Criminal behavior

The FOP is defending racism, as well

 The Chicago Federal Order of Police has begun defending Karol Chwiesiuk, who has been suspended without pay for taking part in the January 6th insurrection, during which he joined other republicans in attacking police officers and further reportedly used the n-word when bragging about being a traitor.  How exactly the FOP thinks defending a racist traitor will foster any American who is not a police officer to have any trust in any police officer was not addressed by the FOP.

With each passing day we come nearer and nearer to a time when our police departments will be nothing more than the republican party's modern day version of the SS--especially if their version of Adolph Hitler, Donald Trump, ever assumes power again.

Defund the police?  How about disband the police--start over from scratch and don't look back.

Taxing the Wealthy Is Good Politics for the Democratic Party

Peace,

emaycee

Thanks for serving and protecting

 

How long before they become the Stasi?

News that police officers and firefighters in San Francisco are threatening to quit rather than adhere to mayor London Breed's vaccine mandate certainly makes you wonder how committed they are to protecting the public.  I mean seriously--you can't get a fucking shot to protect my health and I'm still supposed to believe you really give a shit about catching violent criminals before they cause me harm?  Or stopping a fire before my house burns down?

Get fucking real.

Taxing the Wealthy Is Good Politics for the Democratic Party

Peace,

emaycee

Body count

A couple of weeks ago, my family attended our local yearly Christmas parade.  While not even close to the scale of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, it does attract quite a few of the townfolk here, and as such, the local police officers help out by directing traffic around the event.  As we walked past them, it was hard not to think, in light of the recent incidents involving Michael Brown and Eric Garner, that any one of the men and women we passed could shoot and kill me or my wife or our son because they've been pissed off all day that their Raisin Bran got too soggy at that morning's breakfast, and thanks to local prosecutors gaming the system, walk away scot-free.

Now I know the odds of any one of us being killed by a police officer are roughly akin to being struck by a bolt of lightning, but what does it say about the state of our trust of the police when a white American male such as myself, living in Podunk, Michigan, looks askance every time he walks past one of the men and women in blue?

I'm not really sure who the hundreds of police officers that turned their backs on New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio--a man who is dealing with the reality of police relations--while he spoke last week at a memorial for the two slain officers were trying to convince (maybe the Tea Party fringe approves, but frankly they all think police officers should be paid minimum wage and pay for their own damn life and medical insurance),  but it certainly wasn't their local African-American community.  If anything, it made them trust the police less.

And one can go from police officer to pariah in a heartbeat.

Peace,
emaycee