Many people, myself included, are concerned that this incitement could lead to a physical backlash from elements of the community.
Neil said there were elements of the community who considered anyone who "rolled over" and cooperated with police "to be an apostate".
"I think people felt vested in it, which is an important piece for us," said Lisa Davis, Chappaqua school board president, in explaining why the board had chosen to involve so many elements of the community in the selection process.
Over the past few years, my work with communities, local authorities and the voluntary sector has convinced me that by bringing disparate elements of the community together we can affect meaningful change.
We started this campaign one year nine months ago, and it was greeted with howls of derision from certain elements of the community, but they don't howl quite so loudly now.
Elena Freyre, executive director of the Cuban Committee for Democracy, a liberal group, complained that exile lawmakers are out of step, catering only to the most intransigent, and best-financed, elements of the community.
The flood washed away just about every recognizable element of the community -- from trees to roads and houses -- and left many of the survivors shattered by the resulting disorientation.
"I think there's a problem when you have a large enough element of the community [that has] diminished faith in our police service," he said at a press event before he left the city on business in Japan and China.
Such shifts may also be partially responsible for individual trends in migration, which in turn represent an important element of the community social fabric.
He's got standing both in the black community and in leadership elements of the white community.
