GENERALLY SPEAKING

• I BELIEVE THAT ALL LIVES MATTER -- BLACK AND BLUE.  I THINK THAT THE BLACK LIVES MATTER WENT TOO FAR TO THE LEFT AND WAS NOT PROFESSIONALLY RUN.  I ALSO THINK THAT WHAT THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT WAS (AT ONE POINT) TRYING TO SAY, WAS WORTH SAYING: THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM DOES SOMETIMES PROMOTE RACIAL/ETHNIC DISCRIMINATION AND RACIAL/ETHNIC STEREOTYPES.

• ENCOURAGING MORE WOMEN AND RACIAL/ETHNIC MINORITIES TO CHOOSE A CAREER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL HELP, AS WELL AS BETTER TRAINING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.   I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT MEMBERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOULD BE AUTOMATICALLY ABOVE THE LAW.

• I THINK THAT A MAJOR REASON FOR THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM PROMOTING DISCRIMINATION/STEREOTYPES IS THE INSANE WAR ON DRUGS.  DRUG PROHIBITION HAS MILITARIZED LAW ENFORCEMENT, IT HAS FAILED TO PROPERLY HELP DRUG ADDICTS, AND IT HAS TURNED COMMUNITIES INTO WAR ZONES AS GANGS FIGHT FOR DRUG TERRITORY.