Police and teachers

One of the reason why people want to see changes in the Minneapolis Police is that the police are asked to do jobs that have nothing to do with providing safety for the public. Police are asked to solve the problems associated with homelessness, mental illness and poverty. Police officers are not trained to be social workers. The same thing is happening in schools. Teacher are asked to do the jobs that parents are supposed to do. Often times one child who doesn't understand respect for authority will upset an entire classroom and many times the teacher must spend valuable teaching time working with this student. Many of the problems that young men have in dealing with the authority of the police officer are the same young men who had trouble dealing with the authority of the teacher. Refusing to listen to instructions which leads to refusing to follow instructions are similar to both groups.