Protest Fatigue

As the protesting and riots in Ferguson Missouri drag on ad nauseum for unknown reasons, the rest of the world becomes tired of it and tunes it out.

The media continues to cover it because nothing else is going on.  As soon as it is no longer covered on TV, the riots will end like crying child who is left alone in a room.

Yes.  We are tired of it.  Yes.  We don’t care anymore.

It is obvious that Michael Brown was a thug and was asking for it.

It is obvious that policeman, Darren Wilson is an apple pie faced, Ritchie Cunningham looking guy who would not intentionally hurt anybody.

Anything more is purely made up for fun.  Give it up protesters.  You’re not fooling anyone.

 

 

Police – Excessive use of deadly force

I’ve written before about the police using excessive or deadly force but it didn’t seem to do any good because it just keeps happening.

I’m not the kind of person to say that the cops are bad but they are obviously overstepping their bounds.  Their job is to “Protect and Serve.”  These things can be done without even possessing a gun.

In the recent example of the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, the police took down a guy with a knife using six bullets.  A little too much?  Yes.  Even a single bullet is too much.   When you bring a gun to a knife fight, it is likely that the gun will win.  If you have to shoot, shoot him in the leg.  Not the head and heart. That’s for War.

It all falls back to the elephant in the room that nobody talks about.  Police are putting their lives way ahead of those whom they serve.  The police are so afraid of the thugs that they feel a hail of bullets is the best choice.  Police are supposed to put their lives on the line to protect even those they are arresting.  Going in with body armor and heavy weaponry may save their own lives but that’s not the goal here and sets up a bad image.

In most cases, the bad guys do not want to kill the police.  They shouldn’t have such a fear.  Yes it will happen sometimes but that’s part of the job.

We need to return to the mentality of Protect and Serve and don’t fear the reaper.  Be nice and don’t act like a pompous ass.

 

Memory – The Kirk View

All this blah-de-blah about this Michael Brown guy and talk of Kurfews reminded me of my childhood.

Occasionally I heard the word, “Kurfew” on the news but didn’t know what it was.  I thought they were saying “Kirk View.”

I figured it meant that it was time to watch Star Trek.