Comments on: Healing the Rift Between Police and the Public https://chrishernandezauthor.com/2014/09/09/healing-the-rift-between-police-and-the-public/ Author of Proof of Our Resolve Sun, 30 Nov 2014 19:14:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Separating Facts From Propaganda in the Ferguson Case | Sex, Relationships, Life, and Politics https://chrishernandezauthor.com/2014/09/09/healing-the-rift-between-police-and-the-public/comment-page-1/#comment-141502 Sun, 30 Nov 2014 19:14:31 +0000 http://chrishernandezauthor.com/?p=1620#comment-141502 […] mindset I have been noticing lately: A Cop Explains Why We Become Jaded, Cynical, and Angry, and: Healing the Rift Between the Police and the Public. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think the police are above criticism. It is absolutely […]

]]> By: Shilah https://chrishernandezauthor.com/2014/09/09/healing-the-rift-between-police-and-the-public/comment-page-1/#comment-129053 Sat, 25 Oct 2014 21:44:20 +0000 http://chrishernandezauthor.com/?p=1620#comment-129053 wow…
well, Sir, I agree “If a cop’s guilty, he’s guilty”. Wrong is wrong, regardless of who does it. Yet —- I shudder to imagine any cop, even a guilty one, in prison. Worse than Hell, IMHO. Can’t we just do 20 years of house arrest with chemical castration, and no TV/videos or internet, and forced chapel attendance in-home every day, a boring all-vegan diet (this week’s special: eggplant, 13 different ways), and make them rehab rescue dogs and knit socks in their spare time??? (I’m only half teasing)
Agreed, the zero-tolerance for “drugs” is a drain on manpower & resources. But think of the little kids who grow up inhaling their parents’ marijuana smoke second-hand, the good drivers killed by idjits who were driving while on meth, etc. (I do find the idea of not allowing hospitals to treat addicts, intriguing.) I prefer the carrot approach to the stick, but the majority here are dimocrats so that won’t fly.
I am however blessed to live where the cops are diligent, brave, kind, trustworthy, loyal— no, i’m not kidding. We are in a small town plopped in a rural area. Most of our cops grew up nearby & live right here. We see them at the grocery store & at high school band concerts. We know they don’t want their pictures taken because they want to keep their families safe — there are a few morons who peddle drugs (heroin, etc. Try to get your landlord to pay the building’s utility bill when he’s spending every penny of rental income on his damn habit. You are GONNA get your lights turned off.) About 25% of the population “Like”s our local PD Facebook page. And at the local Caribou, cops in uniform never have to pay for their coffee – the locals donate to a gift card kept at the register.
Now, not all is rosy in Mudville. There are parents (breeders?) who think parenting consists of giving the kid food, water, clothes, electronic toys, and telling them “be good or I’ll have the cops arrest you”. (rolling my eyes)& yes, they dose the kids with beer or wine to make them sleep so the adults can do what they want…. But these are not the rule, they are the exception. We honor our troops & our vets. Yes, there are jerks who resent being pulled over for driving while pickled (.11 BAC twice in 3 hours & they can’t see anything wrong with that?!) but they know their views are not the majority & they know they’re wrong. They won’t admit it — until someone drunk demolishes THEIR car – but they know they are the minority. Our area has higher auto insurance rates, even for teetotalers, because of the many who drive pickled.
Our biggest problem is our city council & our school board! they’re so resistant to change, they refuse to cancel “open campus” for grades 10-12 at the high school- even though it is well known that students leave during “lunch” to go have sex, get high, get drunk, etc. The mayor is an alcoholic & refused to allow stricter alcohol control during summer events, even though the bar owners had no objections. A group of us have managed to persuade the local tobbacconists to stop selling “spice” (aka ‘synthetic marijuana’– which a local meth-head declared “worse than meth”). But yeah – opposition sometimes comes from odd places.
As of this time, we are respectful of our LE & they are the same toward us. I feel so sorry for people in places like CA etc who have no positive expereinces with the police. They’re not all like that !!! honest!!! most of them are good people!
So, thank you Chris for all you have done & continue to do. May you be safe & well. Thanks for being a voice of sense in a crazy world. I’m sure at times it seems no one hears you, but we do.

]]> By: chrishernandezauthor https://chrishernandezauthor.com/2014/09/09/healing-the-rift-between-police-and-the-public/comment-page-1/#comment-124349 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 12:11:42 +0000 http://chrishernandezauthor.com/?p=1620#comment-124349 In reply to Goober.

No worries Goober, we all have those days and I didn’t take it personally. 🙂

]]> By: Goober https://chrishernandezauthor.com/2014/09/09/healing-the-rift-between-police-and-the-public/comment-page-1/#comment-124057 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 21:22:02 +0000 http://chrishernandezauthor.com/?p=1620#comment-124057 In reply to chrishernandezauthor.

I think I was having a bad day when I wrote my last response. I could have made my point easily without sounding like such a dick. Sorry Chris.

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