But what about the rest of us? What about Kelly Thomas, who screamed for his father while five cops beat him to death? Or Patricia Cook, shot to death by a deranged alcoholic with a badge? Or Andrew Scott, killed during a wrong-door raid? Or Nick Christie, gagged and pepper-sprayed to death by prison guards? Or Seth Adams, shot four times by a cop behind his family business, then left to die? Or Wendell Allen, who was unarmed when a New Orleans cop shot and killed him during a raid? Or Ramarley Graham, the 18-year-old New Yorker shot and killed by plainclothes cops for trying to flush a small bag of marijuana down the toilet? Or Kyle Miller, killed by Colorado police for waving a BB gun in the air? Or Todd Blair, killed by Utah police for raising a golf club above his head?
That's a smattering of names from the last year or so. A complete list is impossible, though you could spend months culling names from local media outlets. It would be significantly longer if we included people who were shot, but didn't die; or people who were just shot at by cops. It would be exponentially longer if we included people who were beaten, intimidated, wrongly arrested/incarcerated, or otherwise abused by police officers. Didn't these folks want to go home to their families? Didn't they want to be safe when they were in their homes with their families?
Not the Maryland unmarked police car laser/radar speed traps too?
FYI, coffee snorted out your nose hurts. Some threads need warnings.
BOSTON, MASS., Sept. 14, 1919
MR. SAMUEL GOMPERS
President American Federation of Labor, New York City, N.Y.
Replying to your telegram, I have already refused to remove the Police
Commissioner of Boston. I did not appoint him. He can assume no
position which the courts would uphold except what the people have
by the authority of their law vested in him. He speaks only with their
voice.
The right of the police of Boston to affiliate has always been
questioned, never granted, is now prohibited. The suggestion of
President Wilson to Washington does not apply to Boston. There the
police have remained on duty. Here the Policemen’s Union left their
duty, an action which President Wilson characterized as a crime against
civilization. Your assertion that the Commissioner was wrong cannot
justify the wrong of leaving the city unguarded. That furnished the
opportunity, the criminal element furnished the action. There is no right
to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time. You
ask that the public safety again be placed in the hands of these same
policemen while they continue in disobedience to the laws of
Massachusetts and in their refusal to obey the orders of the Police
Department. Nineteen men have been tried and removed. Others
having abandoned their duty, their places have, under the law, been
declared vacant on the opinion of the Attorney-General. I can suggest
no authority outside the courts to take further action. I wish to join and
assist in taking a broad view of every situation. A grave responsibility
rests on all of us. You can depend on me to support you in every legal
action and sound policy. I am equally determined to defend the
sovereignty of Massachusetts and to maintain the authority and
jurisdiction over her public officers where it has been placed by the
Constitution and law of her people.
CALVIN COOLIDGE
Governor of Massachusetts
A police strike, as Bloomberg figured out a day late, is illegal in itself.
Bloomberg’s strike would be for the purpose of curtailing the citizenry’s constitutional rights. The mayor urged an unlawful rebellion by government employees against their employers, the people.
SPIDERMAN! Save us!
I have a better idea! Why don’t taxpayers go on strike until idiots like Mike Bloomberg are gone!
That would’ve changed the outcome in Aurora Colorado.
/sarcasm
Here is the plan... force people off of the open lands and into the cities (see Agenda 21) for CONTROL.
When the people arrive, the rules will already be in place.
NY is a perfect example of how NOT to treat a free people.
You think Bloomberg is scary?
There are between 600,000 to 750,000 voters in NY City who voted him into office as mayor - THREE TIIMES.
And they are still out there, breeding and voting.
NYC could become like the old London, back when it was civilized, when citizens were armed, and cops carried whistles. Whenever a cop needed backup, the people were there. It was a much better system than the police state they have now, far less crime.
Does Bloomberg also support the DOT going on strike during the next snow storm?
Excellent idea!
Make the strike official and PUBLIC.
I guarantee, 24hrs without cops on the street and gun control efforts would be set back to pre-1935 levels. Nothing like an unamed citizen and an off-hook signal on 911 to get things moving.
I wonder what Bloomy packs? (besides his half-wit)
LEO’s on strike? The only way we could tell is if they stop writing speeding tickets.
Bloomy is getting into Shelia Jackson Lee territory now.
Bloomberg has been pushing the limits of dictatorial stupidity for years. The people who put this fascist loon in power deserve him.
Old bloomie can kiss my rebel butt. My harmless innocent child was murdered with a 2 ft section of FENCE POST, where is his call for a ban on them?
I CCW..to protect myself from that killer, who made threats to kill any one who testified against him from JAIL...I spent 14.5 yrs keeping his socio-pathic butt in prison. WHAT PART OF SHALL NOT INFRINGE DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND?
I also live in the crime capitol of TN...Memphis, where the nightly news first 10-15 mins is nothing but murder or attempted murder, or shootings.
And doctor mistakes kill more people than guns.
As of yesterday 552 people died in traffic accidents on TN highways this year...where is the car ban hue and cry?
