Posted on 06/14/2020 6:43:41 AM PDT by blam
A Tulsa, Oklahoma police major says he’s “extremely concerned” that cops across America are on the verge of quitting amid global protests against law enforcement.
“Every department, every officer you talk to is looking to leave,” Maj. Travis Yates told Fox News‘ “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” adding that he is “extremely concerned” for the future of law enforcement.
Yates told Carlson that held felt morale among law enforcement officers “was really low” following the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown by then-Ferguson, Mo. police officer Darren Wilson.
“As everybody knows, President Obama’s administration found no evidence of wrongdoing in Ferguson even though the narrative is quite different …,” he said. “We were making a resurgence in recent years and this [George Floyd’s death and the aftermath] has been devastating. This has been Ferguson times 1,000. Every department, every officer you talk to is looking to leave.” -Fox News
Yates published a column last Friday on the website LawOfficer.com titled “America, We Are Leaving.”
In it, he recalls growing up in a law enforcement family – and characterized police as “Men and women of all races with the same mission, to make the community safer.“
27 years has passed and if you would have told me the condition of law enforcement today, I would have never believed you.
The mentally ill used to get treatment and now they just send cops. Kids used to be taught respect and now it’s cool to be disrespectful.
Supervisors used to back you when you were right but now they accuse you of being wrong in order to appease crazy people.
Parents used to get mad at their kids for getting arrested and now they get mad at us.
The media used to highlight the positive contribution our profession gave to society and now they
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The future.
Much more violent
Vigilantism
No go zones expanded
I would. it blame them one bit
Who is John Galt?
Don’t quit.
Start rolling strikes. One state, perhaps one county, or one city (preferably city) at a time. Dems are mostly in the cities, so give them a taste for a couple of weeks or a month at a time what it would be like with no cops.
Police must be able to recover their dignity.
then we can finally fight back hard without worrying about getting arrested.
Blue Flu.
Quit, but go to areas that respect you.
LA just screwed cops over overtime pay. NY doesn’t support them and their white-hating marxist mayor will gladly sacrifice all the cops to the great god of PC.
How about this: buy some “Blue Lives Matter” wristbands at Amazon and bring them to your local pd.
I did.
Yep.
In some ways I kind of hope they do quit.
The presence of police are what are restraining the law abiding from dealing with the anarchists.
Exactly.
Demography is destiny.
I like this particular idea.
Sadly, sadly many innocent people will suffer.
It is a risk to do as well and may be exactly what the left wants to happen. Getting such areas back under the rule of law will be difficult even if the residences desire police/National Guard assistance.
This why I keep a well stock vault.
In all things we must remember that cops are merely a reflection of the Society they are hired to serve.
Training and practice are essential.
Concealed means concealed.
The weak Fed Gov bring more of this upon all of us.
Huh?
As police morale fades, the quality of those willing to take the job will degrade. We’ll likely see more George Floyd incidents rather than fewer.
Just cops in big liberal cities. The rest of the cops are fine.
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