If time machines existed today, Liberals would send the NYPD to the Roman Empire in 410 AD, to arrest the Barbarian Chief, Alaric, and his Visigoth army, for looting ancient Rome. Liberals would regard the looting of Rome in 410 AD as a crime problem, not a civilizational problem.
We have to face the painful truth that some low income neighborhoods have become Barbarian strongholds, and the Barbarians are both American citizens and illegal immigrants. The challenge is to prevent the Barbarian culture from coming to your neighborhood.
Incorrect.
Military occupation.
What we need are peace officers, not police officers.
The former is appropriate for a free people, the latter for slaves.
You have got to be kidding me.
Someone needs to brush up on his British history.
British people lived in a libertarian society
That word does not mean what you think it does.
I wish our police officers all the best. A nephew of mine is a police officer. Policing has become the hardest job in America. A lot of people do not understand how hard it is, policing low income neighborhoods. Police often have to be involved in fistfights with experienced muggers.
When people talk about police sacrifices, they often talk of those who have lost their lives in the line of duty. But they usually do not talk of those who have been severely injured in the line of duty, who are much greater in number. Lots of police officers get beaten up in the line of duty. How come there is no movement to address anti-police brutality?
Interesting point of view that I had not considered.
Modern-day "missionaries" in these neighborhoods are representatives of the Nation of Islam or some other flavor of "Black Liberation Theology". They are actively causing the civilizational collapse.
Four things to reduce adverse incidents for increased officer and citizen safety:
1. end the war on drugs - legal recreational drugs should be available for each brain receptor system associated with addiction at market pricing + up to a 10% of income quarterly possession tax due on federal estimated tax dates + coverage pre-paid at least for six months in advance for medically related (overdose/detoxing) care
2. ticket electronically (text message, e-mail, snail mail)for speeding violations of less than 30% over the limit and for most vehicle issues
3. better training of officers
4. education of young people in school at about age 12 on how to deal with police