Heads Roll in Los Angeles ... Jack Dunphy

National Review Online ^ | 8 May 2007 | Jack Dunphy

[Rummyfan]

On the May Day protests and repercussions for the LAPD....

[thiscouldbemoreconfusing]

This was the subject of coffee shop talk as I made my way to work this morning. I found on comment of interest “Join the Police, serve the political winds of the powers to be, Join the Army, serve the UN, join the Militia save the country.”

[Bigg Red]

This circus is coming soon to a park near you.

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Sad but true. In the center ring, illegals and mohammedans.

[blam]

Soon, there won't be enough money to entice anyone to be an LA cop...

At some point, LA will go the way of Mogadishu.

[pikachu]

One of these days there will be a mutiny in a politically correct managed police department and the results will not be pretty.

[Bigg Red]

This cop is quite a writer. I think he’ll be all set if he chooses to be employed after retirement.

[peggybac]

Soon the LAPD will consist of only Hispanics. Why would anyone in their right mind want to join the department there? No backup or support from your superiors and always guilty until proven innocent, if you even get the chance. God bless those hard working cops. They deserve better.

[Kay]

Jack must be one brave dude. I’m wondering if he will be punished for voicing his opinion.

[AU72]

So Bratton threw some brass under the bus to keep his job.

SOP for political appointees.

Anyway how is Bratton doing with the LAPD? My rule of thumb is the more citizen action groups scream, the better the police are.

[Truth29]

When the police will no longer defend the people, the people will defend themselves - Mogadishu it will be. Also, the police department will become populated with those who will never do anything but push paper and those who have an agenda of aiding the illegal alien invaders. It appears that Southern California is becoming enemy occupied territory.

[jpsb]

Pretty clear that LA now belongs to Mexico, with Mexican style government. If you are middle class or poor and not Mexican better get out of LA. LA is no longer part of the usa.

[TheKidster]

It’s a crying shame that some are more equal than others in LA, especially when being a tax paying citizen is actually counted against people.

These are the people they voted into office and power so this is apparantly what LA and SoCAL wants. They can have it.

[The Lumster]

Jack must be one brave dude. I’m wondering if he will be punished for voicing his opinion

Jack Dunphy is a nom-de-plume. He has been writing for National Review for some time and I believe has managed to remain anonymous to the powers that be in the LAPD

[DancesWithBolsheviks]

This article failed to have the attached disclaimer, but most of his articles end with the footer; Jack Dunphy is an officer in the Los Angeles Police Department. “Jack Dunphy” is the author's nom de cyber. The opinions expressed are his own and almost certainly do not reflect those of the LAPD management.

[Rummyfan]

Jack Dunphy is his pseudonym.

[Rummyfan]

They certainly do and God Bless them indeed!

[Trampled by Lambs]

In every account I’ve seen or read about the May Day “incident”, one of the first things mentioned is the fact that there were *no serious injuries*.

Yet they continue to refer to it thereafter as a “melee” and use phrases such as, “cops out of control” and so on.

Seems to me that the cops kept control very well indeed. They shut down the rowdies without seriously injuring anyone. Isn’t that what they are supposed to do?

[geezerwheezer]

I am not a fan of LAPD, and havn’t been for numerous reasons, the most important of which is the department’s lack of institutional controls. Too many little fiefdoms there, too many lawyers/politicos/rabble rousers looking into everything they do, and too many negative-thinking officers. Most seem to have a “siege mentality”, and operate accordingly. On one hand, I can’t blame the department, but on the other, I find fault with a lot of their actions, and it all starts at the top. It seems as though every L.A. cop feels as though he/she is a victim of something or another, and that is why they have such a bad attitude and will continue until they all wise up. It seems to me that they havn’t learned that you EARN respect, you don’t get respect by DEMANDING it.

[Tennessee Nana]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

I was wondering the same thing...

I re-read the first paragraph or 2 to make sure he actually was in the police force...

I thoght he may have meant he was told to cover the event as a reporter...

But no he is a policeman and yes exceptionally honest and courageous...

Bratton needs to get lost...Jack Dunphy as Chief of police would clean up LA...

God Bless you Jack... Good luck in the future...

[Tspud1]

Just how many bandanna wearing, sling shot shooting, urine throwing protesters were arrested?