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The Soul of America
How police officers are best positioned to help unite the country
“Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.” — Pope John Paul II
Jon Meacham, historian and pulitzer-prize winning author argues in his book, The Soul of America: The Battle for our Better Angels that America has room for the likes of The Klan, who in 1925 and 30,000 strong marched on the nation’s capital; and for folks like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., icon of the Civil Rights Movement and leader of non-violence protests. Meacham further suggests that each era is determined by which of those forces wins out. The Soul, Meacham explains is meant to symbolize life or breath. Over the next few minutes I will describe, even while considering our current environment, how Police officers are best positioned to help unite the country, as President Lincoln described in his first inaugural address, by engaging “the better angels of our nature.”
“Proximity is Power” — Tony Robbins
In every state, in every city the Police are on the ground 24 hours-a-day, seven-days a week. Not stationed in their bunks awaiting a call for service but proactively patrolling the neighborhoods and communities…
