Iris lilies, how are things in your hood?

[bae]

You can't save anyone if you are dead and they had to take their safety into consideration.

"Everyone Goes Home" - not just pretty words.

[jp1]

I think in Failed America, everyone in a uniform of whatever sort is viewed as The Man.

True that. And once the people in uniforms realize that they're just pawns in The Man's game of conquest and stop acting on his behalf the failure will be complete. The only way to avoid that ending will be if we can change things so that our politicians are no longer bought and paid for by those with the most speech (money) and actually act on behalf of the majority of the electorate.

[flowerseverywhere]

Bae, I looked up that site. Great info as to what first responders face.

[Tammy]

I worked as a psych nurse in a large regional jail for a few years. One of the hardest lessons was not responding to a medical code until security cleared us to enter the cell block.

[gimmethesimplelife]

And the plot continues to thicken.....Turns out a cop in Illinois lost his badge (I don't know the status of his pension benefits) for posting on Facebook that Darren Wilson did a favor to society by shooting Michael Brown.....This is the kind of mentality I am talking about in the police that causes my neighborhood to live in terror of the police. Combine this mentality with a gun and the results are not always going to be good both for innocent victims or for local police departments causing multi-million dollar settlements for their over the top and illegal behavior. There is no excuse for this man posting such on Facebook nor should he EVER have been in uniform nor should be draw a pension. I can only hope that activists take this situation and give it the attention it so richly deserves. Good news is that more and more trash such as this in police departments seems to be being revealed lately, I can only hope such continues and I do believe there is no turning back the thirst for vengeance persons victimized feel against the police via huge lawsuit settlements. At least there is some sanity entering the equation here and it is about time.....Rob

[Alan]

And the plot continues to thicken.....

I really don't believe there is a plot.

There is no excuse for this man posting such on Facebook nor should he EVER have been in uniform nor should be draw a pension. I can only hope that activists take this situation and give it the attention it so richly deserves.

Do you hold others to the same standard or is it only anyone associated with the police? What should we do about the thousands of death threats made in social media against the police officer and his family? Should activists gather together and work to have each and every party to those threats fired and their assets seized? Should you be penalized financially for continuing to stir the pot? Where do you draw the line?

[bae]

Post to Facebook, lose your pension for ThoughtCrime.

Rob's World is a delightful place. I hope he gets to live in it soon!

[LDAHL]

Where is all this pension envy coming from?

[ApatheticNoMore]

Where is all this pension envy coming from?

Who wouldn't like to have a pension? But the baby boomers were the last who ever had one other than working for the government. So yea they are lucky to have them. But since that's almost noone these days: back to reality, oops there goes gravity ...

[bae]

Where is all this pension envy coming from?

Blend in a healthy dose of glee at "large settlements", sprinkle with "thirst for vengeance", stir in some "lasting economic damage" and finish with a little "terror of bankruptcy", and you have Rob's World, where neighbors never call the police except maybe to fill out insurance forms, and community policing rules the day (along with community firefighting, and community EMS services, as nobody will bother showing up anymore to a call, even from a crowd-sourced social justice cell phone network.)

Behold the future:

http://www.digitaltrends.com/photogr...ay-of-detroit/