Posted on 04/15/2020 3:59:03 PM PDT by rey
In certain counties, first responders (police) are allowed to enter stores before others and make their purchases without any rationing. As Orwell wrote, some pigs are more equal.
Everyone should have to live under the same rules, ESPECIALLY THE POLICE. To allow them special privileges and to escape the inconveniences associated with this lockdown is disgusting. Law enforcement must understand what it is like to live like those they have power over. To allow them special privilege is license for abuse and makes them more inclined to enforce laws that have no impact on them what so ever. . It smacks of the Stanford Experiment. It is a technique that was used to enable the Stasi to be so abusive toward those they over saw.
Add to it that local government is allowing ranking health officials to make law dictating what is jail able and what is not. Here, in CA, they are releasing prisoners and threatening to jail people who do not wear masks.
The people enforcing the law have little if any regard for the constitution they swore to uphold and defend. I cannot count how many have told me they are simply doing what they are told to do.
CA is talking about masks for a year. A friend who works in law enforcement in another state says he heard masks possibly until mid 2022.
END THE LOCKDOWN NOW!
Here in Florida (Tampa, Hillsboro county), a grocery chain is giving front-line people (first responders) free groceries.
Those are the people that still have jobs and are less needy than those stuck at home without jobs.
Welcome to socialism.
Not all LEO’s are crooked or power mad. Im personal friends with a retired state police captain. Knew him while he went thru the ranks. One of the most decent human beings I ever met... Now his brother.... He drew his gun on a jay walker who slapped the hood of his car because the deputy almost hit him because he wasn’t looking and stepped out in front of the car.. all this in heavy traffic at an almost stand still. nobody was moving but the guy flipped out on a civilian for slapping his car. ..
So preferential treatment of seniors is okay, but not first responders?
It’s been my experience that smart business owners get to know LEO because that’s who they call to remove the shoplifters and trouble makers from their premises.
Maybe they hope they will show up when the looting starts.
If they want to do something good, give groceries to people who lost their jobs.
My friend who teaches law enforcement is a great guy. It’s these guys who expect special privilege and take advantage of them. It is bad for a cop’s psyche. I had a friend who was NYPD. People always tied to give him freebies and he always refused. It starts out little, he said, it starts out little and before you know it your demanding freebies and just being a jerk.
If officers want respect, they eschew the freebies. They have enough privilege as it is.
Why not give the cop a few bucks? It’s the same thing.
It is disgusting that cops get first at Sams club. The crime rate is down 50%, traffic is non existent. The cops have nothing to do so they can shop ahead of house bound citizens? These dirtbags should be fired.
Ya know, if they will not ask for ID (and they won’t) at the voting booth and you are wearing a face mask they can’t tell who you are. This is custom made for voter fraud.
“Welcome to socialism.”
That isnt socialism, dude.
No. For one thing I’ve been on 12 hour days, 7 days a week, plus nightly call without a break now since mid March and I am tired. Yes we still have jobs, still making far less than we could in other non-public positions, and yes, the paycheck will be nice when it comes, but it will not replace the lost time with my kids. That plus consider that we are probably more infectious than most. We get exposed and many may likely have this virus asymptomatic. Do you really want to intermingle with us? I am promised some time off after next week and I want to hit Costco.
“Maybe they hope they will show up when the looting starts.”
So certain store owners are more equal? Why not just outright bribe them?
Couldn’t you just call an Antifa protestor for help? /s
Thanks for chiming in.
So time with your kids is more valuable than mine spent standing in line, running from store to store to find the things you can take without limit?
If you want respect, you do not take special license. The most hated people I knew in the Marine Corps were those who took advantage. A good leader does not do that. Cops who take license are not good leaders.
“Couldn’t you just call an Antifa protestor for help? /s”
They already have their own mask.
There’s a contingent on FR that just really hates cops...it goes back years. It’s actually kinda reassuring to see that some things are constant.
Be safe!
Bribes are illegal, preferential treatment is not. /derp
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