I had some conversations with police officers in my country, and to be off the books honest- they feel like the blacks of white society- means just useful enough to keep failed social experiments, ignored social problems and even problems created by delusional politicians under the lid. Once a certain threshold is reached, the escalation from both sides in a community (unemployed youth vs the police) takes on a dynamic of its own. Even a idealistic officer could spend a generation working in such a environment - achieving near to nothing.<p>As David Brin said it. Put Cameras on everybody, its our best shot. Its utterly horrible, but its our best shot.
Also, having seen some speakers on conferences, i would demand a equal push towards a peace and prosperity development from the policed communities. And no excuses there either. You need next to nothing today, to learn and develop.
You need very cheap hardware (even a smartphone can do it).
You need the web.
You need the believe that you can accomplish this and see it through.<p>I remember, reading a GFX programmers short-bio on some webpage. He basically grew up in a ghetto, did spend most of his time indoors and developed his skills until he became a great shader programmer. If i remember correctly, he ended up working for valve.<p>If there was some program like the worldvision to provide a mentor-ship towards a pupil willing to walk this road (including comp-replacement-insurance and legal-insurance to escape harassment) - that would be great.
Big problem seems also to provide a social environment with escape velocity.