“don’t like what I am seeing trending with LEO’s lately in the news.”
Good point. I don’t like it either and I’ve always considered myself a very pro-cop person. Of course, I did grow up in NYC and those cops are very good.
I once heard a man on the radio (I have no idea now who it was, but he was some kind of authority) say that there are only 2 really good police forces in the entire world, Scotland Yard and the NYPD.
Now, I always knew some cops were quite bad, but lately the whole “jack booted thug” thing seems to be increasing, but it is also coupled with the “swat team hiding in cover” thing that was seen at Columbine, and then there is the unionized work force problem that seemed to be brewing in Wisconsin recently.
So yeah, the cops might end up being part of the problem in some total societal collapse.
But, if it was a total collapse, then there would probably be a lot of good cops that would be on our side, so there’s that.
I’ll just close this post with a warning given to me by my Irish grandmother many years ago.
She told me there were 2 types of people to avoid at all costs: priests and policemen.
Of course I was horrified and wanted to know WHY? right away.
And she explained it was for the same reason in both cases, because they are NEVER around when you need them, but always RIGHT THERE when you hope they are far away.
(And it is totally true that my own grandmother told me that when I was about 10 years old. Maryama would have LOVED FR and the tea party!)
I think in a total collapse, most cops will be home defending their own houses. Nobody is going to risk their lives doing police work for a government that barely exists and can't even afford to pay them. Law enforcement will fall to the armed forces, who will be primarily concerned with protecting politicians and bankers from the consequences of their decisions.