Dear NYPD,
Help me understand why my image of the NPD has been turned upside down.
First, a little about me: I'm a libertarian, CWP-holdn', gun-totin', NRA member, Reagan Saved The World guy. I've owned guns for more than 40 years. I hunt. I shoot IDPA. I believe the Second Amendment is what protects all the others. My father was a reserve deputy sheriff. I'm certified by my state to teach response driving to police driving instructors. Some of my friends are cops. I grew up, went to college, and worked in the Deep South. Once Bull Connor and his ilk were evicted, I believed police were community helpers. (Granted I have resentment against the police because all of my professional interaction has been with them as Revenuers, collectors of Speed Tax.)
Then I see a videos of NYPD pulling non-threatening and random people off the sidewalk and into the street in order to charge them with being in the street. Occupy 1 year anniversary Sept 17th Journalist Arrest - YouTube
I read stuff like this: My arrest at Occupy Wall Street - CNN.com
I accept that Occupy has been co-opted by thugish unions, and violent homeless people.
However, the NYPD's response would make ol' Bull blush. I have first-hand reports of the NYPD committed battery on (there is no other term) people who were legally walking on the sidewalk, standing legally in a public area, or aspiring to follow NYPD orders. Even if those people were shouting, disobeying orders, or spitting in your faces, Contempt of Cop is not a crime.
I hear Mayor Bloomberg, who wants to take my guns from me, say he controls the "seventh largest army in the world." That's something I expect from Hugo Chavez, Castro, or someone planning a coup.
Tell me why the NYPD hasn't become a beatified military run by a statist. Frankly, I'm scared to come visit my daughter and walk on public sidewalks with her. I'm not scared of criminals. I'm afraid of the NYPD.
---Smack
P.S. After the Empire State Building shooting and other shootings, tell me why all NYPD officers shouldn't be disarmed until y'all learn to shoot only the bad guys.
Help me understand why my image of the NPD has been turned upside down.
First, a little about me: I'm a libertarian, CWP-holdn', gun-totin', NRA member, Reagan Saved The World guy. I've owned guns for more than 40 years. I hunt. I shoot IDPA. I believe the Second Amendment is what protects all the others. My father was a reserve deputy sheriff. I'm certified by my state to teach response driving to police driving instructors. Some of my friends are cops. I grew up, went to college, and worked in the Deep South. Once Bull Connor and his ilk were evicted, I believed police were community helpers. (Granted I have resentment against the police because all of my professional interaction has been with them as Revenuers, collectors of Speed Tax.)
Then I see a videos of NYPD pulling non-threatening and random people off the sidewalk and into the street in order to charge them with being in the street. Occupy 1 year anniversary Sept 17th Journalist Arrest - YouTube
I read stuff like this: My arrest at Occupy Wall Street - CNN.com
I accept that Occupy has been co-opted by thugish unions, and violent homeless people.
However, the NYPD's response would make ol' Bull blush. I have first-hand reports of the NYPD committed battery on (there is no other term) people who were legally walking on the sidewalk, standing legally in a public area, or aspiring to follow NYPD orders. Even if those people were shouting, disobeying orders, or spitting in your faces, Contempt of Cop is not a crime.
I hear Mayor Bloomberg, who wants to take my guns from me, say he controls the "seventh largest army in the world." That's something I expect from Hugo Chavez, Castro, or someone planning a coup.
Tell me why the NYPD hasn't become a beatified military run by a statist. Frankly, I'm scared to come visit my daughter and walk on public sidewalks with her. I'm not scared of criminals. I'm afraid of the NYPD.
---Smack
P.S. After the Empire State Building shooting and other shootings, tell me why all NYPD officers shouldn't be disarmed until y'all learn to shoot only the bad guys.
