Colin Kaepernick can stand for the national anthem now.
Same with Eric Reid, Jeremy Lane, Megan Rapinoe, and whomever else doesn’t stand when the NFL season kicks off this Thursday.
Did I solve the racial issues in this country?
Eh.
Not exactly. I am pretty sure those will be around for a while, mostly
because no one is having an honest conversation. Everyone gets
defensive, no one is self-reflective enough to deal with their own
faults, they would rather deal with everyone else’s. It’s easier that
way. Not very effective, but easier.
A Little Perspective
What would you do with an NBA player that shot the ball in the wrong hoop to lose a championship?
Want him fired.
How about a baseball player that couldn’t hit in the biggest games of his career (like A-Rod)?
Want him fired.
Let’s get a little more serious.
How about a doctor that amputates the wrong leg? Removes the wrong kidney? Can’t find the
intestines?
Want him fired.
What about a police officer that doesn’t know the difference, in a high stress situation, between a
Taser and a gun?
Or an officer that doesn’t know the difference between a drill and a gun? A wallet and a gun?
How about one that is not able to decipher between a life and death situation, and one that is manageable?
You should want them fired.
You shouldn’t want them working with you.
But they are still on the job.
Even
if they aren’t determined to be criminal acts (and I am not sure how,
especially with the standards they place on everyone else, it should be
even higher for trained law enforcement), they should at least be
determined to be detrimental to the safety of the public and their team
of officers.
At least.
So……
Why Are Officers Supporting Bad Officers?
I have no idea.
Even
if they don’t care about the people they kill (and I am sure they do),
why would you want someone out on patrol with you that can’t determine
the severity of a situation? Or a weapon? Or a toy? Or a “threatening
move”?
In any other profession, if you did something, or judged something wrong, and a person died, you would get fired.
Why is it not the same standard for police?
I
think it should be even higher. They are trained. On top of that, it’s
their job. They are technically professional safety evaluators. When
they evaluate a situation as unsafe, they fix it. But if their
evaluation is off, things can get very ugly, very fast.
It
should be simple. Why? Because you are either able to do your job
correctly or not. Just like any other profession, when you can’t do it,
you are not allowed to do it anymore.
A little breakdown:
If it was a wallet and you thought it was a gun, you’re fired.
If the person had no weapon in their pocket when you claimed they were reaching for one, you’re fired.
If the video shows the guy staggering away from you when you said they were coming towards you, you’re fired.
Not your Taser, your gun? Fired.
Holding a drill, not a gun? Fired.
If you put a guy in a chokehold to subdue the individual, and they die, you are fired.
Don’t secure a criminal in the back of your van and they die? Fired.
See? Isn’t this easy?
Even if it is not criminal, it is negligent to have a person like that on the force.
It’s
not fair to the large percentage (and you will see my stats further
below) of officers that are able
to do their jobs correctly.
Is It Training?
Kaep
said you need more training to do make-up than be a cop, and that’s why
there are so many unjustified police shootings. That may be true if you
only look at hours, but it’s the quality of the training, not the
training time that counts.
A little perspective:
There
are 900,000 uniformed officers in the US. On average (and please keep
in mind I am only going on high profile cases) there are 5 “unjust”
police shootings a year. This is an average over the last 3 years. Most
of those people getting shot were done so by a single officer. It’s not
like the whole police force shot a dude.
What does that mean?
5 % 900,000 = 0.000005% of cops shoot someone unjustly.
That’s a pretty good stat.
As long as you are not the person getting killed I mean. They 100% died.
You know what that means?
Not
only does the training seem to be pretty good, but it means that all of
this mess is because the police officers and their unions in the
different states and counties around the country are holding on to the
bottom 0.000005% of cops.
What does THAT mean?
0.000005% of the cops cause 99.999% of the problems, and they are holding on to them.
I got 99 problems……..
Pardon Me Officer, But Why?
Why do you want these s*** cops next to you on patrol?
You want them protecting your family?
You want them making a life or death decision with your life on the line?
Why?
What are you thinking?
Is it a stressful job? Hell yes, that’s why only certain people can do it. These 0.000005% are not those people.
Time to say bye bye!!
But why aren’t you doing it?
You think a military patrol is going to keep a loose canon out there in the middle of a war?
Hell
no. Why? Because every situation has the potential to be a life or
death situation. Why would you want someone who can’t handle it out
there with you?
It’s
the same thing with officers. Every traffic stop could be your last.
Every call could be your last.
Every day could be your last.
Sounds like a horrible job, but God bless you for doing it.
With
all that on the line every time you put that shield on, why would you
want to risk it with someone who is not good at their job?
There are nice jobs elsewhere. Wish them good luck, then get a partner that isn’t going to mess you up.
If you can’t do the job, you CAN’T do the job.
Is that such a crazy statement?
I think it makes perfect sense, especially with the severity of the job.
We
aren’t talking about burger flippers here. I need to check the fatality
rate on that, but I can’t imagine it being that high. I mean, it’s high
for the consumers, but not the flippers.
There
are not many bad cops statistically. 0.000005% is a pretty darn good
number. So why let that small group pull down the other 895,000.
That just seems INSANE to me.
Yes
it sucks getting fired, but not as bad as dying because they are not
good at their job. Not as bad as protests in every major city, officers
on high alert all over the country, and even more of a division between
the badge and the people they are serving and protecting. All for what? A
few s*** cops?
Crunch the numbers.
Let them go.
Bye bye bad cops.
A toy, a wallet, a drill, nothing, walking towards me, Taser, whatever, you are fired.
Problem solved.
Kaepernick can stand.
The police force will be 0.000005% better throughout the country.
And
we can rest assure that the police take it seriously when one of their
own is not up to the job.
That they really do want to protect and serve
US, not just protect and serve their jobs.
