The Sleuth JournalA Saturday incident in which a gunmen killed a pair of NYPD officers in Brooklyn has sent the department, the nation’s largest into a flurry of panic and outrage, and has police union leaders turning up the rhetoric on anybody and everybody the police don’t like.
The biggest target appears to be Mayor Bill de Blasio, who ran for office on a platform of ending police racial profiling, and was critical of police in recent slayings. Police are now blaming him for the “anti-police” sentiment that led to the weekend shootings.
Police made a point of publicly turning their backs on de Blasio during his statement over the shootings, and union leaders urged police to use “extreme discretion” in acting against enemies in City Hall.
The police seem to be moving away from the traditional city-run law enforcement branch and toward an independent, and heavily-armed, faction which feels it can unilaterally act, or refuse to act, as it sees fit.
To that end, police leaders are telling police that their top priority is “to ensure the safety of yourselves and your officers,” and that they should avoid making arrests “unless absolutely necessary.”
The detectives’ union is urging police to travel in threes, and to wear bulletproof vests at all times, while other police union leaders are talking up the idea that they are a “wartime” police department on a military footing.
The “enemy” in this war is clearly the public protesters critical of past police killings of unarmed civilians, and police demanded that all protests against them be halted for the time being.
http://www.thesleuthjournal.com/new-york-police-declare-safety-top-priority/
If they really considered their own safety priority they would disband. IT IS THE ONLY WAY TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF ALL POLICE.
So…they will continue doing what they have always been doing. Just with more disdain for the people who live there.
These cry baby’s have brought this all on themselves by being classic bullies. They are literally gang members and are acting as such.
If there were two NY cops killed, that’s tragic…but no more tragic than any other two people on the planet. If any other two non-cop people had been killed in NY, the police would have changed nothing about their behavior.
Plus, these two guys seemed to lack much situational awareness especially since they were in the middle of a terrorist drill. They, supposedly, let this guy walk right up to their car and, in a feat of fairly good marksmanship, shot them both in the head or neck before they could respond in any way.
Wow, another “drill” huh? Just remember people, if they conduct a “drill” in your neighborhood, you better lock and load.
What goes around comes around, and whatever Americans get Americans will deserve, or as Christ said, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Since (likely) most Americans refuse to follow this, we will get what we deserve.
A soldier’s duty is to destroy the enemy and come home alive. That is if we are talking about fighting a war against an enemy.
How does such an attitude and a military doctrine like that sit with the Peace Officer doctrine of ” Serve and Protect ” the piece and tranquility?
Sounds more and more like police across this country have declared war on the population and are an occupying force on our land.
Any other ideas? Am I off the mark?
Fire the cowards.
Stop protecting them.
Motto: Protect and Serve. We now know it means protect my self serving @ss!
“The police seem to be moving away from the traditional city-run law enforcement branch and toward an independent, and heavily-armed, faction which feels it can unilaterally act, or refuse to act, as it sees fit.”
SEEM to be?
How many more innocent people need to be slaughtered before you’re sure?
The problem is they’ve handed Barney Fife a fully automatic assault weapon.
Reminds me of the scene from “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” 😉
Didn’t see that one, NC.
Aim for the crotch area. They will bleed like stuck pigs.