It's Kurt[Townhall] As conservatives, we pride ourselves on our unwavering support of the Thin Blue Line, on backing our cops against leftist slander, and yet stupid and evil people in law enforcement are putting that default thumbs-up from normal Americans at risk. It's bad enough when we watch the ridiculous spectacle of Deputy Karren and Deputy Man-Karen yelling at some mom for committing felony play-dating, but then we see how the FBI has flat-out framed political enemies and it's too much. If the LEO community does not police its own ranks and stamp out this nonsense, it might as well take all the goodwill it has earned over the years, douse it in cheap gasoline, and set it on fire.
A big chunk of society, mostly on the left, detests the police. It would be a really poor idea to convert the right to that point of view too. But that's where these trends lead.
Here's the thing - we normals respect our police not merely because they have badges and funny hats but because they take personal risks to protect us from those who would violate our rights. Usually, these violators are criminals. But the category of "People who violate our rights" also includes political hacks and bureaucratic petty fascists. And we reasonably expect to be protected from those creeps too.
"But we might get suspended or fired!" is the response. Well, yeah. That's correct. And that's immaterial.
We flat-out expect cops to run into gunfire to save lives, cowards like that Florida slug aside, just like we expect firemen to run into burning houses. If doing that stuff was easy and safe, they would not get respect and be honored. See, that's the deal. They get pay and prestige, honor and respect, because they do things other people can't or won't for the good of the community. It's like soldiers - the troops don't get thanked for their service because their job is kick-back and safe.
So, we can surely expect them to pushback when some tool with sergeant's stripes or chief stars tells them to oppress us.
For those LEOs who are confused:
When someone tells you to tackle people for misdemeanor failure to social distance, we expect you to say "No."
When someone tells you to fly drones around scolding citizens, we expect you to say "No."
When someone tells you to walk through a church parking lot taking down plate numbers, we expect you to say "No."
When someone tells you to roll the SWAT team, with a complete with a Keystone Kop sniper up top, to confront the peril of a bunch of people protesting to reopen business, we expect you to say "No."
When someone tells you to hassle Jews for praying, we expect you to say "No."
We've seen all these things happen or be threatened since the bat stew virus infected the Bill of Rights, perhaps fatally. And these atrocities have to stop.
Good rest of opinion piece at link. And check the linked sources they have.