Ann is right about the intimidation factor on the part of law enforcement being so necessary...when it's 3AM and you make that 911 call because you're having trouble in your life, what you want is a cop sized like a linebacker who fills the doorway and is carrying a big shotgun. That's what you want as a crime victim and that's what the public needs when the cops are out taking down noncompliant criminals. The average street thug is just going to laugh at a petite female cop or an alphabet/diversity hire who speaks/acts like Richard Simmons. So much of police work is psychological and street trash will simply not respect anything other than a big MAN with a weightlifter's arms. Anything less than that will cause the interaction to rapidly escalate, and when a female cop thinks that she's about to be overpowered she has few options other than drawing her service pistol.
As is frequently the case, what Ann says isn't politically correct, but reality doesn't care about political correctness. The reality of the streets is that the trash will respond to physical size, meaningful language and the obvious ability to easily and instantly knock them into the next county with their fists...that's it.
Ann, excellent commentary. I hope you do more like this. I am inside this business (but not law enforcement) and I can tell you that the reason cities make absurdly large financial settlements is because they -- very rightly -- fear getting even larger and more absurd awards by Floyd fans and woke idiot jurors -- like some of the commenters here - who can't wait to demonstrate their "virtue".
I was involved in an "unarmed" black man officer-involved shooting case in which the bad guy's mother got her ex-con son a pistol, rented him a car and sent him out to finally do something positive (for her).
Any real examination of these police shootings will show that if the suspect did not resist, he would not have been shot, etc. No resistance = no shooting.
Uvalde Texas cops are disgusting. They stood in hallway doing nothing for an hour while children were shot, screamed and over the hour they bled to death. Governor Abbott was proud of these unprofessional low life non-cops. Can you imagine being armed, children are shot and killed and you can hear them scream and Uvalde cops sit there with their finger somewhere but on a trigger.
How about the woman officer who mistook her gun for a taser and shot and killed the driver She was as aggressive as a male police officer. So aggressive officers do stupid things, both male and female police. Do you agree the city should pay the estate for the drivers death? What do you think about the civil rights violation and settlement payment?
Girl cops should be limited in the same way front line military assignments are restricted. Make women K9 officers, intel, plainclothes whatever. But to put them on the street with violent offenders is ridiculous.
I love how it's liberals themselves who keep telling everyone not to trust the police. "Whatever you say", I reply, shoving my pistol into my shoulder holster.
Ok one thing - I can't remember even one time a cop made me drive to the station for an expired registration and I'm always late getting mine renewed. So exactly how expired were this Yale professor's tags?
Ann is mostly wrong about police. Many are sadistic and brutal. Thereby unprofessional. The bad cops create liability for cities. There are many bad cops but there are also many hard working very good cops.
Only bad and brutal and unprofessional cops create liability for cities, states and the uS
Ann is right about the intimidation factor on the part of law enforcement being so necessary...when it's 3AM and you make that 911 call because you're having trouble in your life, what you want is a cop sized like a linebacker who fills the doorway and is carrying a big shotgun. That's what you want as a crime victim and that's what the public needs when the cops are out taking down noncompliant criminals. The average street thug is just going to laugh at a petite female cop or an alphabet/diversity hire who speaks/acts like Richard Simmons. So much of police work is psychological and street trash will simply not respect anything other than a big MAN with a weightlifter's arms. Anything less than that will cause the interaction to rapidly escalate, and when a female cop thinks that she's about to be overpowered she has few options other than drawing her service pistol.
As is frequently the case, what Ann says isn't politically correct, but reality doesn't care about political correctness. The reality of the streets is that the trash will respond to physical size, meaningful language and the obvious ability to easily and instantly knock them into the next county with their fists...that's it.
Ann, excellent commentary. I hope you do more like this. I am inside this business (but not law enforcement) and I can tell you that the reason cities make absurdly large financial settlements is because they -- very rightly -- fear getting even larger and more absurd awards by Floyd fans and woke idiot jurors -- like some of the commenters here - who can't wait to demonstrate their "virtue".
I was involved in an "unarmed" black man officer-involved shooting case in which the bad guy's mother got her ex-con son a pistol, rented him a car and sent him out to finally do something positive (for her).
Any real examination of these police shootings will show that if the suspect did not resist, he would not have been shot, etc. No resistance = no shooting.
"Unarmed Black man, what they mean is, he dropped his firearm seconds earlier."
The advantage the bad guys will always have over liberal DAs, mayors, and governors: the bad guys don't have to worry about politics.
Ann... you may want to dish out a few less bullseyes in your next post>
You're obliterating the enemy... there'll be nothing left. (I wish)
Uvalde Texas cops are disgusting. They stood in hallway doing nothing for an hour while children were shot, screamed and over the hour they bled to death. Governor Abbott was proud of these unprofessional low life non-cops. Can you imagine being armed, children are shot and killed and you can hear them scream and Uvalde cops sit there with their finger somewhere but on a trigger.
Should change title to: Lies about Unarmed Black persons killed by white cops.
Do you Ann ever respond ro email posting, or do you require a R1,000 payment to respond to posted questions?
Swear words by police are unprofessional. It shows stupidity not macho.
How about the woman officer who mistook her gun for a taser and shot and killed the driver She was as aggressive as a male police officer. So aggressive officers do stupid things, both male and female police. Do you agree the city should pay the estate for the drivers death? What do you think about the civil rights violation and settlement payment?
Wow!!!!!
Girl cops should be limited in the same way front line military assignments are restricted. Make women K9 officers, intel, plainclothes whatever. But to put them on the street with violent offenders is ridiculous.
I love how it's liberals themselves who keep telling everyone not to trust the police. "Whatever you say", I reply, shoving my pistol into my shoulder holster.
Thank you for sharing your perspective Ann.
Ok one thing - I can't remember even one time a cop made me drive to the station for an expired registration and I'm always late getting mine renewed. So exactly how expired were this Yale professor's tags?
I wouldn’t waste 11 minutes on it or even 1!
Ya you wpuld
Now Harold knows how I feel about his newsletter. Lol.
Next time reply in understandable English.
Terrible.
Sorry, you couldn’t figure out the word on your own.
It was so vague as to be meaningless. Did you mean Ann was correct about everything in the world?
Blah blah blah, boring.
Ann is mostly wrong about police. Many are sadistic and brutal. Thereby unprofessional. The bad cops create liability for cities. There are many bad cops but there are also many hard working very good cops.
Only bad and brutal and unprofessional cops create liability for cities, states and the uS
Ann Coulter is correct.