Is anyone being healed by executing policemen?

...And of course, the 2 cops killed weren't even "white." One was Latino and the other Asian.....

Freedom of the press and freedom of speech is being abused. Sensationalization of the news makes money. Cops are portrayed as evil, and some civilians are victims. If the situation dowsn't fulfill the headline media-hype criteria it is dismissed. Let the 9,999 selfless acts fall to the wayside and take the one act in question determine a race, or organization, or a cause. Headline grabbers and "advocates" come out of the woodworks to line their pockets. Whatever happened to reporting the news instead of creating the news?

My Uncle was one of NY's finest. No bueno!

After being Honorably Discharged from the Marine Corps I was appointed to the NH State Police. It was 1971 that I was appointed as a Trooper and I served the State from 1971 until my retirement in August 1991. During that time, I had the good fortune to do it all. I was a Trooper patrolling the State Highways and eventually being promoted to Detectives on the Major Crime Unit and then as a line Sergeant, supervisor. Back then, we didn't have any cameras watching over us. There were no cell phones and hell, we didn't even have portable radios. We worked alone and that included patrolling the State's highways on the midnight shift. I did not ever worry about anyone attacking me because back then, we were respected. Hell, we demanded that respect and we didn't put up with any bull at all from anyone, no matter what color or who they were.. Most of us were Veterans and we knew how to take acre of ourselves, take orders from our supervisors and used good old common sense . We always called for back-up when we thought we needed it. Back in the 70's and early 80's, yes we had those hard core left wing radical groups, like the United Freedom Front, The Weathermen, Black Panther Party and many more that hated authorities but we had good old fashion intelligence and neighboring States worked together and shared that intelligence information. Sure, we had our usual 10 % of slackers, but that was in any line of civilian life. Those who just did enough to get by. But things started to change and it became very apparent that the job and those who were joining the Force were a different bread. Now instead of Veterans, we were getting college graduates and they all wanted to be the boss because they were educated. Instead of following orders, they started asking that stupid question "why me." "Why do I have to do that?" Well, we had a few of our Troopers getting assaulted during traffic stops and of course, we had some even get shot at. Even in our remote State of NH, we had our encounters with some of these bad ass criminals that tried and did succeed in fatally shooting some of our Troopers, especially on SWAT and domestic calls or just stopping the wrong vehicle. As a cop, you never know who your were stopping but the one being stopped knew that we were the Law. I had the race card pulled on me so many times and every time I did, I told that subject that I didn't care what color he or she was and that they were going to be treated just like everyone else. Now, it seems that the Police today are targets to every radical group and yes, the administration is partly to blame for this. Today, values have changed and their is little respect for anyone in authority, especially the Police. I could go on and on, but I would sound like a broken record. How do we heal, we heal together, together as a Nation and hopefully, good values and respect for authorities, the Police Officer doing his job, will turn around and these atrocious shootings of our Police Officers will someday cease.

"How do we heal after Ferguson?" I think the question is more or less “how can we?” There is a nation-wide movement underway this very day to undermine the efforts for upholding law and order in our country, and the flames have been fanned by the current administration, and others who are self-appointed leaders that call themselves reverend. "To provide for the common defense" as the Preamble to our Constitution says, applies to our military as well as our police force, both nationally and internationally. For the one or two bad cops that make the news weekly, there are thousands of great deeds done daily by these men and women who serve that go unnoticed and unreported. I have the greatest respect and admiration for those who go into tense situations not knowing if they need to draw their weapons or not. One thing I did learn growing up is to respect authority, whether that is your parents, your boss, or the police. If the police have any reason to suspect that you have broken the law, then they will use force to take you down, especially if you resist. The two recent cases that have caused the tension were both cases where those individuals were breaking the law and then resisted. It is unfortunate that any one dies in those situations, but when authorities tell you to comply with their orders, but you keep on disobeying, they will take action. And most certainly if you threaten their lives they are trained to respond with their weapons. Kill or be killed is central to Rules of Engagement whether you serve in a combat zone or in the police force. Treyvon Martin gets a statement from the President. The Administration sends representatives to the Brown funeral in Ferguson. Two police officers are killed execution style in NYC and the crowd cheers, and the President is on vacation. Of course Mr. Sharpton has backed away from taking any heat, even after leading a demonstration last week in NYC where 3rd world citizens living in our country were chanting “What do we want? Dead cops! When do we want it? Now!” This is not free speech. These are verbal threats, the same type of threats that get people thrown in jail for making against the President of the United States. I wonder where our Attorney General is after these recent police murders. He ought to be mobilizing the police force to round up the antagonists that are fueling these circumstances. Mayor DeBlasio certainly has no fans and cannot possibly maintain good order and discipline in the city of New York. He should be recalled or resign. It would be understandable if every cop in NYC turned their back on serving and walked off duty. I know they won’t because they take great pride in protecting the law-abiding citizens of that great city. It is difficult to watch a city get torn apart as in Ferguson and now in NYC. Watching the widow of Officer Liu taking time to thank the people for supporting her and the police force under such terrible circumstances was heart wrenching. The perpetrators won’t even abide by the Mayor’s personal plea to stand down until the city has had the time to pay respect and bury their dead officers. Officer Ramos’ was about to be ordained as a minister. He probably had more skill and ability than so called Reverend Sharpton. What a tragic loss. Yes, our leaders are making things worse. There is no accountability anymore. Apparently, those who continue to march want the police to vanish so they can exercise their free will to rape and pillage businesses owned by hard working American. Last thing I want to say about this is that if you watch the interview with these people, they are so caught up in using race as their argument. They cannot justify this in any way against the two deceased policemen, as they were of Asian and Hispanic descent. It is a losing battle to even try and reason with them. So expect them to cheer every time another police officer gets killed in the line of duty. Shameful, un-American punks and thugs. God will have their final answer.

We do not have a race problem. We have a HATE problem.

This execution/murder of the NYC officers was clearly wrong, on so many levels. It doesn't heal anything. Now, LEOs will look at ALL of us black men as a threat, regardless. Killing cops, especially cops who were sitting in their patrol car not doing anything, is NEVER the answer to racial injustice and police brutality. I hope the shooter rots in Hell.

First, the race baiters can stay out of it, and they are public officials. I won't say their names; I think some of you can name a few.

As a 16 yr. member of law enforcement, in my opinion, things have been getting progressively worse, especially over the past 12-24 months. The race-baiting, the bad mouthing, lack of support from certain quarters and overall general disdain coming being directed at law enforcement, including assaults/killings of numerous officers. I haven't seen law enforcement with a target on their backs since the 1970's and I for one am quite wary.

Make sense?

Capt Bill Brett PO2 Ed C. Sad that change never happens except marches and flash mobs. Worst of all are the innocents who live in those places. SFC Mark Merino