Michael B. Jordan Quotes
I'm a professional at what I do. As a police officer you're a professional at what you're supposed to do. You should know your equipment well. You should know the difference between a taser and a handgun.
This statement by the police commissioner was very controversial as a major form of police brutality at the time was clubbing citizens with their nightsticks which were much larger and heavier than those used today. However the effect on the police officers was to green light heavy use of the nightstick and soon there was a major incident where the police badly beat many innocent citizens in their quest to control and punish alleged leftists. Whalen was forced to resign. See {626664} and {626663}.
Two protesters were killed. The demonstration so affected the government that they pressured the Belfast local authorities to announce substantial increases in relief. The economy and the employment picture got no better that year.
5 New York City—Staten Island--police officers were arresting a large unarmed Black man, and one of them used a “choke hold” which was against Departmental Regulations. The man cried out several times that he was having trouble breathing and he was choking, until he was choked to death. The coroner ruled that a crime had been committed and the death was a homicide. However, the Staten Island District Attorney and his Grand Jury refused to even indict the officer that did the choking. Staten Island was a very conservative, white enclave in New York City. See {642459}.
See {642506} for the attack on the Mayor, the illogic of which, Adams was demonstrating. As a decorated police officer, himself, Adams, was a particularly credible critic of the police union leader’s lack of logic. This was a very important quotation at the time as throughout the country almost all advocates of any kind of police reform were accused of encouraging attacks against police.
At the time, the public was learning much about the behavior of police officers in terms of police brutality, irresponsible use of lethal force, racism with a spate of unarmed black males shot dead by police officers across the country. There were national calls for reform—better training, change of police culture, more accountability, body and video cameras, college education required for police officers, and civilian review boards. This particular policy union took the position that these were just a few bad apples that should be dealt with but there was no need for reform of the police profession in general they claimed, Other police unions, and just about every other component of society was demanding reform. Despite objections from the largest single police union, reforms were made, but they slowed done the process in many common cities.
Michael Bakari Jordan is an American actor and producer. He is known for his film roles as shooting victim Oscar Grant in the drama Fruitvale Station (2013), boxer Donnie Creed in Creed (2015), and Erik Killmonger in Black Panther (2018), all three of which were directed by Ryan Coogler. Jordan reprised the role of Creed in Creed II (2018), and is set to star, and make his directorial debut, in Creed III (2022).
