Thanks for the ping.
The thing that scares the day lights out of me is this:
When you back people into a corner. When you remove from them all conventional procedural means of redress. When the government is feared more than nature it means real trouble. When the 1st amendment is gone, whats left? When the 2nd is challenged and the 4th is crushed, whats left?
The murrah building bombing in Okc, was a violent response by a single guy with no prospects for a job, no family and nothing to lose. Mcveigh was a nut job. So were all the people who helped him (that’s a can of worms). But the Waco Tx raid, Ruby Ridge, all the things going on back then perpetrated the belief that the government was removing traditional restraints on it’s power. Ruby Ridge and Waco were all about the 2nd and 4th amendment.
The government, the courts, your neighbors that vote are creating a very very dangerous situation. We have rampant unemployment and a destruction of rights. That is volitile. Nobody wants what could happen to happen. Nobody can predict where violence leads.
Mexico is a dangerous place. The government is corrupt. Lawless. So gangs of armed thugs and drug dealers have organized. They had nothing to lose. The government and it’s institutions garner no respect.
Here, our government, our cherished constitution and the “by the people” part have worked since the civil war to keep things on an even keel. I am scared where this is going.
You LE people? I know you are here. You need us! You need our respect. It is up to YOU individual cops to make up for the lack of respect that your institution, your leadership and the courts have for the clear intent of the Constitution. If you lose us, the common man. I am terrified where society will go.
That means no more “us versus them”. That means no more heavy handed swaggering behavior. That means humility and team work. It means less of you. That’s right. Less head count. Sorry. Give up your Unions. Live where you work.