The Myth of Police Protection

[Krugerrand]

bump

About that "Serve and Protect" motto....

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?327509-quot-U-raise-em-we-cage-em.-quot

 

[CCTelander]

///

 

[CCTelander]

///

 

[DamianTV]

This thread would benefit from being stickied, maybe not necessarily in this thread, but I think the information in it is just THAT powerful.

 

[CCTelander]

This thread would benefit from being stickied, maybe not necessarily in this thread, but I think the information in it is just THAT powerful.

I agree. It's been suggested before, but for whatever reason hasn't made it.

 

[noneedtoaggress]

bump for sticky.

 

[heavenlyboy34]

Police are above the law, or they are the law, as they are the agents of the ruling class. They scarcely protect citizens because they have no incentives to. They get paid one way or another as their relationship with citizens obviously is not voluntary, and their departments have no competition. Would you feel the need to go off and fight real crime under such conditions? No its dangerous, you would be more content to do miscellaneous shit like racking up ticket income from people who commit victimless crimes, like your superiors want you to do. You of course couldn't rock any boats, but you can easily get by just fine as a douche who provides little to no services.

And since the state has a monopoly on law/legislation, in the event of conflict between the state's agents and citizens, it will of course rule in the favor of its agents (even though they might have been the aggressors). A lot of cops get their rocks off pushing people around, we've all witnessed the "jackboot" psychology as Alex Jones would say. Just as democracy attracts the best liars and people with the least amount of moral scruples to become legislators, I imagine the same can apply to the legislation enforcers. Though of course this is a generalization and there are rare exceptions, the ingredients are all there to produce what can only laughably be called "service and protection" at a high and involuntary rate.

The only thing tugging them along is the need for at least the guise of providing a service, and the slow nagging of the political process. But there is an awful lot of propaganda surrounding the "boys in blue", and people can't imagine things being any other way to begin with.

 

[DamianTV]

I agree. It's been suggested before, but for whatever reason hasn't made it.

It might not be appropriate to sticky in this forum, but another forum I believe it would be ideal to sticky. I'd suggest the "Individual Rights & Liberties" thread because the threat that the police pose to the public is much more of a problem than most people think it is. And so is the assumption that if you call the police, they have to help you, when in fact, too many times, the exact opposite has happened, in sometimes lethal conditions for the people calling for help.

Police Protection is NOT a Right. Its not even Guaranteed. People need to know what is a Right and what is Not a Right, and thus, my strong recommendation for a sticky.

 

[CCTelander]

Another bump for continued relevance.

 

[CCTelander]

It might not be appropriate to sticky in this forum, but another forum I believe it would be ideal to sticky. I'd suggest the "Individual Rights & Liberties" thread because the threat that the police pose to the public is much more of a problem than most people think it is. And so is the assumption that if you call the police, they have to help you, when in fact, too many times, the exact opposite has happened, in sometimes lethal conditions for the people calling for help.

Police Protection is NOT a Right. Its not even Guaranteed. People need to know what is a Right and what is Not a Right, and thus, my strong recommendation for a sticky.

I really wish someone would take your recommendation to heart. It would save having to bump this puppy all the time!

 

[squarepusher]

 

[CCTelander]

lulz! Awesome pic!

 

[CCTelander]

bump

 

[DamianTV]

Bump. Hell, this thread ought to be Stickied somewhere...

 

[Anti Federalist]

Bump.

 

[DamianTV]

Seriously people, if you havent read this thread, read it from Post #1.

...

Government, AT ANY LEVEL, has no positive duty to protect your life, liberty, or property. They tell you flat out, if you bother to look, that this is the case.

 

[John F Kennedy III]

I see a lot of threads regarding police and their actions lately, so I thought this information might explain a few things. At the very least, it's good to know.

This is excerpted from one of my previous posts.

Disgusting? Yes. Surprising? No.

 

[John F Kennedy III]

Thread should be stickied on front page

 

[DamianTV]

Agree. Vote for Sticky!

 

[phill4paul]

Agree. Vote for Sticky!