In short they have no similarities, except that some of the personnel in each wear uniforms, and some of the personnel in each have guns.
The same thing could be said about, say, hunters wearing orange in the woods. And the comparison would make about as much sense.
The author also mistakenly conflates NYPD refusal to enforce existing law with the mayor being heckled at a recent graduation ceremony, and his public shunning at a funeral for a slain officer. Again, these things are not remotely related except in the proximate context of a bad relationship between Gracey Mansion and the police.
The police refusal to enforce the laws on minor crimes is wrong, and is part of an ongoing labor dispute. On that point, the author is correct that people need to be fired. Even though this is nothing new in the history of union thuggery, it should have been stopped long ago.
[Although we might parenthetically add that the refusal to enforce the law earns high praise from Hizzoner's Party when practiced by its Thug-In-Chief for exactly the same reason: transient political gain. And we might also note that the folks at The Federalist, while not Leftists, have shown no stomach for exercising the same option against 0bama that they advocate using against the police: remove the 0ne from his job.]
But police disrespect of the mayor at a private function is a First Amendment right, and is unrelated to dereliction of duty, collective bargaining, or indeed, any aspect of their professional conduct. Kaiser Wilhelm asked for that disrespect, and he will now get all of it that he can stand.
Finally, I think that some Wingnuts [that would be us] need to point out how the current labor stoppage puts the lie to the claim made by the 0bama administration that a reduction in apprehensions and deportations over the last few years "clearly" indicates that the border is "more secure than ever." Lower statistical indicators of criminal activity can indicate a lot of different things, but when a law enforcement entity has no interest in enforcing the law, they usually indicate what is patently obvious, which is that more rather than less crime is actually taking place.
In short they have no similarities, except that some of the personnel in each wear uniforms, and some of the personnel in each have guns.
I can't tell you how many times I have posted this same idea. There is no comparison.
Why then, do conservative folks cheer when the NYPD union says it is a war?
But police disrespect of the mayor at a private function is a First Amendment right, and is unrelated to dereliction of duty, collective bargaining, or indeed, any aspect of their professional conduct. Kaiser Wilhelm asked for that disrespect, and he will now get all of it that he can stand.
Agree.
But what of their union work stoppage? Legal or not, it lets you know that cop unions are the same as any other union. Conservatives SHOULD NOT give them a pass.