but appears to fear the police and their Union. The difference between the Mayor's pontifications and actual police practice instituted at the highest level is shocking, The Mayor says as does the Police Chief that police officers have no arrest quotas,,, but in fact they have do and this is what prompted these 12 cops to step forward saying they were refusing to play the quota game. Mostly of color, mostly men that represent the groups most subjected to profiling. Although their LGBT community is named as a. community targeted (mostly those of color and those who are gender variant), no one from GOAL the LGBT police organization stepped forward to join or support the 12. I would like to know why! The 12 speak of how they were/are subjected to discipline and punishment because of their refusal to respect a forbidden quota system,. Shocking, yes! The 12 are asking for the public to support change. Please go see this important documentary that comes at a time as a result of the Obama and Bush administrations the militarizing of local police forces and providing weapons of war to use in local communities is rampant. Personally, I want peace officers to make our streets safe, not acting as soldiers of war. I am speaking up based on what I learned from this documentary, I hope you will too,

NYPD Sergeant Edwin Raymond in Crime + Punishment

Photo: Courtesy of Mud Horse Pictures
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Stephen Maing’s Crime + Punishment asks is there such a thing as a "Good Cop ?" Meet 12 NYC police officers who prove yes ..despite their union and the Brass on Top and a Mayor who is all talk and......

Meet the 12 Brave cops still on duty who came forward and said NO, we will not follow the demands of the BRASS make an arrest to fulfill a quota demand,,, and hear what happened to them as a result. We need more cops that see themselves as peacemakers and community protectors rather than "shoot-to-kill" "soldiers"  trained in militia tactics. The Police Union and the Police Academy should be demanding training in peacekeeping and defending cops who see them sleeves as peacemakers and community protectors,

Go to the IFC in NYC where over the weekend the officers and the filmmakers will be doing Q&A's,,,,, citizens have to support these cops by speaking up I stand with the New York 12... go ..remember these are not actors playing cops ..these 11 men and a woman are REAL COPS, Trust me ...no matter what experiences you have had with police officers  (and i have many negative ones ) this film will introduce you to "good cops"

Meet the cops and the director in this Times Talk..... and please repost.

If you have HULU this is a HULU original documentary and premiered on HULU  on August 24 (note you can get a  FREE HULU trial subscription online)