I don't think I can agree with the fact that the NYPD is the biggest mafia in the world. I am much happier having them around keeping many of the savages (black and white) out of the way than not having them at all.
Sure. I get pissed off over a parking ticket that states I'm 6 feet away from a fire hydrant when I'm more than 6 ft away..or a ticket 2 minutes after the ticker expires..but that's the extent of it.
Nevertheless, I would rather have a strong NYPD and a bunch of citizens afraid to piss them off than an ineffective one where criminals and anarchists can get their way.
Dan, there was very little crime in Nazi Germany . The problem with a strong police force and a weakened citizenry (peasantry) stripped of its legal freedoms is that once the police gets too powerful it suddenly becomes a greater enemy than the savages you are talking about. As a matter of fact, the Nazi police probably murdered more Jewish people in 4 years than all the criminals in this country have murdered combined.
I'm not saying I am against a well-trained, well-paid and efficient police force, but a police force is a "civilian" defense unit and they should have no more powers to protect the community then citizens themselves have. It is totally unconstitutional, otherwise. As it stands, New Yorkers are stripped of their constituional freedoms and the NYPD has been more than efficient in enforcing laws that are in fact, illegal to enforce, themselves. What I would like to ask is if our Constitution has any meaning anymore or if it is more or less a piece of decor for the fancy museums in DC?
The NYPD has the worst track record in the country, as well, for inadequate training and for civilian casualties. Just recently another innocent bystander was shot by a police officer
What we need is STRONG CITIZENS not a strong police force to protect our people.
The fact that my tax dollars paid for that police officer to jump and strangle a guy who was accused of selling untaxed cigarettes makes my blood boil. In fact, the guy Eric Garner wasn't even selling cigarettes on that day and he was there to break up a fight. He was being a good Samaritan and the police officers were just there to intimidate him because he was a person known to do this act. His only real crime was resisting arrest for a crime he didn't commit. He should have gotten a pat on the back for breaking up the fight, not been strangled and induced a heart attack.
This, IMO, is a classic representation of an abuse of authority and power and was not uncommon in other societies that have become police states. Police states may have lower crime , but people will eventually live under fear of the authority.