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Nigel Peacock's avatar

I’ve been a regular visitor to the US since the late 80s and have been to some 30 different states in that time.

It’s been a few years since my last visit, mostly due to Covid. The US is portrayed in world media as a very unsafe place to visit and the constant mass killings make the headlines where I live in the UK. OK, we know the media love bad stories, but . . .

Why would I want to visits the US again? It isn’t an appealing place any longer.

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Ginger's avatar

Back in 2014, I taught a class at a New Jersey police academy to recruits. The class demonstrated how hard it was for Senior Citizens to navigate a crisis (or anything) with their physical and mental limitations. We also taught on helping seniors with dementia through a situation so incidences like what happened to the woman with Alzheimer's in Loveland, CO would not happen. 1/2 the class smirked through our class. About 3 out of 30 were attentive and asked questions. I guess nothing has changed. And Thom, you are right, as usual:) Good cop, bad cop has got to end. Worst thing about the Memphis situation is, racist, white people will have a field day (behind closed doors), about N-words beating on N-words. Oh yeah, nothing's changed on that front, either. Finally, I lived in GA for 5 years; you are sooo right about the cops there.

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