The emotional aftershocks from the nation’s recent spate of fatal shootings by and of police intensified Monday, with the Dallas police chief revealing that he and his family have received death threats ever since a gunman killed five officers there last week.
On the eve of a memorial service for those slain officers, Chief David Brown turned highly personal at a news briefing, speaking of the toll the violence is taking on his department.
“We’re all on edge,’’ he said. “My brain is fried. I’m running on fumes. . . . We’re asking cops to do too much in this country.’’
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Cops aren't your momma.
ReplyDeleteThey just have to deal with momma's 6 children, who never saw their father and many don't even know who that might be.
When "momma" lets her 10 year old kid hang out on the corner at 1am, looks the other way when their kid buys $200 tennis shoes (and doesn't have a job), and doesn't know a single teachers name, the police can't fix THAT.
The only time momma ever goes to the school is to find out the name of the teacher who was mean to her kid and wants to scream threatening insults at the teacher who stopped her kid from stabbing another GOOD student.
The police can't fix that, either.
When momma tells her kids to go throw rocks at police, or drop a cinder block on their head, or throw firebombs at police, or block traffic (stopping people who WORK and pay their rent), or take sniper shots at the police, well, they might be able to fix that.
Better be ready.
Its going to get real, real soon.
Cheerleaders, keep on cheering.