The Partisan Divide on Issues

[Classic-Xer]

(07-11-2020, 03:17 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:

(07-11-2020, 02:14 AM)Classic-Xer Wrote: Well, you're pretty much screwed because you're losing support of law enforcement like crazy.

Too many police are committed to the blue wall of silence.  They give a higher priority to protecting fellow officers than to the community they are supposed to protect.  I doubt that will totally go away, but some police are not at all worthy of that loyalty.  Some make it impossible to do their jobs.  Some view themselves as judge, jury and executioner, that they can inflict physical punishment up to and including death without bothering with any technicalities.

I recently caught a YouTube video showing a comedian giving advice on how to avoid being beat up by cops.  Some of the advice.  Don't drive with a friend without making sure that you won't get into trouble.  They show a driver frisking a friend and finding drugs, money, a gun, etc...  If you don't, you are apt to get beat up by cops.  They showed a segment of a bunch of cops beating on both men.  Second, be polite.  They showed a segment where the driver was polite, but the rider was blatantly and comically not polite, followed by, you guessed it, by both men being beat up by cops.  He also recommended not jumping turnstiles,  There was a video of a guy jumping a turnstile, to be met by a bunch of cops.  He recommended not driving around playing loud rap music, not carrying obvious weapons, not driving around with a girlfriend with a grudge who will say anything, all interspersed with the comedian being beat up by cops.

It was typical comedy, with a heavy dash of violence to get the audience laughing, but enough truth to make people think a bit.

Innocent until proven guilty.  Due process.  Technicalities.  Yes, some police are used to ignoring it.  It is part of a culture, and cultures don't change easy.  Perhaps it is a good thing, somehow, that we have judges, juries and executioners driving around in every patrol car.  Still, it might be toned back some.  It is worth reining in folks from time to time, to make them abide by the written ideals they supposedly live by.

Picture a police officer wearing a badge, the black robes of a judge, the civilian pants of a jury member, and the black hood of an executioner.  Could he really beat up pigment enhanced individuals in that get up?

Well, if the current liberal trend continues, the liberals won't have cops to use as political pawns for them to make examples of in front of their base or blame or pick on as they please like they still kind of have available to them right now. Yes. if only the lowly blacks and other lowly folks only had better parents, better teachers, better leaders, better role models, better communities and a better overall environment like most other Americans they'd have a better chance at succeeding. living a better life and a better chance at survival. So, what are you going to do about them as their numbers continue to grow and your barriers begin to disappear and the bulk of us who can read the writing on wall are gone and living with us.