Posted on 12/31/2014 11:08:55 AM PST by SeekAndFind
If, by ‘democracy’, you mean ‘mob rule’, then it’s not a threat, it’s a surrender.............
Elections and actions have results, as NYC is now seeing.
Boo frickin’ hoo.
On the one hand this whiny little beyotch claims the NYPD’s actions are a threat to democracy, then he praises the results.
The one thing to remember in whatever happnes.... It’s all Sharpton, Obama, Holder and DeBlasio’s fault.
And the fault of the idiots who elected and support them.
“But as a whole, this represents a completely irresponsible rejection of the duty to enforce the law. “
Then maybe people can think of that the next time they start liking the idea of innocent cops being shot.
They’ve been thrown under the bus by Obama and the democrats. Time to wake the people up to get them to throw out the real traitors. Maybe no more police will finally do that.
forget traffic tickets - pull all security protections from Balzio
Then maybe people can think of that the next time they start liking the idea of innocent cops being shot.
Or, cops and cops unions could think about what they are setting themselves up for.
Let’s hope that this behavior of the pissed-off cops spreads to the military.
My first thought when I read that was...
What is this particular writer’s take on the border crisis?
Is the writer advocating that the cops, and by extension the military, should “just follow orders?”
The NYPD are still enforcing issues that impact public safety. They’re just not doing the things that collect revenue for the city right now.
And that’s why the leftist enemedia is upset with them is because the cops aren’t out strong-arming money from people.
New York City’s 2014-2015 budget is partly based on revenue from $512 million in parking violation fines.
And THAT is what the NYPD isn’t doing right now.
It’s a rebellion, but that’s what happens when democracy is not served and the rule of law is not upheld...by the people at the top. In pursuit of his radical leftist goals, De Blasio has effectively destroyed the rule of law in New York City. The police are sworn to uphold and protect the law, not Warren Wilhelm.
They’re peacefully expressing the fact that he his not doing his job of supporting the law, and that they want a change. Personally, I’d say that’s democracy.
Don’t forget, virtually nobody voted in the last election, and De Blasio was elected by about 12% (IIRC) of the voters of NYC. All of the Dem candidates were bad, and the GOP had two candidates, one okay and the other a vanity candidate, like Romney, who had the money to run and no appeal, but prevented the other candidate (a very unassuming guy who would probably have been a good mayor) from getting out there.
If the cops cant arrest and jail the radical leftist “demonstrators” who illegally block traffic, why cant they do the same for other similar crimes?
Supporters of the NYPD have pointed out throughout the back-turning that their officers feel upset at Mayor de Blasio and others, that they feel they are less safe because of the comments of politicians. This is one more example of one of the most irritating tendencies of unionized police forces today a recurring demand that they receive the same attitude of respect for authority given to the United States military, without any of the responsibility and duty that comes with it. A poll last week found that a mere 15 percent of active duty service members approve of President Obama understandable, considering his many policy decisions and a laundry list of questionable choices.But is the American military turning their backs on the Commander in Chief? Showing contempt for him? Going AWOL with the endorsement of their superiors? Shirking their duty? Booing and jeering at him at a graduation ceremony? No. They, after all, are not unionized.
As I have been saying....
Lets hope that this behavior of the pissed-off cops spreads to the military.
Be careful what you wish for...
The message relates back to the ‘minor’ crime of selling cigarettes without the NY/NYC tax. How many people griped that Garner was “only” selling cigarettes?? And see where THAT arrest led? So why ticket/arrest for ‘minor’ crimes?
Very smart of the cops.
If they hadn’t been “following orders” and enforcing the cigarette-revenue law, there would have been no Eric Garner incident, two cops wouldn’t have been murdered, etc.
It has been little noted, but because of its lousy tax base, Ferguson’s government is highly dependent on taxation-by-harassment, the main reason for tension between cops and “the community.”
The whole system of taxing-by-harassment is corrupt. Cops should not be revenooers.
When the dictatorship has become de facto then means of resistance other than the useless ballot box become normal.
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