Wednesday, August 27, 2014

On the front lines


I'm not a big fan of the current law enforcement culture. To begin with, as I've explained before, law enforcement can only be as good as the law to be enforced. To the extent that liberals in Congress, state legislatures, Executive agencies, and the judiciary enact godless laws and regulations, to that extent law enforcement officers will be agents of injustice rather than justice. They are the spear of the ruling class. Add to that the evolving police state, militarization of the police, and a hands-off approach to protected classes, and the law enforcement culture is going from bad to worse.

However, that general trend doesn't prejudge any particular transaction between the police and the public. In relation to Ferguson, a lot of nonsensical objections have been raised by critics behind the safety of their keyboards. In that respect, I think it's useful to get the perspective of retired cops. For instance:



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