What exactly does “defund the police” mean?
At its best it will eliminate the fat and overspend, and put that money into social programs at it’s worse it will cut man power which will increase response times and decrease police presence.
But it’s much worse than that….and what some cities are seriously considering is INSANE…
But the Minneapolis City Council and the majority of the protestors are not suggesting that…
The Minneapolis City Council is talking about literally disbanding the police department (article here). But that doesn’t necessarily mean NO POLICE PRESENCE. In Camden, NJ they disbanded the police department but REPLACED IT with State Police (article here). So while we’re imagining a modern “Deadwood”, I hardly think there will be an American City without a presence of law enforcement.
The Camden police were replaced because they were ineffective, corrupt and expensive. The country and state police took over and saved millions and cut the crime rate in half, but that is not what they’re demanding.
This is what should scare you…
The Minneapolis City Council suggested that social workers to replace police (HERE). This reason is to ELIMINATE the use of force threat to subjects. The problem is obvious – what happens when a subject is armed or doesn’t comply?
This demonstrates a complete lack of understanding and ignorance to the criminal mind and illustrates the insane perception that the police actually CREATE violence (instead of deterring it). This is what happens when the SHEEP take over the flock and make no mistake – the sheep are taking over the flock.
This is beyond comprehension.
Once you remove real and immediate consequences from a criminal’s actions – they will take and take and take until there is NOTHING MORE TO TAKE. There will come time (very quickly) where an unarmed social worker is facing evil. Someone who does not share the same moral compass, someone who is going to take what they want from whomever they can and simply not do what you tell them to do.
Bottom Line – You Are On Your Own.
(what else is new?)
The only thing people need to be “woke” about is the incompetence of your government to protect you. This has reached moronic proportions. They’ve mismanaged COVID-19 lock downs while destroying businesses and you civil liberties. They let violence control and destroy your cities. The simple thought that they are CONSIDERING doing anything further regarding your health and safety should cause panic.
YES – there needs to be some law enforcement reform. Which would look like more of a change of culture (breaking the “Blue Wall of Silence”) and encourage good cops to correct the behavior of bad cops and allow citizens to make civil claims and to hold law enforcement accountable. I would imagine we need to rework the “Qualified Immunity” rule (HERE) .
If we learned one thing from these riots its this…
The government doesn’t care about your:
- Health
- Safety
- Business
- Property
- Your right to peaceful assembly
All they care about is perceived popular opinion that’s fueled by the media. They let the looting and violence go on FOR A WEEK in major cities around the country and as of June 6, 53 people killed and $5 billion in damage done (HERE).
They lifted lock down restrictions and abandoned social distancing rules so people could dance the macarena (HERE).
This is why NOW more than ever you need to make sure you are ready to protect and defend yourself, your loved ones and your business to the best of your ability.
So you better up your personal protection game and have a plan. You don’t need to be SEAL TEAM 6, you just need to be more prepared than the next guy. Remember…
You don’t have to outrun the bear…
Personal defense is never a DEFEAT ALL COMERS proposition. That’s impossible. Self defense at it’s core is making you a less attractive target than the next guy…its like that old joke — two guys in the woods come across a bear. The first guy starts putting on his running shoes and the second guy says, “What are you doing, you’ll never outrun that bear!” To that the first guy replies, “I don’t need to outrun the bear, I just need to out run you.”
Stay Safe, Train Smarter and Train Honestly – and outrun the next guy.
Damian
PS. Is common sense all that common?
Hi Damien, we had 2 protesting parties come through my town and permitted by our mayor, the first group started at noon with 100 people so that one was quite and civil,the second group was over 9,000, the police were trying to get intel on this group and businesses started to close. I told the mayor he was crazy to allow 9000 people in a town who has less than 30 officers on duty,so i got a group of us together and we barred up our homes and had AK 47’S ready,and AR15’S, plus handguns to protect our vehicles and homes,some how the protesters heard the police were gathering intel on them and people were arming themselves the 2nd group only ended up with 200 protestors instead of 9,000 and we placed info on social media that we would be armed and ready,so no diseaster here.
The fact that all of this continues to be allowed means that civil war is pretty much here. People are being murdered, raped and beaten to near death. Businesses and neighborhoods are being burned and looted. I just recently saw that antifa is hiring their own “self defense” instructors but these instructors are teaching some real dirty shit. And that seems to be ok yet these same areas are making self defense classes for you and me illegal. Regardless of what one’s political beliefs may be, all sides have failed us. Disbanding the police is a joke. I had my life saved by police officers one night during a break in at my job. They didn’t know what race I was when they came in that building. They just knew there was an employee there and the place was being robbed. My daughter was only two days old when that happened and I remember being on the phone with 911 thinking all kinds of shit (none of it good) but thankfully the cops came at the damn near last second and were able to get me out of there alive. I’m forever grateful for that, them and the risk they take. Yeah, some cops are assholes but so are some store clerks, librarians, teachers, preachers and so on. Sorry to rant Mr. Ross. Just getting tired of what’s going on and sad for this country. You all out there take care. God bless you all.
We have only seen one police officer where I live in the past nine years so we have no doubts that we are on our own. My neighbors and I are well organized and ready. We have everything from silent slingshots and crossbows to pistols and big bore rifles and shotguns. If anyone from any side wants trouble then we will give it to them. If they leave us alone then they can keep on living.
Thank you for addressing these issues.