Blue Flu

[muggsy]

I understand that it can't happen, because the safety forces have no strike contracts, but I'd like to see what would occur in our major cities if the thin blue line called in sick for the next two weeks. No one to direct traffic, assist accident victims, settle domestic disputes, investigate murders, rapes or other lesser crimes and who deter crime simply by patrolling our streets. I think that the people now protesting our police in the streets would discover a new found respect for the men and women in blue, particularly in the neighborhoods where crime runs rampant. I think that those among us who support the police need to start a protest movement of our own. We should be out there protesting the protesters and politicians who don't appreciate all of the things that our safety forces do for us.

[marshal kane]

Ditto that!

[leftysixty]

If I was still a LEO I would be seriously considering a career change, especially if I worked in one of these "rioting prone" towns.

If you don't like the way LEO's try to stop your criminal ways, then let's see how you like it without any Law Enforcement for a month.

I'm sure that it would change a lot of bad attitudes. Just my not so humble opinion.

You could then just bulldoze the remains to the landfill, and start over!

[Pointblank]

For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck him out, the brute!"
But it's "Saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot;
An' it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' anything you please;
An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool -- you bet that Tommy sees!

~ Rudyard Kipling

[muggsy]

For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck him out, the brute!"
But it's "Saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot;
An' it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' anything you please;
An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool -- you bet that Tommy sees!

~ Rudyard Kipling

Outstanding!

[sas PM9]

I understand that it can't happen, because the safety forces have no strike contracts, but I'd like to see what would occur in our major cities if the thin blue line called in sick for the next two weeks. No one to direct traffic, assist accident victims, settle domestic disputes, investigate murders, rapes or other lesser crimes and who deter crime simply by patrolling our streets. I think that the people now protesting our police in the streets would discover a new found respect for the men and women in blue, particularly in the neighborhoods where crime runs rampant. I think that those among us who support the police need to start a protest movement of our own. We should be out there protesting the protesters and politicians who don't appreciate all of the things that our safety forces do for us.

Muggs:

Although I agree with your premise, and if I were in that kind of situation I would consider the Blue Flu or something of the like, I disagree that any significant number of the current protesters/sympathizers would have any change of heart.

They live under the false illusion that their bad decisions should not come with any consequences. And that ANY time that a white person uses deadly force against a black person it is racist and a crime; subject to the judgment of the mob/anarchist mentality of US vs. THEM.

I believe that this feeling has been exacerbated by the entitlement mentality that has been encouraged by the BHO administration and their one sided justice actions.

I hope that this conclusion is wrong and we will notice a significant change in the near future, but I fear that it will just escalate and lead to more confrontation.

Sadly,

-steve

[muggsy]

+1 Steve. I agree with your assessment completely, though it could change the minds of the fence sitters.

[Antarius]

Muggs:

Although I agree with your premise, and if I were in that kind of situation I would consider the Blue Flu or something of the like, I disagree that any significant number of the current protesters/sympathizers would have any change of heart.

They live under the false illusion that their bad decisions should not come with any consequences. And that ANY time that a white person uses deadly force against a black person it is racist and a crime; subject to the judgment of the mob/anarchist mentality of US vs. THEM.

I believe that this feeling has been exacerbated by the entitlement mentality that has been encouraged by the BHO administration and their one sided justice actions.

I hope that this conclusion is wrong and we will notice a significant change in the near future, but I fear that it will just escalate and lead to more confrontation.

Sadly,

-steve

Hit the nail on the head...

[Longitude Zero]

muggsy it happen on a limited basis in every dept. It is called NCNC...No contact No complaint. Basically officer take their calls assigned by dispatch and NOTHING more. When not on a call they hide and do nothing.

[leftysixty]

And then there was the "Fellow Officer" that practiced the policy of "Puke vs Puke, no crime committed".