If We'd Done What Needs Done When it Needed Done, They'd be Gone

   More than a month has passed, and still the one thing that should be done, has not been done.
   Well, what needs done? Isn't it that we need to rid our police forces from such officers as Derek Chauvin (the officer who killed Floyd)? Now, how do you go about that? Just how do you go about getting rid of such officers before they have chance to kill someone else?
   Is that such a hard question to answer?
   Of course not. Or, at least it shouldn't be. If you want to get rid of such officers, you first find out who they are. And, how are you going to find out who they are? About the only way possible is to investigate their backgrounds. Interview family, friends, past coworkers, past classmates, etc.
   And, interview the officers, themselves. Ask them if black lives matter. Ask them if they can bring themselves to verbalize just those three words. Tell them that you are not reading anything into those three words other than what they say. It doesn't mean they back the Black Lives Matter organization. It simply means just what it says, that black lives matter.
   If they can't say it, yes, dismiss them from the force. It's a red flag too large to ignore.
   Give them a scenario: A person breaks free while being arrested. He stumbles and falls. He is not threatening you with a gun and not brandishing it. But, as he falls, a gun spills on the ground. As he gets up, he picks the gun up, as well. He still isn't waving it at you or brandishing it, but it is now in his hand. He appears, though, simply scared and intent on trying to escape. Do you shoot, and do you shoot to kill?
   If they would kill in such a situation, yes, remove them from the force.
   It has been more than a month since George Floyd was killed. Protesters have been on the streets every day since, demanding something be done. Yes, we've had a month. Every officer in the land could have been investigated by now, if we had done what needs to be done.