“Defund the Police,” is a now a mainstream moniker. Minneapolis now has a veto-proof majority in city government to scrap the entire police department. The problem is they have no plan to replace the police with an alternative.
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If Minorities want to See Real Change (they can believe in) Defund Democrats
If you had doubts about what the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has become, this should clear that up. The ACLU is running ads on Facebook. ‘Defund the Police.’ If you click the link, you can sign a petition at action.aclu.org to (drumroll) defund the police.
A Majority of the Minneapolis City Council Announce Intent to Entirely Defund the Police
Coming soon to a Democrat city near you. More crime in the Black Community! At least that seems to be the trend when activists make a scene, and law enforcement “pulls back” as a result. Minneapolis, the epicenter of the recent protests, has decided to go one better. They plan to disband the police, so what does that mean?
Youthful Idiots and the Illusory Truth Effect
Watching the news coverage of the ongoing riots, I couldn’t help notice a couple of things. First, was the anger, the feral vitriol directed at the police on the scene. It was apparent in the faces and the actions of the rioters and in the signs scattered about, hateful signs like, “Blue Lives Murder,” and “Good Cops Are Dead Cops.”
Ask These Questions Now Before its Time to Vote
Watching the events unfold Saturday and then Sunday night, I gained a new understanding of the importance of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
“Atlanta PD Will No Longer Chase Criminals if They Flee From Cops”
Let’s see, we’ve got multiple Democrat States with Democrat Attorney Generals stating that they are no longer going to prosecute low level crimes (e.g., urinating or defecating in public, drug usage in public ways, retail “shrinkage” up to $1,000, squatting on other peoples’ property, ignoring low level drug dealers) – that’s just a license to … Read more
New York County I Grew Up In Votes to Ban “Free Speech”
I have not lived in Monroe County, New York, for 30 years, but I grew up there, so this caught my eye. The County Legislature has approved a measure that would make it a crime “to annoy” a policeman.
UK Police: Pictures of Knives Trigger People and Create Fear (or something).
Police in England have been publishing pictures of seized knives. You know, the way cops show you guns or drugs or whatever. But there’s a problem. They think the images are scaring the locals, so they’re going to stop doing that.
Local Residents Don’t Know What to Think About the “Islam Is Right About Women” signs
A thoughtful individual in Winchester Massachusetts put up about 10 posters around town. ‘Islam Is Right About Women’. The local residents apparently don’t know what to think about the ‘Islam Is Right About Women’ signs. The simple message has most puzzled.
Manchester Alderman Worries About Teachers Pay – BOSC Says Show Me the Money!
Special Committee on Negotiations Chairman Richard H. Girard took issue with an email sent by at-Large Alderman Daniel P. O’Neil, Chairman of the Board of Aldermen, about the status of negotiations with the city’s teachers.
What the Response to Hong Kong Protests Tells Us About Our Local “Useful Idiots”
Folks in Hong Kong got some good news and some bad. First, mainland China has agreed to scrap the extradition bill that started the protests. It will not be scooping up Hong Kong deplorable and ferreting them away in some prison while they await “justice.”
Demonstrate?
The founders, those who wrote the U.S. Constitution, understood people. They knew sometimes there is a need to complain publicly about governmental policies adversely affecting us. The American Revolution began with just such protests. The Declaration of Independence was a 28 item list of grievances against the King. Demonstrations are part of the fabric of … Read more
How Many NH Democrats Have Police Protection Because We Posted Their Voting Records?
A few months ago one of Merrimack House Democrat Rosemarie Rung‘s Facebook followers told her to call the police if I threaten her. Rung had posted a link on Facebook to a post of mine in which I defend Republican House Rep Jeanine Notter. For that, Ms. Rung wanted residents to know that people like me live in town.
Why Do We Now Need Police at the Nashua Board Of Education Meetings?
I have a small mountain of content to share regarding the Nashua Board of Education Clown Car, but this story will only take a minute.
Snowflakes in Laguna Beach Melt at Sight of Cop Car Logo with American Flag Theme
The Laguna Beach PD unveiled their new police car logo. The word ‘Police’ bears an American Flag theme. So, we have a police car in an American city. The Car has the word police on it. The word “police” has US flag colors. And people are triggered by this.
Crimefighters
Every once in a while, even an Ivy League law professor can surprise you by saying something sensible. For years I’ve been quoting Alan Dershowitz of Harvard Law School on the dangers of using judicial review to circumvent the formal constitutional amendment process:
Foolish liberals who are trying to read the Second Amendment out of the Constitution by claiming it’s not an individual right or that it’s too much of a public safety hazard don’t see the danger in the big picture. They’re courting disaster by encouraging others to use the same means to eliminate portions of the Constitution they don’t like.
Recently, I was pleasantly surprised to read this from Stephen Carter at Yale Law School:
On the opening day of law school, I always counsel my first-year students never to support a law they are not willing to kill to enforce. Usually they greet this advice with something between skepticism and puzzlement, until I remind them that the police go armed to enforce the will of the state, and if you resist, they might kill you.
Neither idea is new, but there are a lot of people who don’t seem to be willing to listen to an idea unless it comes from a ‘respectable’ source, so it’s nice to be able to quote these two.
What I’m waiting for now is an Ivy League endorsement of another idea that has been kicking around for a while, and whose time, I think, may finally have come:
Quick Shot: Black Man in Hoodie Carrying a Glock Stopped by Police – Nothing Happens.
Steven Hildreth Jr documented his recent traffic stop. The police pulled him over. He knew he had a busted headlight. He’s a back man, wearing a hoodie. A concealed carry permit holder carrying a firearm. Let’s begin with the end of this story. I’m a black man wearing a hoodie and strapped. According to certain social … Read more