Just a heads up regarding two things:
1) Former federal prosecutor Paul Butler has a wonderful opinion piece in The Guardian. "Policing in the US is not about enforcing the law. It's about enforcing white supremacy" impressed on me that America's police kill about a thousand people a year, as opposed to the two who annually die in the UK. He also mentions the idea that perhaps U.S. police should not be tasked with arresting people who commit non-violent crimes, which I had never previously considered.
2) As reported by CNN, the CDC has begun its own series of regular briefings, which should occur at least several times a week.
I had to roll my eyes at the CDC announcement. This means, in essence, that people in places of power expect things to go off the rails fairly quickly and don't want to be the ones detailing the disaster. Let's face it, if things were going swimmingly, the president and his folks would be giving us the good news in first person, so to speak. We're going to switch on over to the CDC. That means questions will be answered after the briefings. It also means we're about to hit deep water without a paddle. I think former Bears' defensive coordinator, Buddy Ryan (1931-2016), referred to this handing off of responsibility as "chucking and ducking." God bless us all.
Bob Dietz
May 30, 2020
