This might be controversial, but the police officers that
continue to protest and revolt against New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio
should be fired for insubordination and failure to perform their duties. I read an interesting article recently (linked
below) that basically stated that the actions of the protesting members of the
NYPD serve as a direct threat to democracy and as yet another example of how
law enforcement officers seek the same level of respect afforded to members of
the armed services without any of the responsibilities and duties that come
with the position. The article speaks to
how law enforcement and their supporters continually fail to understand the
rationale of many of the protests that have occurred throughout the country;
the rationale that protestors are not against the police, but are against an unfair
justice system that permits law enforcement officials to demand adherence to
demands and authorities that they themselves fail to adhere to.
In the article, the writer makes an interesting parallel
between military and police in that despite personal feelings of disagreement
between the individual serviceman and his Commander-in-Chief; one would never
see such a blatant act of protest during the course of an official
military-related event much less a funeral.
And if one did see such an act, then one could be assured that such
actions would never be publicly condoned by any of the protestors’
superiors. The fact that law enforcement
officials continue to view themselves above the very laws they are sworn to
uphold is absurd and the belief of their supporters that their actions are
always just in spite of evidence to the contrary is borderline delusional.
Look, I am law abiding citizen with a immense amount of
respect for the law, but strict adherence to the commands of overzealous law
enforcement authorities simply because they wear a badge is just wrong. I am American and as such, I am afforded
certain rights that have been afforded to me by the state and simply because an
police officer may feel threatened or may hold preconceived prejudices about me
or minorities in general (I am an Asian-American) does not mean my rights get
trampled upon and I get shot and they get off because the prosecutor does not
have the gall to pursue justice or my character is assassinated by others (i.e.
– the media). And yes, I realize (1)
Asian Americans do not stand at the same level of other minority groups because
of certain preconceived perceptions and (2) I have sort of trailed away into a
wholly different topic.
Anyways, here is the link to the article I’ve been referring
to: http://thefederalist.com/2014/12/31/the-nypds-revolt-is-a-direct-threat-to-democracy/. It should be noted that this particular
article is rather striking in the fact that it is written by an individual that
I would normally have no desire to be linked to due to our normally opposing
political viewpoints, but it is an interesting that despite political
difference some injustices are beyond partisan lines.
