So some man down in Texas was stopped by a 72 year old greeter at Walmart and told he needed to pay for his case of gatorade. The man then punched him in the face hard enough to make him pass out. The attacker is out on $1000 dollars bail for the crime of "injuring the elderly". No charges of theft from Walmart.

So if you're a greeter and someone steals something, if Walmart isn't going to press charges anyway, why try and stop them? What are you getting beat up for?

https://abc7chicago.com/man-punches-72-year-old-walmart-greeter-in-the-face/5352865/

 

72 police officers have been placed on "administrative leave" in Philadelphia because of their anti-Muslim posts on *social media*. I wonder if the city is more or less safe with 72 less police officers on duty as a result.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/philadel...igation-anti-muslim-racist-social-media-posts

 

I wasn't aware that "Muslim" was a race.

And just so I understand your POV, if a police officer said something like "those Muslims in the Middle east are killing each other again, it seems like that's all they ever do" - they should be removed from the police force?

 

Next time you post make sense and people won't misunderstand you. "Muslim" not being a race is important. You can tell by looking at someone if they are black, white, Asian, etc., you can NOT tell what religion they are. IOW, a police officer's making jokes or whatever about Muslims or Catholics or whatever to their friends on social media doesn't immediately show them to be a bad police officer that ought to be removed.

LOL, I'm sure you disagree. Better to have NO cops out there, right?

 

So judging by their police commissioner, are you saying the police are anti-white racists in Philly?




My point is that Philly has just taken over a percent of their police officers off the street for things they said in their social media accounts, NOT because of their behavior on the job. Add in people taking vacation, etc., that's going to be felt in the city. Is it worth it?

Did any of these cops actually DO anything bad while on the job? Not that we've heard of. I know if I called the police in Philly and no one showed up, I'd be pretty upset. I think I'd rather have someone show up who didn't like me than no one at all -but that's just me.

 

If someone is spewing "frothing at the mouth" -type hatred, then "yes" they should be removed. Is that what all these people were doing?

Or were they cracking ethnic jokes, dark humor, etc.? P.C sensitivity is great and all, but if someone's job is literally putting their life on the line on a daily basis, I'd think they should be cut a little slack. IMO, it's better to let them vent in this fashion than to have them drinking, taking it out on their families, etc.

Oh, and on the cop showing up, I wouldn't be CALLING the police unless there was something bad happening to me, so I'd rather have *someone* show up than no one. Wouldn't YOU?

 

If they were saying things in uniform on the police website, they should be shown the door.

I also agree in the sense that they should have "known better" than to believe they could express themselves on their own time and not have it come back to them.

LOL, I am sad that what living in a "free country" means at this point is "say things anonymously and hope you don't get caught". I'd bet our founders would have trouble differentiating America today from the USSR.

 

Yes, I'm sure that after spending 30 years dealing with the end results of meth addiction, homicides, rapes, domestic abuse, etc., he's EXTREMELY shocked, outraged, and offended about some cop posting about Muslims.

Heck, I'd bet that in comparison, that cop's posting is keeping him up at night!

 

The Supreme Court says the WWI "Peace Cross" can stay. BTW, it was a 7-2 decision in case some of you want to blame it on Kavanaugh.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/20/politics/supreme-court-maryland-world-war-i-memorial-cross/index.html

 

Yep. Pretty silly. OTOH, at least they aren't killing people or blowing up buildings because of it.