I agree with you. We still have Andy Taylors out there, but there are too many idiots like the ones in Henderson, unfortunately. Would that we had more Sheriff Andys...
I think most of the people that support LEO when they do this sort of craziness are in complete denial. Their knowledge of LEO is either very dated or they live in an area where this type of thing has never happened. They just have no concept that LEO could act this way.
I agree with you. We still have Andy Taylors out there, but there are too many idiots like the ones in Henderson, unfortunately. Would that we had more Sheriff Andys...
Some may be in denial.
Others spread disinformation, to keep the Sleeping Giant slumbering. We can’t have Americans realizing the corruption within many police departments. They might start questioning the appropriateness of Officer T-1000 receiving federal coin and military ‘toys’ while operating in clear defiance of the Constitution.
We need another Robert Peel:
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The basic mission for which the police exist is to prevent crime and disorder.
The ability of the police to perform their duties is dependent upon the public approval of police actions.
Police must secure the willing co-operation of the public in voluntary observation of the law to be able to secure and maintain the respect of the public.
The degree of co-operation of the public that can be secured diminishes proportionately to the necessity of the use of physical force.
Police seek and preserve public favour not by catering to public opinion, but by constantly demonstrating absolute impartial service to the law.
Police use physical force to the extent necessary to secure observance of the law or to restore order only when the exercise of persuasion, advice, and warning is found to be insufficient.
Police, at all times, should maintain a relationship with the public that gives reality to the historic tradition that the police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full-time attention to duties which are incumbent upon every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence.
Police should always direct their action strictly towards their functions, and never appear to usurp the powers of the judiciary.
The test of police efficiency is the absence of crime and disorder, not the visible evidence of police action in dealing with it.