As the rhetoric roots and the nonsensical anti-police voices drone on, compare/contrast examples evolve by the millisecond each day in America. Defund the police mouthpieces versus phenomenal police work are distinctly different.
The constitutional foundation engendering citizens voting for whom they feel will serve the greater good remains a staple principle. In that rather existential context, the people are in charge…exactly as it was intended. Politicos are the wheels upon which we the people grip and steer, facilitating decisions on local, state and federal levels for taxpayers who subsidize salaries of lawmakers and policy blueprinters ritualizing the everyday machinations of an evermoving society.
Among the moving parts in any jurisdiction are some rusty rotors (illicit-minded sorts aka criminals) disrupting well-lubed gears (law-abiding citizens seeking constitutional promise and purpose) from attaining personal fulfillment. The mediators marshalling the latter’s desires and preempting the nefariousness of the former are law enforcement officers. In a nutshell, the choice is crystal clear…yet here we are in 2021, fumbling around with the counterintuitive ideology of paralyzing law enforcement or altogether instituting police-less communities.
Mindboggling!
Given the National Police Association’s conviction to the mission of bringing you reality-based factors pertinent to policing in a democratic republic, let’s look at the pros (cops) and cons (radical elected officials poisoning the pot).
After all the pandering and parading with signs and screams of anti-police sentiments, the tally of murders and robberies and carjackings and sexual batteries and an ugly bevy of other major crimes occurring logically takes toll on anti-cop communities and surrounding regions (criminals travel about). Reap What You Sow 101.
For any of us whose thinking caps are unbroken, the fallout was foreseeable. It was absolutely avoidable. But no…elected loons were swayed by haters with a cause —a totally misguided one— and bellowed loudly, daring anyone to disagree with their bombastic bidding.
Now, political crickets parade out. Crime is scraping ceilings, especially in America’s metropolises where liberalism contagion looms. No easy feat, cops are mitigating matters with fewer resources, thanks to the cons (literal sense applies), while certain liberal-leaning judges pour suspects/criminals onto streets.
Like a faulty switch, politicians who stood as beaters of the defund-the-police battle drums are now notably stoic and riding the pendulum toward the refund-the-police side, their heads mostly tucked.
Cynicism aside, there is merit to the discussions based on apathy for politics and those who practice (malpractice) that trade.
And that serves as one of many reasons for bolstering behind those who wear the justice badge and go out to dutifully mete out rising criminal tides we have been witnessing. (Gonna run a keyword search to see how many times “I told ya so” was used in this context. Since we have around 850,000 cops in the U.S., it’s a given that our I-told-ya-so tally will not dip below that minimum threshold.)
Put straightforwardly, Patrick Yoes, national president of the Fraternal Order of Police, said: “Law enforcement officers go to work every day and do a job most people wouldn’t do for a million bucks.” Thus, the choice to become a cop or not equivalently defers to the choice to support them or stand with coldhearted culture.
With continual rhetoric telegraphing disagreement regarding law and order, the time to put a foot down has been chiming…for quite a while, loudly.
Looking at matters psychologically, echoing that we are the sum of the five people we most associate with, haters feed off each other. Reminded of this tenet, I envisioned the top five anti-cop liberal politicians round-tabling with NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Conversely, positivists influence and resemble similar traits and contented personas. Therein is a conventional choice which can be used under the lens of everyday life. For cops, squad-mates catalyze each other’s diligence and determination to succeed the mission and return home each duty day.
In the context of police officials among us, the dangers they confront which may not go according to utopian ideations, the innumerable success stories employed by badged men and women vowed to serve and protect…justly encourage society’s choice of whether to have cops in our society or not. Albeit a biased retired policeman, I find it effortless to consume myriad episodes of fantastic police work with varied citizens as benefactors.
For each mercurial elected official serving as a bullhorn for haters misguidedly seeking I-want-it-my-way wishes, there are scores of distinguished uniformed police personnel out there selflessly serving others who know the value of protectors in the wing.
While U.S. Congresswoman Cori Bush (D – MO) spouts “defunding the police has to happen,” for each time this pastor and RN has wasted breath on such vile words… an untold number of police officials near and far to you have demonstrated diligent duty and offered their best covenant to citizens in need or for fellowship.
In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio is marketing COVID mandates while the Big Apple remains largely under siege and covered in crime, placing citizens in the crosshairs of extremely bad actors, one of the products of social justice warriors’ reform laws.
Among others just like him, Mayor de Blasio is constantly safeguarded by a team of NYPD cops, cops whose same-uniform cohorts have the defund the police banner suffocating their duties while Hizzoner suffers zero cuts to his security detail.
Per the Daily Mail, “At least 20 mayors from cities that have called to defund the police enjoy the perks of private security at a cost to taxpayers of millions of dollars a year.” Ponder the enormous costs for their protection; never mind yours!
In Seattle there is Mayor Jenny Durkan who not only permitted the forfeiture of a Seattle police precinct to outright thugs and had the audacity to use the word “love” in the context of hatred and ensuing mayhem, she also touted defunding the police. Seattle (and America) watched scores of cops depart Durkanistan for friendlier environs.
Copycats abound. The one in Minneapolis is named Mayor Jacob Frey, who did nothing to quell a crowd from seizing the Minneapolis Third Police Precinct and torching it like a multi-million-dollar campsite. As former NYPD Police Commissioner Howard Safir noted, “The fact that the mayor ordered the Precinct be given up was the absolute wrong signal.”
These are a mere few of the many grotesque elected officials who did the unthinkable by betraying public safety for political points…or whatever other flimsy egg-on.
While this brand of politico warms a chair in city hall or county commission chambers or state capitol or Capitol Hill, criminals strut the streets…and law enforcement officers go the distance in reeling in the evil-doers who the elected “representatives” granted cart blanche terms.
Stalwarts are the guys and gals on the blue team; they are the ones who have my pledge and allegiance.
Who wouldn’t want to go shoulder-to-shoulder with the brave men and women who forge toe-to-toe with society’s malfeasants?
Given the drastic and diametrically opposed stances between radical liberal politicos and overwhelmingly embattled cops acting on your behalf, I suspect most of us have had enough of this political caricature otherwise known as defund/abolish the police.
While some governments willingly forfeited citizens’ public safety, cops have not wavered throughout.
As Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood reminded us: “The failures of government are not the failures of our brave men and women in uniform.” Although he was referring to the Afghanistan debacle, those same words apply to the uniformed policemen and policewomen here, on the frontlines of America, fighting the good fight against all odds, including baseless/unnecessary impediments.
The House needs cleaning. The Halls could use sanitizing. Badges earned/deserve buffing.
It remains: We can always vote out those who slipped into/sullied elected office. To put it another way: out with the old, in with the blue.
As the rhetoric roots and the nonsensical anti-police voices drone on, compare/contrast examples evolve by the millisecond each day in America. Defund the police mouthpieces versus phenomenal police work are distinctly different.
The constitutional foundation engendering citizens voting for whom they feel will serve the greater good remains a staple principle. In that rather existential context, the people are in charge…exactly as it was intended. Politicos are the wheels upon which we the people grip and steer, facilitating decisions on local, state and federal levels for taxpayers who subsidize salaries of lawmakers and policy blueprinters ritualizing the everyday machinations of an evermoving society.
Among the moving parts in any jurisdiction are some rusty rotors (illicit-minded sorts aka criminals) disrupting well-lubed gears (law-abiding citizens seeking constitutional promise and purpose) from attaining personal fulfillment. The mediators marshalling the latter’s desires and preempting the nefariousness of the former are law enforcement officers. In a nutshell, the choice is crystal clear…yet here we are in 2021, fumbling around with the counterintuitive ideology of paralyzing law enforcement or altogether instituting police-less communities.
Mindboggling!
Given the National Police Association’s conviction to the mission of bringing you reality-based factors pertinent to policing in a democratic republic, let’s look at the pros (cops) and cons (radical elected officials poisoning the pot).
After all the pandering and parading with signs and screams of anti-police sentiments, the tally of murders and robberies and carjackings and sexual batteries and an ugly bevy of other major crimes occurring logically takes toll on anti-cop communities and surrounding regions (criminals travel about). Reap What You Sow 101.
For any of us whose thinking caps are unbroken, the fallout was foreseeable. It was absolutely avoidable. But no…elected loons were swayed by haters with a cause —a totally misguided one— and bellowed loudly, daring anyone to disagree with their bombastic bidding.
Now, political crickets parade out. Crime is scraping ceilings, especially in America’s metropolises where liberalism contagion looms. No easy feat, cops are mitigating matters with fewer resources, thanks to the cons (literal sense applies), while certain liberal-leaning judges pour suspects/criminals onto streets.
Like a faulty switch, politicians who stood as beaters of the defund-the-police battle drums are now notably stoic and riding the pendulum toward the refund-the-police side, their heads mostly tucked.
Cynicism aside, there is merit to the discussions based on apathy for politics and those who practice (malpractice) that trade.
And that serves as one of many reasons for bolstering behind those who wear the justice badge and go out to dutifully mete out rising criminal tides we have been witnessing. (Gonna run a keyword search to see how many times “I told ya so” was used in this context. Since we have around 850,000 cops in the U.S., it’s a given that our I-told-ya-so tally will not dip below that minimum threshold.)
Put straightforwardly, Patrick Yoes, national president of the Fraternal Order of Police, said: “Law enforcement officers go to work every day and do a job most people wouldn’t do for a million bucks.” Thus, the choice to become a cop or not equivalently defers to the choice to support them or stand with coldhearted culture.
With continual rhetoric telegraphing disagreement regarding law and order, the time to put a foot down has been chiming…for quite a while, loudly.
Looking at matters psychologically, echoing that we are the sum of the five people we most associate with, haters feed off each other. Reminded of this tenet, I envisioned the top five anti-cop liberal politicians round-tabling with NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Conversely, positivists influence and resemble similar traits and contented personas. Therein is a conventional choice which can be used under the lens of everyday life. For cops, squad-mates catalyze each other’s diligence and determination to succeed the mission and return home each duty day.
In the context of police officials among us, the dangers they confront which may not go according to utopian ideations, the innumerable success stories employed by badged men and women vowed to serve and protect…justly encourage society’s choice of whether to have cops in our society or not. Albeit a biased retired policeman, I find it effortless to consume myriad episodes of fantastic police work with varied citizens as benefactors.
For each mercurial elected official serving as a bullhorn for haters misguidedly seeking I-want-it-my-way wishes, there are scores of distinguished uniformed police personnel out there selflessly serving others who know the value of protectors in the wing.
While U.S. Congresswoman Cori Bush (D – MO) spouts “defunding the police has to happen,” for each time this pastor and RN has wasted breath on such vile words… an untold number of police officials near and far to you have demonstrated diligent duty and offered their best covenant to citizens in need or for fellowship.
In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio is marketing COVID mandates while the Big Apple remains largely under siege and covered in crime, placing citizens in the crosshairs of extremely bad actors, one of the products of social justice warriors’ reform laws.
Among others just like him, Mayor de Blasio is constantly safeguarded by a team of NYPD cops, cops whose same-uniform cohorts have the defund the police banner suffocating their duties while Hizzoner suffers zero cuts to his security detail.
Per the Daily Mail, “At least 20 mayors from cities that have called to defund the police enjoy the perks of private security at a cost to taxpayers of millions of dollars a year.” Ponder the enormous costs for their protection; never mind yours!
In Seattle there is Mayor Jenny Durkan who not only permitted the forfeiture of a Seattle police precinct to outright thugs and had the audacity to use the word “love” in the context of hatred and ensuing mayhem, she also touted defunding the police. Seattle (and America) watched scores of cops depart Durkanistan for friendlier environs.
Copycats abound. The one in Minneapolis is named Mayor Jacob Frey, who did nothing to quell a crowd from seizing the Minneapolis Third Police Precinct and torching it like a multi-million-dollar campsite. As former NYPD Police Commissioner Howard Safir noted, “The fact that the mayor ordered the Precinct be given up was the absolute wrong signal.”
These are a mere few of the many grotesque elected officials who did the unthinkable by betraying public safety for political points…or whatever other flimsy egg-on.
While this brand of politico warms a chair in city hall or county commission chambers or state capitol or Capitol Hill, criminals strut the streets…and law enforcement officers go the distance in reeling in the evil-doers who the elected “representatives” granted cart blanche terms.
Stalwarts are the guys and gals on the blue team; they are the ones who have my pledge and allegiance.
Who wouldn’t want to go shoulder-to-shoulder with the brave men and women who forge toe-to-toe with society’s malfeasants?
Given the drastic and diametrically opposed stances between radical liberal politicos and overwhelmingly embattled cops acting on your behalf, I suspect most of us have had enough of this political caricature otherwise known as defund/abolish the police.
While some governments willingly forfeited citizens’ public safety, cops have not wavered throughout.
As Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood reminded us: “The failures of government are not the failures of our brave men and women in uniform.” Although he was referring to the Afghanistan debacle, those same words apply to the uniformed policemen and policewomen here, on the frontlines of America, fighting the good fight against all odds, including baseless/unnecessary impediments.
The House needs cleaning. The Halls could use sanitizing. Badges earned/deserve buffing.
It remains: We can always vote out those who slipped into/sullied elected office. To put it another way: out with the old, in with the blue.
