(Via Best of the Web.) In Connecticut, Friction Stalls Sensitivity Training:
The goal was to increase sensitivity between police and the people they serve. But a recent multicultural training session between Hartford police officers and a South African instructor didn't exactly end with a group hug and a stirring rendition of "Kumbaya."Needless to say she was being paid by the taxpayers to peddle this trash.
Five white officers walked out of the Aug. 28 session, claiming the instructor was biased against the United States, white people and police and other authority figures. The training was temporarily suspended because of the officers' complaints.
"I'm a Gulf War vet, and I shouldn't have to sit and listen to someone bad-mouth my country," said Officer Darren Besse, one of the officers who walked out of the class after it deteriorated into a shouting match between the instructor and the officers.
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Steinegger-Keyser, a black South African native who moved to the U.S. four years ago, told the gathering of officers that her country has become more of a true democracy, and less oppressive of minorities than the United States in the 10 years since apartheid and white minority rule were overthrown, according to Besse and other officers who attended the session. The other officers asked to remain anonymous out of fear of retaliation.
"She made it really clear that she thought our country was racist and that police in general contributed to the problems in our country," Besse said. "She's saying all this a few days before the Sept. 11 anniversary. It just didn't sit right with us."
