Rayshard Brooks - Rumors Atlanta police are quitting en masse

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[joswift]

Fine. If they won't do their job and do it right then fire them. Use staties. Sheriffs. Federal agents. Deploy the National Guard. Do not kow tow to a union of 'public servants' who are willing to abandon the public to further their own interests. They'll just hold public safety hostage until they're all getting paid 10 million a year to be assholes all day. It's just like any other union power play. If factory workers pulled this shit you'd sack 'em and replace them. A union willing to betray the public trust as soon as things get difficult isn't one we need to keep around.

Seriously?

These cops are being asked to do their jobs with their hands tied
The cop was justified in shooting the guy, in the back or not, he resisted arrest and was trying to tazer his colleague.

now criminals will know they can resist arrest and run without fear

The sacking (not even a suspension pending an inquiry) and prosecution of this cop has endangered the lives of the remaining police.
they have every right to feel aggrieved.

[Irongrip400]

Seriously?

These cops are being asked to do their jobs with their hands tied
The cop was justified in shooting the guy, in the back or not, he resisted arrest and was trying to tazer his colleague.

now criminals will know they can resist arrest and run without fear

The sacking (not even a suspension pending an inquiry) and prosecution of this cop has endangered the lives of the remaining police.
they have every right to feel aggrieved.

This.

[IroNat]

Seriously?

These cops are being asked to do their jobs with their hands tied
The cop was justified in shooting the guy, in the back or not, he resisted arrest and was trying to tazer his colleague.

now criminals will know they can resist arrest and run without fear

The sacking (not even a suspension pending an inquiry) and prosecution of this cop has endangered the lives of the remaining police.
they have every right to feel aggrieved.

I'm surprised at your viewpoint, Swifty.

What happened to your lefty-lib attitude?

[Griffith]

not compatible with a $1/4m Wythenshaw house

Not compatible with anyone who enjoys living in society and civilisation.

[Methyl m1ke]

The whole blm movement is going to end very badly for the "urban youths" currently enjoying their stay here.

[Fortress]

Seriously?

These cops are being asked to do their jobs with their hands tied
The cop was justified in shooting the guy, in the back or not, he resisted arrest and was trying to tazer his colleague.

now criminals will know they can resist arrest and run without fear

The sacking (not even a suspension pending an inquiry) and prosecution of this cop has endangered the lives of the remaining police.
they have every right to feel aggrieved.

Yep.

[joswift]

I'm surprised at your viewpoint, Swifty.

What happened to your lefty-lib attitude?

hahaha I have never been lefty lib..

[Tapeworm]

Seriously?

These cops are being asked to do their jobs with their hands tied
The cop was justified in shooting the guy, in the back or not, he resisted arrest and was trying to tazer his colleague.

now criminals will know they can resist arrest and run without fear

The sacking (not even a suspension pending an inquiry) and prosecution of this cop has endangered the lives of the remaining police.
they have every right to feel aggrieved.

Then they can go be aggrieved somewhere else. Abandoning the public when people need their help the most is unacceptable.

If they kept doing their thankless, dangerous job while making it clear what they need to do it, that would be one thing. And people would be inclined to at least listen and discuss it. To just take their ball and go home is another thing entirely.

It's not like everyone is a force of one, able to stand alone through rough times. There's little old ladies out there. Little young ladies too. These brave, strapping heroes have just wished them good luck not getting robbed and raped because they feel aggrieved? 

Protecting helpless people isn't a job you get to just stop doing because you're a bit unhappy about something. They have a duty. If they didn't want that duty they should have studied accounting or something. You don't get to just un-choose a duty you accepted. That's dereliction.

[Pray_4_War]

They should all quit. 

[Tapeworm]

They should all quit. 

Until there's a furious black mob outside your mom's house. Then it's Gee, I wish these guys were wrestling with politicians for what they need while still protecting the defenseless.

[Virgil]

Tapeworm , the cops are well aware of what you're saying. However if the job(incident) goes south in any way, the media will have his head on a platter. I retired in February after 30 years with Philly PD, and I watched the steady progression of resisting every single arrest. You're not prosecuted for it, so why not resist? Why not try to run? No additional charges.   People who aren't on the job literally have no idea how things work in the hood.  Also ...the whole prior complaints against an officer premise is laughable, yet everyone not a cop believes it. Let's say I arrest a drug dealer, he has 10 pounds of weed on him and a thousand dollars. When his high priced lawyer gets him off on some random technicality, he goes straight to internal affairs and says "the cop locked me up but  I had ten thousand dollars on me" as a "fuck you" to the arresting cop. Internal affairs will investigate, but that stays on your permanent record.  Every guy you lock up for beating his wife will say the cop beat him and dropped the n-bomb on him. Internal Affairs HAS to take the complaint, no matter how far fetched...and it stays on your permanent record.  So big city policing is now just a matter of not getting jammed up...and these suburban soccer Mom's are off the charts clueless...the week before I retired I locked up this drunk who had just beat up and robbed a female nurse walking to her car from work, I look for the guy, see him... attempt to lock him up, and I'm surrounded by suburban Douchebags with their cameras out, screaming "why are you stopping him"...and " don't resist, don't give him a reason to kill you"...all the while cursing me and making sure they get my name and badge on tape... I'll get off my soap box now.

[Pray_4_War]

Until there's a furious black mob outside your mom's house. Then it's Gee, I wish these guys were wrestling with politicians for what they need while still protecting the defenseless.

Cops haven't been very useful in these situations recently.  They let the furious black mob do what they want and then arrest the white people for defending themselves.

Maybe that's just in Democrat controlled cities but whatever.

Cops should all resign until the Mayors, Governors and District Attorneys get their heads out of their asses.

[IroNat]

The whole blm movement is going to end very badly for the "urban youths" currently enjoying their stay here.

I hope it doesn't interfere with their studying for school.

[falco]

"Let it burn."

Words of wisdom.

Atlanta in a couple of years:

[Pray_4_War]

"Let it burn."

Words of wisdom.

Atlanta in a couple of years:

Yep.  All these urban yoots burning down their own communities.  Let it burn, don't rebuild.

[IroNat]

Tapeworm , the cops are well aware of what you're saying. However if the job(incident) goes south in any way, the media will have his head on a platter. I retired in February after 30 years with Philly PD, and I watched the steady progression of resisting every single arrest. You're not prosecuted for it, so why not resist? Why not try to run? No additional charges.   People who aren't on the job literally have no idea how things work in the hood.  Also ...the whole prior complaints against an officer premise is laughable, yet everyone not a cop believes it. Let's say I arrest a drug dealer, he has 10 pounds of weed on him and a thousand dollars. When his high priced lawyer gets him off on some random technicality, he goes straight to internal affairs and says "the cop locked me up but  I had ten thousand dollars on me" as a "fuck you" to the arresting cop. Internal affairs will investigate, but that stays on your permanent record.  Every guy you lock up for beating his wife will say the cop beat him and dropped the n-bomb on him. Internal Affairs HAS to take the complaint, no matter how far fetched...and it stays on your permanent record.  So big city policing is now just a matter of not getting jammed up...and these suburban soccer Mom's are off the charts clueless...the week before I retired I locked up this drunk who had just beat up and robbed a female nurse walking to her car from work, I look for the guy, see him... attempt to lock him up, and I'm surrounded by suburban Douchebags with their cameras out, screaming "why are you stopping him"...and " don't resist, don't give him a reason to kill you"...all the while cursing me and making sure they get my name and badge on tape... I'll get off my soap box now.

Thanks for posting that.

[Tapeworm]

Tapeworm , the cops are well aware of what you're saying. However if the job(incident) goes south in any way, the media will have his head on a platter. I retired in February after 30 years with Philly PD, and I watched the steady progression of resisting every single arrest. You're not prosecuted for it, so why not resist? Why not try to run? No additional charges.   People who aren't on the job literally have no idea how things work in the hood.  Also ...the whole prior complaints against an officer premise is laughable, yet everyone not a cop believes it. Let's say I arrest a drug dealer, he has 10 pounds of weed on him and a thousand dollars. When his high priced lawyer gets him off on some random technicality, he goes straight to internal affairs and says "the cop locked me up but  I had ten thousand dollars on me" as a "fuck you" to the arresting cop. Internal affairs will investigate, but that stays on your permanent record.  Every guy you lock up for beating his wife will say the cop beat him and dropped the n-bomb on him. Internal Affairs HAS to take the complaint, no matter how far fetched...and it stays on your permanent record.  So big city policing is now just a matter of not getting jammed up...and these suburban soccer Mom's are off the charts clueless...the week before I retired I locked up this drunk who had just beat up and robbed a female nurse walking to her car from work, I look for the guy, see him... attempt to lock him up, and I'm surrounded by suburban Douchebags with their cameras out, screaming "why are you stopping him"...and " don't resist, don't give him a reason to kill you"...all the while cursing me and making sure they get my name and badge on tape... I'll get off my soap box now.

I hear you. It's not like a polite conversation is going to get the job done, and when shit kicks off all kinds of shit can happen that's quite easy to second guess later with the benefit of slow-mo replay.

All I'm saying is that stopping responding to calls is not an option. Cops should make their case and fight for what they need, but they have to keep going to work. They have a sworn duty to perform and people who can't defend themselves shouldn't become the casualties.

Tbh I'm amazed these riots have gone on this long. If there was a real ZOMG emergency, I bet they could have The Guard on the streets in 2 hours. They just haven't because someone, somewhere will squeeze a trigger and they're terrified of the fallout.

[Mr Anabolic]

"Let it burn."

Words of wisdom.

Atlanta in a couple of years: months

[Mr Anabolic]

Tapeworm , the cops are well aware of what you're saying. However if the job(incident) goes south in any way, the media will have his head on a platter. I retired in February after 30 years with Philly PD, and I watched the steady progression of resisting every single arrest. You're not prosecuted for it, so why not resist? Why not try to run? No additional charges.   People who aren't on the job literally have no idea how things work in the hood.  Also ...the whole prior complaints against an officer premise is laughable, yet everyone not a cop believes it. Let's say I arrest a drug dealer, he has 10 pounds of weed on him and a thousand dollars. When his high priced lawyer gets him off on some random technicality, he goes straight to internal affairs and says "the cop locked me up but  I had ten thousand dollars on me" as a "fuck you" to the arresting cop. Internal affairs will investigate, but that stays on your permanent record.  Every guy you lock up for beating his wife will say the cop beat him and dropped the n-bomb on him. Internal Affairs HAS to take the complaint, no matter how far fetched...and it stays on your permanent record.  So big city policing is now just a matter of not getting jammed up...and these suburban soccer Mom's are off the charts clueless...the week before I retired I locked up this drunk who had just beat up and robbed a female nurse walking to her car from work, I look for the guy, see him... attempt to lock him up, and I'm surrounded by suburban Douchebags with their cameras out, screaming "why are you stopping him"...and " don't resist, don't give him a reason to kill you"...all the while cursing me and making sure they get my name and badge on tape... I'll get off my soap box now.

These are the exact same things I've heard from many of my friends who are Philly cops. 

Thank you for your service... you got out just in time.

[joswift]

I hear you. It's not like a polite conversation is going to get the job done, and when shit kicks off all kinds of shit can happen that's quite easy to second guess later with the benefit of slow-mo replay.

All I'm saying is that stopping responding to calls is not an option. Cops should make their case and fight for what they need, but they have to keep going to work. They have a sworn duty to perform and people who can't defend themselves shouldn't become the casualties.

Tbh I'm amazed these riots have gone on this long. If there was a real ZOMG emergency, I bet they could have The Guard on the streets in 2 hours. They just haven't because someone, somewhere will squeeze a trigger and they're terrified of the fallout.

OK, here is an extreme analogy, suppose a fireman got charged with assault and lost his job for trying to remove someone from a burning building, would you still expect the fire service to go to fires and carry people out with the constant threat of losing their job for doing their job hanging over them?

[Virgil]

It's more than losing your job though...it's going to jail, like the guy in Atlanta is facing

[Pray_4_War]

It's more than losing your job though...it's going to jail, like the guy in Atlanta is facing

I heard the cop in Atlanta could face life in prison or even the death penalty.

The inmates are truly running the asylum.

[Thin Lizzy]

Tapeworm , the cops are well aware of what you're saying. However if the job(incident) goes south in any way, the media will have his head on a platter. I retired in February after 30 years with Philly PD, and I watched the steady progression of resisting every single arrest. You're not prosecuted for it, so why not resist? Why not try to run? No additional charges.   People who aren't on the job literally have no idea how things work in the hood.  Also ...the whole prior complaints against an officer premise is laughable, yet everyone not a cop believes it. Let's say I arrest a drug dealer, he has 10 pounds of weed on him and a thousand dollars. When his high priced lawyer gets him off on some random technicality, he goes straight to internal affairs and says "the cop locked me up but  I had ten thousand dollars on me" as a "fuck you" to the arresting cop. Internal affairs will investigate, but that stays on your permanent record.  Every guy you lock up for beating his wife will say the cop beat him and dropped the n-bomb on him. Internal Affairs HAS to take the complaint, no matter how far fetched...and it stays on your permanent record.  So big city policing is now just a matter of not getting jammed up...and these suburban soccer Mom's are off the charts clueless...the week before I retired I locked up this drunk who had just beat up and robbed a female nurse walking to her car from work, I look for the guy, see him... attempt to lock him up, and I'm surrounded by suburban Douchebags with their cameras out, screaming "why are you stopping him"...and " don't resist, don't give him a reason to kill you"...all the while cursing me and making sure they get my name and badge on tape... I'll get off my soap box now.

Great post. If all these self-styled critics were to do a week on the job in the hood they would have a completely different opinion.