Posted on 05/07/2015 6:41:30 AM PDT by shortstop
People need to get to know their local cops. I stood out in the alley the other day and chatted with the Sheriff’s deputy for 20 minutes the other day.
Its a lot harder to abuse people you know and are otherwise friendly with.
The authority and standing of the local authorities has been irreparably compromised.
I don’t know what it will take to restore that.
Law abiding citizens are, for all intents and purposes, on their own.
Police are a soft target in this whole thing. First it was the schools, then churches and churchgoing Americans were targeted... it goes on and on.
This is how you dismantle your society ...the bloodless coup we all anticipated.
So the most violent demographic in America is the one that hates cops the most. This does not surprise me. What surprises me is their constant tanturms are taken seriously.
In the last 24 years name one time a Clinton was running for president or planning on running for president that civil unrest based on “Police Misconduct” wasn’t planned or orchestrated.
The president already told us why. We don’t listen. Our enemies tell us exactly what they are planning. The president wants a federal police force.
I agree with posts 1 and 2. Unfortunately the cops are often too much about us vs them. Their reputations have been harmed by publicity of their over-reactions and concern about their safety instead of public safety.
We have about 50% too many police. We’d be better off putting the savings to paying down debt. Americans need to be encouraged to take care of themselves and not depend on a police force that will rarely ever be there when needed, except to collect evidence after the fact.
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We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that weve set. Weve got to have a civilian national security force thats just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded. Barack Hussein Obama, 7/2/2008They dont call it a Civil Defense force, that would imply we need (or perhaps that we deserve) defense. The official name is National Civilian Community Corps.
I think of it as the NatCCC, or more simply, as the NatCs...
Good point. And that was something I'd do occasionally 20 years ago. I don't do it much nowadays though. The cops now are cold and abrupt, with a "Why are you talking to me attitude?". Sorry, that's not an exaggeration.
Of course, it might not be the cop's fault. Maybe I'm getting more unlikable as I get older!
Obama told us he wants a federal domestic military force at least as powerful large and well equipped as our regular military forces army navy marines and USAF etc. like Stasi, like hitler. Like Stalin. Like Mao. He told us very clearly and so now he’s trying to deliver on this -— if he gets away with this outrage, he will deliver on get one more promise - to stay in Washington and keep working to transform America. Hell hitler! Allah Achkbar!
The authority and standing of many local authorities was damaged most by a guy who has been dead for a while now. He was a real A*hole. You have probably heard of him. His name was Steve Jobs.
What he did was to put cameras and video recording capabilities into the phones of millions of people whether they wanted the option or not.
This subsequently lead to the collapse of the illusion that law enforcement only did bad things every now and then. YouTube brought about more law enforcement corruption cleanup in opening decade of the twenty first century than the combined efforts of all reformers in the twentieth century.
The race baitors and communist agitators have a firm foundation of actual bad behaviors to work with.
Frankly I find that the people who have most problems with police are assholes themselves.
The national media want a national police.
The effect of a national media controlling the public square is much more significant than anyone realizes.
HEAR HEAR!!
In Detroit they’re complaining about the lack of accountability from the feds after a federal agent killed a suspect last week.
Nobody knows about it because it doesn’t fit the narrative.
> We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that weve set.
Who is “we” and what objectives have they set?
That's mostly true. But the police are in a special category, sort of like airplane designers are. They had better get it right not just most of the time, but all of the time.
And that's actually not that hard to do. Be polite when talking to citizens, use force only when necessary, etc. Sure, there will be times when quick judgment calls will have to be made, and no one will be perfect then.
But in general, it's not too much to ask for cops to behave decently in everyday situations. And many do. But not enough.
I don't know if it's really "vs". Generally cops do tend to socialize with other cops. Not all that unusual for people in dangerous professions.
Obama has been purging and crushing our US Military culture for years. Now he is turning all his FEDERAL resources to deconstruct local American communitiess and culture against themselves. Fear and mistrust are the community organizers tools of subversion.
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