1.
The incident that happened to the poor boy, who was attacked by 'human monsters' and inflicted incredible blows on him, does not give peace of mind.
Each of us, the parents, feels that we would like to reach out to this child at this moment, hug him and pour so much love into him that it might make up for the shocking incident that happened to him and who knows how he will come out of it.
Luckily for the boy, he has loving and wonderful parents, who will surely do everything for him.
But I want to talk here about the police as a whole, as an entire sector.
Let's look within ourselves, the ultra-Orthodox, and see how hurt we are when one of us (a weed) commits an offense, and immediately all the secular media comes out against us:
"Haredim, you're fed up!"
"Only the Haredim are capable of such things!"
"You need to be dealt with harshly, parasites!"
We are outraged by the inclusive statements, justifying ourselves and responding justly:
"In a pile of apples, there is sometimes one rotten one."
"We're fine, these are just weeds, there, at the edge."
"Because of one fool – blame the whole camp?"
"One person did something and the whole nation will be punished?"
And now, when it comes to others, we forget our own answers.
A few people behave like animals of prey, an entire committee is on the pillar of shame. Exactly.
2.
On Lag BaOmer we drove to Meron in our private car. We had permission to go inside.
At every intersection we met police officers. I'm sure there were some who were nervous and grumpy, which is how they are in nature, or the heat made them that way, or the heavy workload, but I didn't meet one like that the entire way.
Even when people were stopped at certain intersections, waving, begging, shouting – I didn't see the police reacting violently.
At one intersection, a woman was sitting on the side of the road, next to the police officers, and the police officers took care of her and asked every driver they stopped for a checkup if they would be willing to take her, because she was not feeling well.
I saw a policeman approach a relatively elderly man and ask him if he was okay.
And I saw a policeman serving a Haredi child a sweet snack. (I didn't check the kosher).
I've seen smiling police officers and I've seen tough ones.
I saw calm police officers and I saw tense ones.
I saw policemen running and I saw them resting.
I didn't see any special clashes.
I know I'm just a single example.
I'm sure there were police officers who behaved disrespectfully, aggressively, urgently, loudly, impatiently. Sure. But, does that make the entire police force animals? Beasts?
3.
I have never checked what percentage of police officers use excessive violence and how many do not.
As long as we don't know that they, most of them, or the vast majority of them, are like that, let's give them the legitimacy not to be called 'monsters' or 'beasts'.
Who is a policeman?
A policeman is one of us.
A father to children, just like us.
A son of parents, just like us.
Let's give them the privilege of being called human beings!
A policeman is also a person. A policeman is also offended when he is insulted.
Even a police officer may be hurt when he is insulted and spoken to like a... cheap animal!
4.
A policeman comes to the scene to bring order. He clearly doesn't arrive wearing silk gloves.
There are police officers who exaggerate, perhaps because we, as Haredim, feel hated,
This matter needs to be addressed on a case-by-case basis, and not in a way that smears an entire group, which often protects us when we need it.
Let us be ourselves, as we should be, and as we consider ourselves: moderate, non-aggressive, gentle, children of Torah.
This way we will have the courage to complain, when we need to complain.
Let's stop, at least we, the columnists and wordsmiths, from talking about an entire community as a horrible monster, because if we, the journalists, reporters, and public figures, utter epithets like 'monsters' and 'beasts,' we shouldn't be surprised that the word "Nazis" will also be used, and we will never be able to remain a decent society.
So a pure child who is hurt, it's a whole world and not a small thing at all.
Let's make sure that those who commit crimes are severely punished, and that those who suffer are released in peace.
But let's not sacrifice an entire audience on the altar of perverse generalization.
What is hateful to us, why should we do it to our friends?
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