Every night the protesters in Portland march up to the police barricade and insist, beg the police to take a knee. The first night of peaceful protesting both sides took a knee in respect for the dead and each other to demonstrate a mutual agreement that the rioting and damage the night before has no place in honoring George Floyd. Why certain leaders think police should repeat the act every night has little to do with solidarity or peace. Peace is the responsibility of the protesters, not the police. The police are peace keepers.

Protesters then turned to making demands asking for removal of Resource Officers from schools, which the mayor has agreed to. Wait a minute, aren't these the same people that claimed harassment in schools were leading to suicides and they wanted more protections after school shootings? It's good news that suicides aren't an issue anymore and that students and teachers feel safe, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.

Mayor Wheeler claims students have protested from the beginning against having officers in high schools. What teen wants someone watching their behavior? A concern was immediately raised regarding student safety, particularly after a suicide student brought a gun to school.

Democrats nationwide have begun to call for defunding the police. The left has the most destructive platform releasing criminals, protecting criminals in sanctuary cities, opposing the wall, funding abortion, free healthcare for illegals and giving them the right to vote. Destruction of property doesn’t matter because we are their property and they want us to come to them for survival. We are all (liberals and conservatives), being preyed on, black and white and all shades in between.

Criminals with destructive mentalities can’t be reasoned with. Removing the police standing in the divide, won’t cause hardened criminals to be civil. In the 90’s crime was wild in New York City until Mayor Rudy Giuliani implemented “Broken Window.” That program started by stopping the little crimes first. When the small crimes that sucked in juveniles were cleaned up, it stopped the next generation of bigger crimes. But city councils, such as Salem, are discussing defunding police.

We remember the Weather Underground. Their document called Prairie Fire, called for a resistance strategy like we are seeing along with the Black Panthers demanding to get rid of police, mirrors what the Democrat Party is embracing.

Racism is a real thing. We have a troubled history of racism that stains our history. We fight against racism, and individual episodes are becoming fewer over time. But, that’s a problem to those that use racism for power. They are trying to pit us against each other by placing a permanent sense of guilt on us as if we are the problem. All across social media we see people being exploited because they are white forcing them to kneel and confess to being white. Wait until this assumed power shows up in schools and there are no Resource Officers to stop this harassment.

What will you do when unrest happens in your neighborhood? And what will you do when the state legislature vote to confiscate your guns? We are in the majority according to the Breitbart poll, which indicates 16% support defunding police and 65% oppose, and 88% wanted police trained to de-escalate conflicts and the use of force.

What is clear is that the minority protesting is overriding the will of the people. How much are we going to take?


--Donna Bleiler

Post Date: 2020-06-06 08:26:10

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