Tag: NWA was right

The police appear to have a very self-serving definition of “cowardice”:

The fired LAPD officer suspected of terrorizing Southern California in a
bloody rampage opened fire on two Riverside police officers with a
rifle in a “cowardly ambush” early Thursday morning, Riverside police
Chief Sergio Diaz told reporters at a morning news conference.  

Let me get this straight.  We’re supposed to believe that a one-man war against the entire LAPD is cowardly, whereas those armed and armored SWAT teams that break in without warning and not infrequently shoot pets and unarmed people are courageous?  Christopher Dorner may be foolish.  He may be evil.  He may be in the wrong.  But the one thing he quite clearly is not is “cowardly”.  What on Earth is such a stupid and obviously false declaration supposed to do, dissuade anyone tempted to follow Dorner’s example?

These are indeed Orwellian times.  It’s rather like reading Robin Hood and being expected to cheer for the Sheriff of Nottingham.  Here is a hint for the police: if you’re wearing black armor, killing innocent animals, lying about your actions, and on top of it all, you outnumber the other guy several thousand to one, you’re the bad guy.

It is educational to see that when a former policeman strikes out violently at the police, he does what the police all too often do, which is target their families.  This is a dangerous development I have been expecting ever since the militarization of the USA has increasingly led to family members and dogs being killed by police as a result of the dynamic entry tactics now being used on a regular basis:

In the online postings, Dorner specifically named the father of
Monica Quan, the Cal State Fullerton assistant basketball coach who was
found dead Sunday, along with her fiance, Keith Lawrence. Her father, Randy Quan, a retired LAPD captain, was involved in the review process that ultimately led to Dorner’s dismissal.

A former U.S. Navy reservist, Dorner was fired in 2009 for allegedly making false statements about his training officer….  Dorner complained that Quan and others did not fairly represent him at the review hearing.

“Your lack of ethics and conspiring to wrong a just individual are
over. Suppressing the truth will lead to deadly consequences for you
and your family. There will be an element of surprise where you work,
live, eat, and sleep,” he wrote, referring to Quan and several others.

Based on what we know about the police departments, the way they treat whistleblowers, and the way they resolutely cover up the violent and criminal acts of the “one or two bad apples” that somehow never seem to be weeded out from any department, it would not surprise me to learn that many, if not most, of the allegations of LAPD misbehavior contained in Dorner’s manifesto are true.

I’m sure it will shock everyone to learn that the brave police who put their lives at risk every day are now inexplicably on edge and shooting at anything that moves.  One local resident emails to tell how the media is not reporting the entire story:

I wanted to get this information to you directly because the media will
squelch the parts of the narrative they don’t want aired.  You know by
now that a manhunt is underway for an EX COP that murdered two kids in
Irvine while they sat in their parked car close to the UC Irvine campus.
 This guy is ex-military and was fired from the force for issuing false
statements …which is all the media is revealing at this time.  He is
now embarking on retribution against those that got him fired and other
cops. He shot two cops in a squad car that was following him and killed
one of them.

Most of this is really unremarkable but the part I wanted
you to know about was that they have shot up two trucks matching the
description of the killers truck in the city of Torrence.  The first
truck had two older Asian ladies in it that were delivering
newspapers,,,and they must have had it coming because they did not
comply fast enough to satisfy the jittery cops. If that wasn’t bad
enough… they shot up a second truck just down the street.  They told
the owner to turn his truck around but again, it wasn’t fast enough for
the cops because they shot his truck up too! 

It seems the police behave rather differently when they know that the other side is as willing to shoot as they are.  This looks to be an interesting experiment in what we were discussing here a few weeks ago, namely, how effective the force wielded by the government against a single armed man truly is.

This police officer appears to have gotten confused with regards to his sworn duty to serve the people of New York City:

Six-year NYPD veteran Gilberto Valle, 28, who worked in Harlem, was
arrested Wednesday by federal officers on a conspiracy to kidnap charge
Wednesday. The U.S. Attorney’s office said Valle conspired with
multiple, unnamed people “to kidnap, rape, torture, kill, cook and
cannibalize a number of women.”

“Gilberto Valle’s alleged plans to kidnap women so that they could be
raped, tortured, killed, cooked and cannibalized shocks the
conscience,” Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a prepared
statement. “This case is all the more disturbing when you consider
Valle’s position as a New York City police officer and his sworn duty to
serve and protect.”

I’ll save everyone time and list the usual protests now: “Only a few rotten apples on the force who are cannibals.”  “Most police have never raped, tortured, or eaten anyone.”  “Officers are trained not to eat anyone unnecessarily.”

American’s embrace Big Brother in the sky:

Close to half of Americans say they are in favour of police departments deploying surveillance drones domestically. According to a survey conducted
by The Associated Press and The National Constitution Center, 44
percent support the idea of police using unmanned aerial vehicles to
track suspects and carry out investigations. Only 36 percent said that they “strongly oppose” or “somewhat oppose” police use of drones, according to the survey.

And they vote.  Do you know, I used to wonder how Germans could possibly have been dumb enough to support the National Socialists, to say nothing of overwhelmingly voting for the four plebiscites that solidified their power.  It’s not exactly a mystery these days.

And suddenly, a certain NWA song starts going through my mind….

A source with knowledge of the situation tells PFT that the incident culminating in Peterson’s arrest was captured by one or more surveillance cameras. Multiple persons also witnessed the event.

According to the source, Peterson, his girlfriend, and some family members were at a nightclub in Houston. At closing time, a group of police officers entered the club, and they began instructing the remaining patrons to leave.

Peterson wanted to get some water before he left, but an officer told Peterson that he needed to leave. Some words apparently were exchanged, but Peterson eventually walked to the exit with one of the club’s bouncers.

It’s believed that one of the officers then jumped on Peterson’s back from behind and tried to take him down. (Key word: “tried.”) Other officers then joined the fray and completed the arrest.

Now, it’s remotely possible that AD was drunk or acting belligerent, but that’s entirely out of keeping with his personality and his reputation. And considering we know what cowardly bullies most policemen are, I won’t be surprised if AD isn’t ever charged.

I am, of course, moved to tears by the concerns of this fine, upstanding officer of the law:

Every time police Sergeant Joseph Hubbard stops a speeder or serves a search warrant, he says he worries suspects assume they can open fire — without breaking the law. Hubbard, a 17-year veteran of the police department in Jeffersonville, Indiana, says his apprehension stems from a state law approved this year that allows residents to use deadly force in response to the “unlawful intrusion” by a “public servant” to protect themselves and others, or their property.

The solution this is simple: Don’t undertake unlawful intrusions.

The issue arises because of a case in Indiana where the State Supreme Court held that you had no right to resist an unlawful entry by the police.

That’s patent nonsense. An unlawful act by the police is exactly the same, in terms of the law, as that of an armed criminal.

Hey, the police and their propagandists are always telling us that if you don’t do anything wrong, you’ve got nothing to fear. So deal with that, Mr. Law Enforcement Officer. Because, after all, it’s the law!

The police appear to be winning, but the American public is actually ahead on a per capita basis:

In 2011, according to data I have collected, police officers in the United States shot 1,146 people, killing 607. Since January 1, 2011, I have been using the internet to compile a national database of police involved shootings. The term “police involved shooting” pertains to law enforcement officers who, in the line of duty, discharge their guns. When journalists and police administrators use the term, they include the shooting of animals and shots that miss their targets. My case files only include instances in which a person is either killed or wounded by police gunfire. My data also includes off-duty officers who discharged their weapons in law enforcement situations. They don’t include, for example, officers using their firearms to resolve personal disputes….

In 2010, 59 officers were shot to death among 122 killed while on the job. This marked a 20 percent jump from 2009 when 49 officers were killed by gunfire. In 2011, 173 officers died, from all causes, in the line of duty. The fact police officers feel they are increasingly under attack from the public may help explain why they are shooting so many citizens.

The 2011 figure is 71 officers shot to death. Of course, since there are 310 million Americans and only 800,000 police, this would tend to indicate that the public is winning even though the police are killing 8.55 citizens for every police officer killed.

The interesting thing is that we seldom hear anywhere nearly as much opposition to police killings as we do to the death penalty, even though 18 times more people are killed by police than are executed on an annual basis. Since only 33 people were executed throughout the USA in 2011, compared to the 607 who were shot and killed without trial, it would appear that death penalty opponents would do much better to protest lethally armed police than lethal judicial judgments.

There aren’t just a few bad apples. They’re an intrinsically rotten fruit:

A DeKalb County family’s dog was shot and killed Tuesday night by a police officer who went to the wrong house when responding to a domestic incident, Channel 2 Action News reported. The officer went to Bobbie Currie’s home on Silva Court around 9 p.m. in response to a domestic dispute call with a possibly armed person.

The family’s German shepherd, which was chained in the garage, lunged at the officer, and was shot and killed, according to Channel 2. Currie’s husband, Anthony, told Channel 2 that the officer also pointed his gun at him and told him to put his hands up.

“I said, ‘Why [did] you shoot my dog?’ And he said, ‘Well, I’ll blow your brains out,’” Anthony Currie said.

A DeKalb police supervisor sent to the scene said the officer made an error.

“Subsequent investigation determined that the actual address that he was looking for was actually across the street,” DeKalb police Lt. Dane Cunningham told Channel 2.

The officer is not facing disciplinary action pending an internal investigation, Channel 2 said.

I don’t despise the police because one of them happens to be an idiot who can’t read a street address, is needlessly abusive, and is intoxicated with his government-granted license to kill. I despise them because they ALWAYS defend their evil “brethren” and refuse to hold them accountable no matter what they do. They have no honor and they refuse to be held accountable for even the most despicable actions.

At this point, I would be far more confident having to rely upon the actual Mafia than in the badge gang. It’s no longer any mystery why the annals of military history are rife with examples of the dreadful behavior and cowardly performance of police units.

Even street criminals usually don’t shoot dogs. Especially not dogs that are tied up and can’t possibly hurt them.