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Background

On Tuesday, Israel's Police Commissioner gave a speech at the Israel Bar Association. He was asked regarding the Ethiopian Jews "over policing".
He said (and I quote):

Quote:Over policing is natural and problematic

Quote:We are working on a program to decrease over policing of this community

And than came "the bomb":

Quote:“Studies the world over, without exception, have shown that immigrants are invariably more involved in crime than others, and this should not come as a surprise,”
"It is natural for police officers to be more suspicious"

The storm
It started with calling him to apologize:

Quote:Fentahun Assefa-Dawit, the head of Tebeka, a group that has highlighted police abuses, called for an apology and accused Alsheich of “effectively calling [Ethiopians] a criminal community, giving legitimacy and a seal of approval to the racist behaviour of the police against Ethiopian Israelis and other groups”.

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Quote:Gadi Yevarkan, an activist involved in organising protests against that incident, said Alsheich was “not particularly smart for openly saying that Israel was a racist country”.
“We are not migrant workers, we are Jews who returned to their country after some 2,500 years in exile,” he said, adding that it was now “understandable that police officers deal violently with black people and Arabs”.

Next - the calls to resign:

Quote:Leading Ethiopian-Israeli social activists called for the police chief to hand in his badge Wednesday morning, saying his remarks “proved that the police endanger the community.”

The Apology
Strated with explanation:

Quote:Alsheich has vehemently denied the accusation, saying he did not justify discrimination and “overpolicing,” but had merely tried to understand the phenomenon in order to combat it.

Then came the apology:

Quote:In a Thursday evening meeting of the joint coordinating committee of Ethiopian Jewish leaders and top police officers, he said he wanted to apologize “to the entire community of Ethiopian heritage and anyone who felt hurt from the media reports.”

According to a police statement, he insisted he did not intend to cause hurt, “but to raise an issue as a first step toward finding agreed-upon solutions.”

The meeting itself was scheduled weeks earlier, police said, and was in any case slated to discuss “ways to rein in overpolicing and reduce crime among youth.”

And also:

Quote:Alsheich charged on Wednesday that his comments were intentionally misrepresented by “a small group of agitators” who were causing “huge damage.”

Analysis (For now)
Classic case of SJW frenzi.
Police commissioner was not "particularly smart" the use of the word "natural" was a classic mistake.

The storm started because of TL;DR. People commenting just did not take the time to actually read what he said.
Next is Ethiopian SJWs taking advantage of the situation.
A former activist analyzed the SJW campaign and came up to the conclusion that by going after the police, you undermine the current order. Once that happens - it is possible to overthrow the "oppressing state" and make a socialist/communist one. (Link in Hebrew)

From a PR perspective it seems that the police did "what it should".

What should be done
Following Vox Day's SJW Always Lie, I will offer my humble opinion:

1. "Rely on the Three Rs: RECOGNIZE it is happening. REMAIN calm. REALIZE no one cares"
Maybe problematic in this case. When you are Police Commissioner it seems that the first 2 are true. But that the government cares (about the image).

2. "Don’t try to reason with them"
There is no use in explaining. You can simply say: "I meant exactly what I said. Too bad that you were offended".

3. “Do not apologize.”
Too late. I think that the Clinton's "Mistakes were made" might work here.

4. "Document their every word and action"
Useful for the future. Not much help now.

5. “Do not resign.”
You won't get your job back.

6. “Start nothing, finish everything.”
He should go on the offence. He has a PR machine behind him

One more thing - he has his HLS minister's support. That is a very good thing.
Gilad Erdan, Israel's HLS minister, said right after the incident that:

Quote:"The commission did not condone the 'over-policing' of Ethiopian Israelis and he did not justify it. He did the opposite, bravely stating there was a problem and the police were taking care of it.

"Together with the police chief I have been leading, personally, many changes necessary to deal with this issue, including recruiting Ethiopian Israelis to the police force, promoting them, and setting up transparency mechanisms," he said.

Erdan stressed that "any attempt to lend the commissioner's remarks another meaning is false. It distorts his attention and upsets the community for no reason, especially after the police had made his intention perfectly clear.

"As someone who is closely familiar with the commissioner's position and police practices regarding the over-policing of certain populations -- I back him and the practices the police are implementing according to the policy I outline."

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When I was in Israel, I didn't meet any Ethiopians. Are they prone to crime more than other immigrants? Or is this some racists thing they claim it is?