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Progressives, Policing, and the 9-1-1 Phone Tree
Inside every Progressive, there is a totalitarian screaming to get out. This includes unelected Progressives. In our current situation with COVID-19, there is a great deal of anxiety about an unseen aggressor, and some people are on the ragged edge of being unable to control their rage. Rage that probably existed before the spread of COVID-19. Climate change rage, Russia election interference rage, Ukraine election interference rage, funding the Kennedy Center rage, funding Public Broadcasting rage, and grocery bag rage. There is always a smorgasbord of grievances available for the perpetually aggrieved.
You have reached 9-1-1-Please listen carefully as our selections have changed:
Press 1 if you want us to raise your children for you.
Press 2 if your neighbor’s dog is barking.
Press 2 again if you haven’t talked to your neighbor about the dog.
Press 2 again if you don’t know your neighbor’s name.
Selection #1 applies to school administrators that want a school resource officer to enforce administrative rules contained in the school handbook. There are state laws that are enforceable in a school; bringing a firearm to school, trying to burn down the gym, selling, or possession of meth, heroin, ecstasy, or removing non-students that are trespassing. Putting a six-year-old that hasn’t been socialized in handcuffs is not the proper use of a school resource officer. Standing-by when mommy or daddy comes to take the little angel home is a proper choice. Chances are mommy or daddy haven’t been socialized.
Selection #2 not only applies to the barking dog, it applies to all the informants that have discovered expressing their anger has moved beyond hiding behind an avatar. COVID-19 has unleashed them. Nothing is more dangerous than a father and daughter playing T-ball in a public park.
Governors and mayors should realize that police officers and deputies are not a private army. Police officers and deputies do not take an oath that includes the name of the governor, current mayor, or school administrator.
Be careful out there.
Published in Policing
There you go again. But let’s see.
I think there is a danger of losing some of our rights for-evah, and we should work to keep that from happening. Is that a call to panic?
There i go again,?
Time to not read or post nasal m COVID
That doesn’t answer my question.