Louisiana Sen. Kennedy was just on the Tucker Carlson show. You should have heard what he said about some BS that AOC said about police. He said something like it "is hard to believe somebody reaches her age and believes such drivel." He lays out a number of other typical comical things that he is great at, and finishes by saying that "jellyfish have survived millions of years without a brain."

commies disguised as SJWs

If we defund all police departments, and crime goes wild, then I suppose the government will say we need a National Police Department. And, of course, that would mean that no citizens need weapons of any type. Like I said, hide grandpa’s old Model 97 Winchester, just in case.

Buy more bullets, bad days are coming. Kinda like Bad Moon Rising, but worse.

We just need to look back in history to answer that question, back when some states were still territory's. The town folk would get together and handle problems themselves, Vigilante justice was swift and brutal, your basic outlaw feared the vigilante justice far more than he did established law and order. There's a lot of tree's out there and a lot of problems left hanging from them.

In reality I see something worse happening. We've seen a glimpse or two of it in the past and fixing to see it again in Minneapolis. a federal investigation into a police department. There's nothing the Federal Government and those on the left would like more than to Federalize all law enforcement in the US. This puts them at street level in every state and street in the US.

This one I've been preaching for years, it's the 800 lb Gorilla.

Heard an interview yesterday from a Chicago Officer who pretty much said the same thing. It's a double edged sword.

Sorry but I'm not putting teachers in the same category as law enforcement.

It’s easier and much more convenient to blame the gun rather than the nut wielding it.

LAPD must curtail use of “less lethal” rounds, court says. A U.S. District Court judge in California granted a preliminary injunction to Black Lives Matter protesters who sued the police department for using projectiles against crowds during demonstrations on multiple occasions in the last year. More from The Trace: Experts told us last June that less lethal weapons can still kill and were likely to escalate conflict, and numerous protesters across the country have sued police for injuries related to the firing of the projectiles.

They just can't win.

There would definitely be some of that, but the big fly in the ointment is the fact our society as a whole doesn't have the spine to "take care of business" anymore. I think the people who did have the stones to do what needed to be done would be such a small percentage of the country that they would be looked at as the lunatic fringe of society. The vast majority of the country would be run by the criminals.

The federalization of local law enforcement

Just a small part of the article.



https://www.police1.com/patrol-issu...-local-law-enforcement-qTg3rQeVcDWOyAJL/

You just told them.

Not much different than the American Revolution, only about 45% supported it and far less of them fought in it, many in this country took arms with the Brit's. Those with the stones won't be winning any popularity contests. Look at the percentage of Americans who join the military every year, it hovers at just over 1 percent. Some say only 3 percent of the colonies took part in the Revolution, I personally think that number is larger.

Horse lover myself.

Yep, totally agree. It's easy and fun to think about hypothetical scenarios but it is totally different when you are facing it for real and there is no help coming.

Good morning, Bulletin readers. A day after the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, the U.S. attorney general launched a federal investigation in policing, previewing one of the Biden administration’s key reform goals. That story and more, in your Thursday roundup.— Tom Kutsch, newsletter editor
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DOJ launches civil rights investigation into Minneapolis police misconduct. Such investigations were all but abandoned during the Trump administration, and last summer ex-AG Bill Barr declined to call for one in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder. “Yesterday's verdict in the state criminal trial does not address potentially systemic policing issues in Minneapolis,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in his announcement. The mayor and all but one member of the Minneapolis City Council released statements praising the probe. Looking forward: If a pattern and practice investigation reveals widespread systemic failures and abuses in policing, it can lead to a consent decree whereby the federal government and a local police department agree on a series of reforms. Garland last week overturned a Trump administration near-ban on consent decrees, which the Obama DOJ utilized on 14 occasions, including in Baltimore, Chicago, and Ferguson, Missouri.

Understanding the generational divide in community violence outreach. In a recent must-read interview, Marlon Peterson, a staunch critic of the criminal justice system, offers his vision of a reimagined public safety system. It’s a fascinating look at the progressive end of the police reform debate, but also offers a unique perspective on how community-led violence programs — and the people who run them — age. Peterson helped launch a New York chapter of Cure Violence, perhaps the most visible national intervention program in the U.S., which deploys outreach workers to de-escalate street conflicts:
On the need to rebrand: “I also think Cure Violence has to be aware that it needs to be able to constantly rebrand itself. When I came home a decade ago, Cure Violence was cool. After a while, you just some old dudes, and it's not as effective. It doesn’t speak to what young people are dealing with now … That's another reason why violence interrupters need to be able to be moved up and out into other and bigger things.”
Columbus leaders, advocates question need for fatal use of force against 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant. The teenager was involved in a violent encounter with other girls, leading to a 911 call about an attempted stabbing. A responding officer shot her four times within seconds of arriving on the scene. Officer body-worn camera video was released, but family members and other leaders are questioning the use of force. “We must push for a new culture in Columbus where guns are not the final answer to every threat,” read a statement from the city council president. “Was it necessary to shoot? Couldn’t officers have used another option to defuse and de-escalate?” said the president of the Columbus Urban League.

Yep! Thinking you know what you'll do and having to find out what you'll do is two different stories.

I graduated with several friends who became teachers. I have several family members who are teachers. I don't believe they are under paid at all. I don't think any of the ones i know feel under paid. Naturally if you wanted to pay them more for the same job they would take it. I know here on the THF we all make bank LOL but consulting statistics from the census bureau etc. teachers aren't so bad off. None of the ones I know work for a tiny school district in west/north/BFE Texas either though.

If we are going to live our lives "like the old west" which I assume is based on movies since none of us are old enough to be from the "old west", you will be holding your life in the palm of your hand every time you have a confrontation with another individual. I dont want that, ive got a lot i want to live for. I dont want to have a traffic accident and have it settled by the fastest draw at 40 paces... but then again it would likely be great for population control.

Long live the popo.

In the scenario so described, you will learn to avoid people

We already have some of that going on in society, it is called road rage.

When I was 8 my great grandfather said it was way worse than movies portrayed the old west. He said there were killings on the streets and no one was called out. They just walked up and shot. The original lawmen were usually criminals themselves as were\are politicians. He said it took criminals to catch criminals and liars to make people think it was alright to give in to politics. I can't say all lawmen are bad and I can't say they are all good but without them things could be worse.

Without the thin blue line, thuggery will dominate

Imagine what road rage would be without the consequences we now have.