Berzerkers in Blue? January 2, 2008
Berzerkers in Blue? January 2, 2008
Will Grigg's Liberty Minute
January 2, 2008
When the most recent class of the Idaho Police Officer Standards and Training Academy graduated last December 14, the official program contained the class's self-selected slogan: “Don't suffer from PTSD – go out and cause it.”
“PTSD” refers to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, a crippling psychological condition often found in combat veterans and victims of violent crime. Some of those whose lives have been disrupted by unjustified paramilitary no-knock police raids now suffer from PTSD.
Academy director Jeff Black explains that the president of the 43-member class, with whom the slogan apparently originated, is ex-military. He also insisted that the attitude it embodies is “not something we encourage or condone.”
The mindset behind that slogan is appropriate to an army of occupation, not a civilian police force. At the very least, this entire class should have been required to repeat the 10-week program before being unleashed on the public.
Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.
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01/04/08 @ 02:05 A population that is easily frightened by exaggerated "news" reports about crime has been far too willing to allow municipalities across America to "empower the police" for the war on crime, the war on drugs, the war on terror, and will probably acquiesce to even more police abuse when the media whips out the next war on whatever. ("homegrown terror?")
The good news is that the American people are startng to realize that they're the loser of all these expensive wars which have all but completely destroyed the freedom and civil rights we took for granted decades ago.
Before anyone agrees to giving police any more power, it would behoove them to consider just what type of person it is that wants that job. They're usually not brave, or dedicated to serving their community, but rather more often than not, the job is sought by people who crave power and control over others. Exactly the type of person who shouldn't be doing the job.
Your average cop is nothing more than a bully with the power of the state supporting his abuse of the public. We don't need cops. We need citizens who can protect themselves.
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