But, according to even the head of the FBI, officers say they feel like they’re being blamed for an otherwise small group of fellow officers.
“The police are trying to make a basic point: People are treating them unfairly just because of who they are and how they look. People following them around with cameras, watching everything they do, suspicious that they’re always about to break the law. Leaving police afraid to even get out their cars for fear someone might whip out a phone and brutally film them. Who can imagine how that must feel?” Noah asked. “And if you’re listening carefully, all the police are saying: Phones down, don’t shoot.”
- Noah Flips The Script On The Ferguson Effect: ‘Phones Down, Don’t Shoot’, TalkingPointsMemo.com, November 3, 2017.
2. Bernie Sanders may be joining Donald Trump in complaining about the presidential nominating process, but the underdog Democrat’s supporters nonetheless are fully engaged in some heavy arm-twisting of so-called superdelegates to win them over from front-runner Hillary Clinton.
Superdelegates are elected officials and other party insiders who can support whichever candidate they want at the Democratic presidential convention. Since the outset of the race, Clinton has had the inside track with them.
But those insiders are coming under heavy pressure to reconsider.
...
Sanders’ argument about having “momentum” has been bolstered after winning seven of the last eight state contests, most recently in Wyoming. But the map could soon be turning once again in Clinton’s favor, as New York and other states prepare to vote.
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