2009 and the tipping point of trust

[Archangel M]

IMO a great article over at policeone.com:

The shooting of two Pierce County deputies in Washington and the media’s high profile reporting of the pistol-bearing snowballed detective in Washington D.C. ended this year exactly as it began, with an eroding trust between the people and their government and growing fear for all concerned. The irony of a near-record low in deaths among law enforcement officers is the marked increase of officers murdered, and single incidents in which multiple officers were shot.

The media has had a field day this year with controversy and implied evils (of action and intent) on law enforcement’s part. The media has fanned the flames of fear over government encroachment and made worse an odd social unrest among a broad range of social groups normally at odds. The Tea Party movement combined with such things as the National Night out against Police Violence held in Seattle seem to epitomize the odd way the ‘Right’ and ‘Left’ show fear of government — one fearful of infringement through legislative action and the other fearful of police action.

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Worth a read for my LE brethren.

 

[sgtmac_46]

IMO a great article over at policeone.com:



Worth a read for my LE brethren.

Not to get too political, but it is an interesting point about the difference in how the left and right expresses fear of government.....the right sees and condemns government excess where it BEGINS......with the legislatures at the top.

The left, on the other hand, supports those legislations, and then attacks those at the BOTTOM charged with the job of carrying out those (increasingly asinine) laws from the top they they simultaneously support.

One would think the rational perspective would be the demand and support rational, reasonable legislation at the top........and then all that need be done is ensure it's carried out properly..........the idea of supporting increasing government intervention at the top, and condemning the Joe Shmoe's doing their job at the bottom carrying those laws out is idiotic.