By Steve Pomper In 2010, I wrote an article that appeared in our police union newspaper, The Guardian, in response to the increasing social justice indoctrination of police officers. My article raised the proverbial hackles of our city’s political power structure. Dissent is not allowed. City leaders seized on one word I used, “enemy.” They feigned Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Campaigns to “Defund the Police” commenced as a show of so-called “police reform” and “police accountability” in the wake of the inexplicable Minneapolis event in which George Floyd’s life was cut short by a police officer and three other involved cops. As protests ensued and riotous behaviors became the national niche among Read more »
Cities considering defunding and abolishing their police departments are pondering municipal hara-kiri. Local governments are generally financed in large part by sales and property taxes. Sales taxes come from commerce. Commercial property taxes are paid by businesses. The value of residential property, which establishes the tax rate, is in large part a result of demand Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Nickelodeon, a channel for children’s viewing pleasure, broadcast several minutes of a black screen with the words “I Can’t Breathe” in white letters accompanied by the soundtrack of a human inhaling/exhaling. Whether you are a parent or not, rational minds would be jarred by such a graphic and absurd message directed at Read more »
By Steve Pomper When is enough, enough? This item may qualify. I listened on the radio to Seattle’s mayor speaking with a large group of radicals. Mayor Jenny Durkan listened to their complaints as they sought to hijack the meeting, snatching the microphone from her on several occasions. One of their complaints was outrageous, and one Read more »
By Steve Pomper Cops are experiencing an excruciating frustration with mainstream media. Political and media leaders create and promote an anti-police false narrative, and then even well-intentioned journalists make assumptions based on that erroneous foundation. Media are asking for a better way to change American “police culture.” They’re making a deeply troubling assumption. An assumption akin Read more »