NEW YORK - The man gunned down in a spray of 50 police bullets on his wedding day was buried Saturday as hundreds of angry demonstrators honored him with a moment of silence before going jaw-to-jaw with police in a bitter confrontation outside a Queens precinct house.
The demonstrators taunted police, standing just inches away from a row of officers and daring the police to lay a hand on them. Some in the crowd held signs reading "Death to the pigs" and "Shoot back."
Perhaps it's time for the major Police unions to come together an issue a proclamation to the public reading something to this affect:
Whereas you the public have decided that we are the bad guys and;
Whereas to nonregardance you have cast our lives in favor of the lives of criminals and;
Whereas you have proven that you are totally ungrateful for the sacrifices of our brothers and the pain our families have felt and;
Whereas you believe that you are better able to interpret and enforce the law than we
We hereby resign our commissions as your protectors and agree only to the following job description:
1)When someone burglarizes your homes and your cars, we will respond and take a report.
2) When someone assaults you and robs you, we will respond and take a report.
3) When someone murders your children, we will respond and take a report.
Here are the acts that we will no longer do, as you have made it clear that you do not want us to:
1) We will no longer enforce traffic ordinances in attempt to make the roadways safe.
2)We will no longer patrol the streets of your neighborhoods.
3)We will no longer do active surveillance on known drug dealers.
4) We will no longer actively search for or pursue fugitives.
5)We will no longer respond to calls in which we may place ourselves in danger or, worse yet, endanger the lives of your valuable citizens.
In short, we will no longer risk our lives or the lives of our friends to assist a citizenry that has proven that it would rather not have us.
If after a sufficient period of time our absence proves to have been worse than is our presence and if at that time our citizens have adjusted their opinion of our value, we will be prepared to re-negotiate our terms with society.
Signed,
The Police Officers of the United States
5 comments:
you are so right. people these days seem to care more for the criminal than the officer. i say we, the civilians, should say thank you more often to the officers on the streets and in our lives. so from me to you.... thank you!
I am with all the way just tell me where to sign.
Don't you love how the media twists stories to appeal to the "rubber-necker" in the populace. My understanding of the story was that the perp struck an officer with his vehicle, then the officer's vehicle, yet that isn't mentioned in the NY Times article. Not only that but we are led to believe that the man was struck by 50 bullets, a gruesome thought indeed. Yet when looking at the case there were 50 total bullets fired, 21 struck the vehicle and I don't know how many struck the driver. 31 of those shots were fired by a single officer.
The only thing I can gather from the information is that the officer who fired 31 shots needs a better prescription and time at the range, heh.
Not one of the protesters would change place with the Police. If the new black panthers, and Al Sharpton would like to change the face of police protection then they need to groom some clean cut people to join the force. Protests like these will do little but harden the NYPD against them.
I feel sorry for officers these days, you have too many options. Too many alternatives to decisive force, too many ways for you to second guess yourself and pampered couch loving twats to second guess your actions that can keep you alive in an ever more violent world.
Stay Safe Jeff. I hope all your days are boring and filled with paperwork.
Im going to agree with BJ. I dont think it can be said any better.
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Stay safe and warm bud.
The Thin Blue Line
There are those who've gone before us, who we long to see again......
fathers, mothers, loved ones......and some we just called friend.
They chose to make a difference.....to walk The Line Blue Line.....they
took a call to duty.....but they just ran out of time. Their battles lasted but a moment....
but they were warriors just the same.....and for those of us they fought for......their death
was not in vain. I chose to take the Gauntlet and to walk The Thin Blue Line...and those
of you who are strong enough, please join us anytime. For the line it isn't easy.....it's not
safe for body or soul....it will chance forever who you are.....if your lucky you'll grow old.
And when our time has run out, and we're facing our own end.....we will walk a beat in heaven....with our loved ones and our friends.
By Joe Ferrera
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