Such a watering of the tree of liberty is a most unfortunate unintended consequence of the militarization of police.
The transition from a job whose purpose is to take life to a job whose purpose is to protect life must be very difficult, even though similar tactics and weapons are used.
“...The transition from a job whose purpose is to take life to a job whose purpose is to protect life must be very difficult, even though similar tactics and weapons are used.
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Where does it say their job is “to protect life”???
Their job is to ENFORCE the LAW - period. And they will - no matter which assh*le with an (R) or a (D) after their name tells them to pull the trigger.
1971 Supreme Court ruled that police are under Z-E-R-O obligation to protect or save your life. Their sole job is to show after the crime happens, draw a chalk line around your corpse, and write up a report.
We’re on our own as far as that goes.
They’re NOT our friends. The days of “Peace Officer Friendly” are long gone.
The Nazis used “Officer Friendly” to go door to door to round Jews, folks with firearms, and any other dissident that didn’t go along with program.
What makes ANYONE think it’ll be any different here, should “The Day” come? This no-knock raid sh*t is getting more and more prevalent, and they’re getting more and more bold about it. To my mind, they’re just making examples out of folks to show “who’s in control”.
Decide here and now what you’ll when that day comes, because you won’t have many options.
“...Have we as a Nation lost human concept that as individuals we should do unto others as we would have them do unto us ...?”
noinfringers2 - that concept went out the window when the WWII generation didn’t stomp the lefties into the ground when they started systematically erasing Christianity from every facet of American life.