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Originally Posted by SnowWanderer
Wow... with that attitude, I suspect you think prosecuting the Buffalo, New York murderer now in the news, is not a good thing! You don't think enforcing the law is necessary?
Maybe truckers should ignore red lights and just barrel through intersections with their 80,000 pound rigs.
Maybe everyone should just remove their license plates... the car thieves will love you for it!
Perhaps victims of crime should carry out their own punishment after catching the criminal who violated them.... hopefully it's the right criminal.
Having zipped more people into body bags than I care to remember, I can say with absolute certainty that law enforcement is necessary. There are evil, criminal, ignorant and foolish people among us. Society needs a way to address and hold accountable those who violate the law. Without it, there would be utter chaos in the streets.
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I regret that I have not mastered the art of sarcasm when communicating online. You and I most certainly are singing from the same hymnal, Snow Wanderer.
(1) I grew up 4 blocks from the Tops Supermarket you referred to and was in Buffalo in that neighborhood for the riots in the mid-1960's also in that neighborhood.
(2) I spent the early part of my career working in emergency rooms in Buffalo and later in Washington DC and Indiana. I zipped my share of body bags, many for the victims of intoxicated drivers or other criminal behavior.
(3) I've worked closely with law enforcement and in senior levels of the executive branch of state government, where I had responsibility for enforcing state laws.
My intent was to sarcastically challenge those who strongly react to being inconvenienced on rare occasions when a LEO is simply doing the job we ask them to do. Yes, officers sometimes misuse the power we give them, particularly when they stop people for DWB. But that is a separate problem society needs to continuously monitor and address.
Thank you, Snow Wanderer, for they service you obviously provided to keeping society safe. I understand why you would respond strongly to my comment. I, too, am troubled by the erosion of courtesy, increased roadway aggression, and disregard for motor vehicle laws that our elected representatives have passed and our public servants are tasked with enforcing.
Safe travels,