Posted on 01/06/2010 6:24:00 AM PST by Travis McGee
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Was Diallo before or after the guy they used a broomstick on?
Slaves are not allowed to have weapons. That is for free people. Most of the people who live in the United States have sold their soul and birthright to the government, or are willing to, so the government will take care of them from the cradle to the grave. They abhor the avtual thought of having to be responsible for providing for themselves.
This was evidenced by the election of Democrats in 2006 to Congress and in 2008 to theoffice of President and Congress.
On the other hand, if the cops get it into their heads that disarming citizens is the most important task, then the number of people who view cops as enemies is going to rapidly increase.
Police are the original and first welfare agency. You should guard and protect your self and your own property, or pay to have it done. The more stuff, land the more you should pay. If you own a lot of stuff, land you are wealthy and no one should subsidies your protection. If you can not afford, or can not do it, or both, you should make social relations with some one who can ( this used to be one of the skill sets, and values of young men. Now since usurped by the Police bureaucracy just as welfare, Section 8, WIC, Medicade had devalued the young male as a provider . )
After.
It was just another in a long line of NYPD mistakes or outright violations.
Cops love crime, rules, regulations. It gives them busy, unproductive work.
I would like to see no cops, no courts for a couple of years. Let the thieves, rapist, murders go, or try to go on a rampage. And, let me and my neighbors kill them, burn their houses to the ground, chase them from one end of the county to the next, were I will trade info lists with that county’s men.
In six months two or three generations of scum will be dead, and there will be little crime until for another ten-fifteen years.
Cops protect criminals........from me and those like me.
I like the way you think. I really do.
Abner Louima anally assaulted with a broomstick on August 9, 1997.
Amadou Diallo was gunned down on February 4, 1999.
I agree.
And I am appalled that I do agree.
After nearly 30 years of military and law enforcement experience, I have come to the belief and position that cops are useless, ineffective, usually functioning as a revenue tool of a dysfunctional municipality, overly aggressive based on their personal egos, and a downright threat to our rights and even our lives and families.
I have come to regard our law enforcement officials as the "enemy", rather than the friends that I was taught they were in my youth.
They have been exalted to a lofty position, usually by themselves, that places them in a mindset reminiscent of a Gestapo.
To even speak out or offer a gentle reproach or criticism earns one the scrutiny of the powers that be.
I have had personal encounters that shock and horrify me.
Their arrogance, their attitude of "I have the POWER!", and the "Respect my authoritah!" exuberance is downright disgusting.
I was stopped at a DUI checkpoint the other day...middle of the day, by the way...and the attitude and demeanor of the deputy was instantly arrogant, aggressive and in my opinion, harassing and demeaning.
When I refused to discuss my destination and origin with him, he escalated it to wanting to search my vehicle, which, of course, escalated it to me being even more determined to foil his Gestapo crap.
All of my "papers" were in order, and of course, I spoke the "lingo", i.e., knowing what "PC" is and being able to rationally discuss the situation without getting red in the face and backing up 6 feet and placing my hand on my gun, as did he.
Stupid ass bubba is what he was.
But I digress.
The police are out of control.
We need to start over with them or something.
Perhaps another Peelian Reform?
Oh, wait, that's what got us into this crap in the first place.
This is bullshit. I'll fortify my home and take this to court. I'll kill any man that tries to breach my home with my family in it.
The NYPD has been a wholly owned subsidiary of the democrat party since it was formed.
The old statist view that everyone is a subject to the state and not the state is subordinate to the people. Communism.
Reminds me to be home early for a delivery of my anti-Communist material.
Last November, a measure went into effect in Oklahoma that makes it a felony, punishable by a five-year prison term and a $10,000 fine, to "fortify" a home "for the purpose of preventing or delaying entry or access by a law enforcement officer."
Under the measure, written by Republican (natch) State Representative Sue Tibbs, it is impermissible to "construct, install, position, use or hold any material or device designed ... to strengthen, defend, restrict or obstruct any door, window, or other opening into a dwelling, structure, building or other place to any extent beyond the security provided by a commercial alarm system, lock or deadbolt, or a combination of alarm, lock, or deadbolt."
So if I live in a high crime area and want bars or steel shutters on my windows - if I'm preparing for SHTF Day and fortifying my home - if I have a panic room - if I like concrete walls, Lexan windows, high strength doors and security foyers just because - and law enforcement ever wants to enter my home, I am screwed.
“In six months two or three generations of scum will be dead, and there will be little crime until for another ten-fifteen years.”
That is exactly what will happen in normal America. I don’t know about the cesspools.
Your #10, dead on. Cops are the standing army and revenue department of the local government. In my lifetime they have been very little help whatsoever. They write after crime reports and traffic tickets. Not much more than that. We can do without them.
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