Four years ago, the city of Memphis decided to double down on a strategy of affirmative action policing that they have been practicing for decades.

Officially, the city's theory was that black police officers are less likely to mistreat suspects and more likely to do a better job as compared to white officers.

What up, boy?

Who told you to get out of the car?

I mean, what the, hey dude, get up?

What are you doing, man?

Get your hands off me, Seth.

There was never any data to support that theory, obviously.

If anything, there was a lot of data to suggest the exact opposite.

Indeed, Memphis had long been one of the most dangerous cities in the country,

despite all the diverse hiring

they were doing but in 2020 Memphis went for it anyway and they reduced their

hiring standards even further to attract more black police recruits and it worked.

As expected, more black people did sign up

to become Memphis police officers

and the police department became more quote unquote diverse.

But getting rid of merit in police academies

is a lot like introducing

DEI to medicine. I'm afraid you're in trouble here. I got in through an

affirmative action program.

The dude doesn't need a chest cavity.

Or to the aviation industry.

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