Hmmm, I'd like to see the crime statistics before and after this shortage.
this post was submitted on 19 Feb 2024
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Is this just political theater or is this guy planning to recruit brownshirts into the police force?
This is somehow reminiscent of how the nazis came to power, including the milktoast reporting by mainstream media. If they continue to inject their brand of fascists into the system they'll slowly gain more and more power and win.
I think this is an issue across America. My law enforcement friends comment on the recruiting issues and the reduced response times.
They could also be manufacturing the crisis and then taking advantage of this. Like mobbing the good cops to leave and then to be able to say "crisis!" and recruit more fascist cops.
Ahhh I'm just kidding there are no god cops and these guys aren't that smart ;)
If a secret must be kept by thousands of people then it's not a secret for very long, imo. I don't think these efforts are concerted.
It doesn't take smarts to follow orders. We're primates - monkey see, monkey do - and even an idiot will have heard of "manufactured scarcity" by this point. I wouldn't write off the evil inherent in and enabled by the system so easily if I were you.
For sure, those with money can hire the smartest sociopaths to create amazing strategies. I didn't want to outright spout off a conspiracy theory, but see if there is any investigation showing some kind of organized takeover of the police.
This is somehow reminiscent of how the nazis came to power,
Yep we are in the middle of a full on fascist surge, and the reprehensibles are gathering their troops. It's going to get really bad soon and no one seems interested in actually addressing this.
Don't worry I am sure the 2A amendment crowd will protect us.
Just because we are pro 2A does not mean we have any obligation to defend you. I have no intention of risking my life or the lives of my family to save others. My firearms are there to protect me and my family.
You have the same rights available to ensure your own safety. If you choose not to take agency for your own safety then that choice and its consequences are yours and yours alone.
I'm sure you're neighbors will appreciate your well reasoned choice to ignore them and they totally won't firebomb your house and take the guns from your toasty warm hands.
Your logic seems very flawed.
- They currently don’t know I have guns.
- If a situation arises where guns are needed, I am equipped to survive (hence the guns), while they are not (I.E. No guns).
- If it is eventually known that I have guns the remaining fearful wounded neighbors probably won’t want to attack a someone who has guns and neutralized a threat which they could not.
But it is better to have many guns and not need them, than have no guns and need one. I would encourage my neighbors to buy guns so everyone was prepared.
Seems ridiculous.
Hmm, I wonder why no one wants to be a pig? 🤔
Nobody wants to be a pig, or live in Louisiana.
Even if you want to be the one good cop and arrest the bad ones, you cannot. It's illegal to be a good person and a cop both, so no good person would want to be a cop.
High risk, and everybody hates you. Fuck that shit.
Though not as high risk as being a logger, a fishing worker, a pilot, a roofer, a general construction worker, any job driving a car or semi, any agricultural laborer, and certain types of maintenance work, among a few others.*
Granted, but cops are dangerous within their own hierarchy. They have a clubhouse mentality that people definitely need to fit in or death could be an outcome.
I don't think the risk is as high as they perceive it to be and that seems to be a huge issue
Maybe they should look at reducing crime from the start, instead of just attacking it after its already underway. Better schooling and other social programs, maybe? Give people people enough prosperity so that they'll have something they want to protect, instead of having nothing to lose.
Not profitable. They need more slaves for the Angola ~~Plantation~~ Prison.
Nah dawg gotta feed that slave labor machine
I would suggest they go hand in hand. It's not a sucker's choice.
Happy, healthy, educated people not scrapping for money don't rob the gas station nearly as often. Supporting those issues decreases crime directly and would make for a scenario where less officers are needed.
Nasty ass teleprompter
I thought Louisiana had a surplus of pigs
The shortage is real despite how he's trying to play political theater with it.
Washed up cops like to set up shop in Louisiana thinking no one will see their backgrounds and then get fired once their terrible demeanor is exposed. Some Police Chiefs are also corrupt so it's hard for them to keep the good workers.
And all of that is before some of them get arrested for crimes themselves. It's a shit show.