States of america and while Small Victories of Law Enforcement reform have taken place on local levels in cities like minneapolis ferguson and seattle on a national and federal level the needle of reform. Its barely moved why because even today many leaders and citizens across the country still question whether we even need to reform the police at all often using that that tired old d oh its just a few bad apples routine Like Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell the corporate job themselves who dusted off the bad apples excuse recently when discussing how city mayors need to really crack down on those protesters mcconnel observe that the police deserve our respect for doing a tough job that most of us would have wouldnt have the courage to take up but then he added that like in any organization youre going to have a few bad apples. Yes bad apples. Like the bad 6 apples in rochester new york who killed 4141 year old daniel prude a black man who died in Police Custody while suffering a
Enmanuel “Manny” Familia, the Worcester police officer who sacrificed his life Friday when he rushed into a pond at Green Hill Park to try to save a 14-year-old boy, will be laid to rest on Thursday. Born in La Vega, Dominican Republic, the 38-year-old officer moved to Worcester as a young boy and graduated from Doherty Memorial High School in 2001. He went on to attend Quinsigamond Community .