Tag: Law Enforcement

“No ICE” Businesses

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A little over a week ago, I was visiting a city in a different state from my own. As I walked by a restaurant, I noticed it had posted a very large “No ICE allowed” sign at the front door. 

I thought about (but was, as usual, too chicken to try) going in and querying the people running the restaurant if they would not mind if I stole some of their cutlery, or ordered and ate lunch and then left without paying, or even assaulted their staff. I might suppose this would be alright since they apparently oppose law enforcement enforcing the law.

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How Would Gun Confiscation Work in the United States? (Practically)

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A long-term recurring desire of the political left is to remove all firearms from “ordinary” citizens and residents in the name of safety. I keep stumbling across suggestions from people who pursue this goal, proposing something along the lines of a gun confiscation force that would go door to door demanding people turn over their guns. 

The people who make these suggestions generally skip over concerns about the Constitution (Second and Fourth Amendments in particular), or assume there’s some way to change or to evade the Constitution, perhaps assuming they can get Congress to vote for such a confiscation program.  

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Not in Florida

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While we watch the insanity in Minneapolis unfold, Floridians have to take comfort, at least for now, that Gov. Ron DeSantis and all of law enforcement are not going to tolerate the attacks on ICE or the police.

A few days ago, a bizarre woman was stopped and pushed back on state troopers:

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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is Correct

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If law enforcement officers do not attempt to enforce the law, there will be no confrontations between law enforcement officers and the people who are violating the law. Violators of the law should then have no reason to violently resist or interfere with law enforcement. And thus (likely) no violence. For today, at least.

Apparently Bass is not thinking beyond first-order effects, which seems to be common among supporters of leftist causes.

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Why are Students Still Protesting for Palestinians?

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By now, we don’t have to define the kind of rampant protests that are unfolding; everyone knows that they are organized as pro-Palestinian protests (and some pro-Israel protests). One of the most notorious protests, Occupy Wall Street, only lasted 59 days. So what continues to fuel the current protests?

Many protestors seem not to know what they are protesting about. They are captivated by the passion, excitement and may be only slightly aware of the anti-Israel and anti-Semitic hatred of the organizers. They are also fed by an anti-American contingent that is angry because of the U.S. support of Israel.

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Quote of the Day – Laws

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The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.  – Frank Zappa

It is hard to argue against either point. The laws, especially on the national level are badly written, multi-thousand page outrages that have to be passed in order to find out what is in them. And certainly they are patchily enforced.  I would not say they are randomly enforced – there is a definite pattern as to when laws are enforced and when they are not. Laws need to be simpler and more evenly enforced.

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School Shooting in Oakland Goes Nearly Unreported

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Did you hear the gun violence outrage and the saturation of media coverage, over the school shooting that occurred at the Rudsdale High  School in Oakland?

Me either. I guess hurricanes are handy excuses for the media to ignore inconvenient stories. In this narrative non-conforming event, two gang members exchanged 30 rounds on the high school campus, injuring six bystanders. Here’s a link from NPR.

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Another Christmas Picture!

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From the annual memorial run honoring the 15 wardens who’ve died in the line of duty in the agency’s history. It is the highest LOD count of any agency in the state. The runners do one mile per fallen warden, so it’s a half marathon…and may it remain so. 

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QOTD: Not Who You Think

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“If there was no crime and violence in communities of color, who would suffer?” — Graffiti on sidewalk outside of CTA Roosevelt Station, Chicago, Illinois

I first ran across this graffiti (clearly done with a stencil and pink paint) a month ago, and it got me thinking. Who would suffer, actually? We can see who the author believes would suffer: https://twitter.com/crimedrought has plenty of trashing of the police, and Trap House Chicago is apparently a “restorative justice clothing store” down on the South Side. (Obviously, CoC violations galore there.)

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Virginia’s Youngkin Wins First Debate

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Virginia Republicans last May put their faith in a first-time candidate for public office, Glenn Youngkin, as their nominee for Governor in the state’s odd-year general election on November 2nd. They chose him over more experienced political veterans such as former House Speaker Kirk Cox, State Senator Amanda Chase, and long-time GOP supporter and candidate Pete Snyder.

Choosing a novice candidate is risky, especially when running against a long-time political pro and former governor like Terry McAuliffe. But Virginia’s GOP saw in Youngkin what I did when first meeting him in December 2020 – the best natural candidate I’ve ever met. And I’ve worked in over 35 congressional and US Senate campaigns in 25 states over a quarter-century, where I’ve done my share of helping negotiate debates, coach candidates, and conduct mock debates.

So many Republicans were no doubt a little trepidatious of tonight’s gubernatorial debate at Appalachian Law School in Grundy, Virginia in the Commonwealth’s far southwest corner, bordering Kentucky and West Virginia. They need not have been. Youngkin won the contest.

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Washington Further Destroys Law Enforcement

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Things have been going steadily south for law enforcement and the average citizen of Washington. After over a decade of demonizing law enforcement officers – which ramped up significantly last year – Washington passed law enforcement legislation with little regard for how the details would ultimately be interpreted or what they would mean for the various officers or the people they protect statewide. Ricochet member @rushbabe49 has already posted on some of this and the consequences. But, as the Ginsu knife salesman would say, wait! There’s more!

Today officers learned that the state was now requiring them to give access to their social media accounts to the states or risk losing certification — and not just the public posts, but the private messages are included in this ruling. Needless to say, this is devastating. The officers I know in Washington tend to be very careful about what they say in public posts — after all, anything can be used to discredit them in a court of law. But in general, they assume private messages are, well, private, or at least as private as using social media can be.

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Rant on Christmas Thievery in Tacoma

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You get off the phone with someone you love, who’s just been handed that straw for her overloaded camel, and you can’t do anything, and you just need to rant. My sister is one of the best people you could ever meet. Though life has thrown some really difficult trials and challenges at her in 30-plus years of adulthood, she seems to always manage to find the way to pull the good out. She is a strong, hardworking, entrepreneurial, faithful, and compassionate woman. When I want to inspire someone with doubts in their capabilities, I bring her up.

On Christmas day, my sister stopped to gas her van at a local Tacoma convenience store, after dropping off cookies to friends. Unbeknownst to her, a car pulled up next to hers and, as she walked 15 feet into the store to pay, they opened the passenger door and stole her purse and cell phone, then drove away.

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Riots or Peaceful Protests: Who Cares?

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The debate over whether protests in the cities across America are riots or peaceful protests is a fool’s errand. In fact, it is a worthless exercise that completely misses the point in studying these activities. Our country is being attacked, ransacked and burned down. Do we think any of those small business owners who spent their lives saving for and establishing a business care what we call the destruction of their enterprises?

It’s not that there aren’t many efforts to try to define the business of managing public discord. The Geneva Academy of Humanitarian Law and Human Rights offers this definition:

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The Last Bad Choice He’ll Make

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We had an incident here in Polk County that involved a lethal shooting. In many other communities, there would have been shouting about gun control, and the shooter would have at least been arrested. Not in Polk County.

Here’s what happened: Two couples went out for the evening. At the end of the date, the two fellows drove the two women to one of the women’s homes. The fellows drove off after one of the couples had a bitter discussion, after which the two women entered the home.

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Police Shooting Dogs

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One of the more common things I remember seeing on Reason and various Balko article was police killing dogs. Given how often it popped up, I wondered what the deal was. Yeah, some people have very dangerous guard dogs, but some of the cases were yappers. It kept up popping up over and over.

For the police officers here on Ricochet and those with specific relevant knowledge, what is with this? Did your agency give any training on how to deal with a dog besides blowing their heads off? Did you ever have to engage a dog while performing police work?

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Minnesota’s top cop appears to be broken – Please send another

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See Video: https://www.facebook.com/JesusWBlas/videos/1375024356021273   “If you’re a woman who’s a victim of sexual assault and the assailant has ran away, wouldn’t you rather talk to somebody who is trained in helping you deal with this, what you’re dealing with, as opposed to somebody whose main training is that they know how to use a firearm” – Minnesota AG Keith Ellison  …

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“He Beareth not the Sword in Vain.”

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“Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.” Romans 13:1-4

God has established the rule of law and order and has empowered government the responsibility of law enforcement to maintain a safe and secure environment for the good of all people. Because the heart of man is desperately wicked, he must be restrained from perpetual evil.  In a “state of nature,” man would destroy his fellow man, steal all of his belongings, and would ultimately, destroy himself in the process.

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