veryone’s preconceptions are firmed at a young age. Children are very impressionable, and will imitate most of the adult behaviors that they see around them. Currently, with all of the news stories and protests being broadcast that show blatant attacks on police officers, a child will no doubt pick up on the hate and spitefulness that is being thrown from the citizens to the police. There is no doubt this is teaching them to hate. Instead, schools should be teaching alternatives to these protests. If this happens, children will grow up having no need to mistrust police officers.According to contemporary philosophy, humans should play an active role in how their lives are shaped. The citizens of New York City should take an active, and peaceful, involvement, in the push for a solution to end the violence found on the streets. With the recent problems that have been happening between the police and minority groups, many people are complaining, but nobody has been offering any reasonable solutions to the problems. Violence, rioting, and boycotting are not reasonable solutions. This will not get policy changed. If people really want things done, they must first propose new rules and laws—what they want to see happen. This way, things can get done in a peaceful, organized manner with no more lives lost. ...
