One of the primary roles of government is the safety of its people. =========== WSJ 8/18/2016 Richard Nixon, law and order’s most famous practitioner, used the reality of domestic unrest to defeat Hubert Humphrey in the annus horribilis, 1968. President George W. Bush persuaded voters in 2004 that John Kerry would provide uncertain leadership in the post-9/11 war on terror. Donald Trump, always willing... Read more
Archive for the ‘Policing’ Category
Chicago: The Wild, Wild West
June 16 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Obama, Party Politics, Policing, The LeftWell, you asked for it. Be thankful. ============= WSJ 6/16/2016 By Heather Mac Donald Someone was shot in Chicago every 150 minutes during the first five months of 2016. Someone was murdered every 14 hours, and the city saw nearly 1,400 nonfatal shootings and 240 fatalities from gunfire. Over Memorial Day weekend, 69 people were shot, nearly one an hour, topping the previous year’s... Read more
Please, Don’t Confuse Me With Facts
February 15 | Posted by mrossol | Democrat Party, Law, Party Politics, Policing, RacismI’m sure Bernie and Hillary will help get the facts out in the open soon. ======== WSJ 2/12/2016 By Heather Mac Donald A television ad for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign now airing in South Carolina shows the candidate declaring that “too many encounters with law enforcement end tragically.” She later adds: “We have to face up to the hard truth of injustice and systemic... Read more
Hiding the Rise of Violent Crime
December 26 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Law, Party Politics, Policing, The LeftNot getting the attention it needs to get. I’m disappointed, though not surprised, that the Obama administration as well as many on the Left do not want to have a more open discussion. Where is the Reverend Jesse Jackson? Where is Al Sharpton? Where is Eric Holder? ===== By Heather Mac Donald Dec. 25, 2015 1:09 p.m. WSJ Murders and shootings have spiked in... Read more
Cops are doing their Job.
April 22 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, PolicingProbably not “news worthy enough”. =========== Day in and day out, the great majority of cops do their job the right way. April 19, 2015 5:17 p.m. From host Bob Schieffer’s weekly commentary for CBS ’s “Face the Nation,” April 19: The best training to be a reporter or anything else is to work the police beat, because every story you cover is the worst... Read more
If Black Lives Really Mattered…
January 6 | Posted by mrossol | Abortion, Obama, Policing, RacismHow many African Americans can name the Sheriff in question? ====== I do like Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke. He speaks his mind and leaves no doubt as to what he means. In an interview during Christmas week on CNN with Poppy Harlow, Clarke gave a special message to those protesting police officers under the banner of “Black lives matter.” Clarke said... Read more
