Posted on 04/22/2016 9:15:33 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax
In the 1960s and 70s a war against cops began. It sprung up in prisons and on street corners of the worst neighborhoods in America. It was nurtured and strengthened in our prisons, mostly by Black and Hispanic men sitting around the yards of places like Sing Sing, Joliet, Chino and Walpole.
The streets were so dangerous that by the early 1970s the New York City Police Department, my Department, was losing 10 cops killed by savage attacks each year. That worked out to 20 dead cops in a 24 month period; one dead cop every six weeks.
As a young street cop I recognized that we were going to get no support from the Democrat mayors that ran my city into the ground, finally bankrupting it in 1975.
As military veterans we were not afraid to stand up and fight – we knew we had to or the next big funeral procession would be for us.
During those days the cops I worked with in Brooklyn’s Bedford Stuyvesant and Crown Heights neighborhoods were actually Urban Combat Soldiers. We were on the front lines trying to keep the lid on the garbage can New York had allowed itself to become. With nowhere else to turn we turned to each other. Your partner and the other cops in your squad became your brothers. Believe it or not, for the most part the color of the cops you worked with didn’t matter as much as whether they were “stand up” guys.
The fighting words and the scenes in this video ring very true to me because I was there. I was on the front lines for...
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I'm old enough to remember the cops from the 1960’s and 1970’s. My interactions with them were always friendly. I had no hesitation in, say, just walking up to a cop and asking for directions. That is not true today. Ask a cop anything today, and you'll likely be treated with veiled contempt.
We are now caught in a downward spiral. The cops (understandably) are harder now. And that leads to resentment among the public. And that makes the cops even more defensive. On and on it goes.
Obama has been trying to light off a race war for some time now.
I completely disagree with your assessment. If anything, cops today bend over backwards to act “sweet” to everyone, particularly special grievance groups. Otherwise, they risk unfounded, but actionable, accusations of “discrimination” and “micro-aggression.” Cops were much more staid and bluntly to the point decades ago - if their brusqueness seemed impolite, that was just part of their understandable demeanor because their core function was dealing with the absolute worst in society who followed NO rules and couldn’t care less how “nice” you were to them. In fact, the hesitance to enforce the law implied in “niceness” was an invitation to capitalize on it.
I could well be wrong, as I based my assessment on my own experience only. That cops I knew in the 1960's and 70's were tough, but they were (mostly) gentlemen. I'm just not seeing that "gentleman" part today. And, yes, that does matter. Cops have a very tough job, but they are also supposed to behave in a professional manner at all times.
Being courteous is not a sign of weakness. it is a sign of professionalism. You can be courteous and no-nonsense at the same time.
I'm quite sure that if we had the ability to teleport back in time, we'd realize how our memories have deceived us. We'd be pleasantly shocked at how sane society once was.
Let's say it's 1965, and my friends and I are playing football in the local park after closing time. A cop tells us, "You need to go home now boys." Well, we go home and that's it.
Any cop saying that today would have to explain his use of the term "boys", and why he is picking on my group and not on some other group.
All cooch’s steam is qualified to do is tell what it’s like to be a blogpimp yesterday, today and always.
Terrific video. Shocking and inspiring.
Muscle bound cops with shaved heads means one thing to me: Steroids. If you have ever seen roid rage you know what I am talking about.
Blue lives matter to sane thinking people who don’t have an agenda of hating authority.
EXACTLY! We make it a point to walk up to cops we see at gasoline pumps and public events to thank them for their service and to encourage them not to let the awful haters deter them; but to know that they truly ARE still loved and appreciated by many.
My memory is as a youth getting caught drunk driving by a highway patrolman who was an acquaintance of my family. He gave me a polite but firm admonishment and then told me to get my butt home. He followed me home to make sure I got there safely.
If I had a wreck after he caught me it would have been my fault. Today it be his fault for not arresting me. And I did learn the lesson.
Todays police just can’t make allowances for each situation.
Check and double check!
:-D
God bless our thin blue line!
When I was growing up, on one of the popular local kids’ shows was a character named “Officer Friendly.” I loved that guy! Why can’t we bring him back????
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