Comments: My initial reaction was Michael Brown deserved to die and I was right.
A long time ago, in the first wave of young white folks calling the cops enemies, there was an expression, "when you're in trouble, call a hippie."
On sites like this we're all troubled by the increasing pattern of police heavy-handedness, as well as their increased militarization. BUT: who you gonna call when the SHTF? Your local militia? In some imaginary better future where government's hand is lightened, we'll still need those cops. The idea is to pry their position and function away from an overwhelmingly power-hungry government, and restore peace officers to their proper place.
Posted by DonRodrigo at October 27, 2014 8:12 AM
Who the hell is going to protect my 90-year-old mother?
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Wrong question.
What kind of pisswilly would let harm come to his mother?
Right answer: Whatever private protection agency her son prefers if he is unable to protect her himself.
It requires a special kind of retardation to believe a gov't entity holds your welfare paramount.
Trust gov't thugs at your peril - and you'll eventually get what you deserve.
Posted by ghostsniper at October 27, 2014 1:02 PM
Sorry Don, but the police have gotten a bit overgeared for their job.
Posted by Christopher Taylor at October 27, 2014 1:13 PM
I think Christopher says it best.
Still some good cops, but how can you depend on the ones that show up to be those good cops?
Posted by pbird at October 27, 2014 5:40 PM
I hired one last week, a young, local guy, that seemed like a likeable chap, to do some work that he does on the side. I did not lose sight of the fact that he gets to shoot me for free.
FWIW, I didn't know he was a cop until after I hired him.
Posted by ghostsniper at October 28, 2014 6:36 PM