Young Georgia Police Officer Resigns After Department Puts Him On Leave For Opposing Gay Marriage
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This is sad, but ought to be always expected. First, he has every right to express his views. However, this tragedy happening to him only gives more credence why anonymity is so important. It is for this reason and more that I won't ever post on any platforms not providing anonymity.
Earlier I wrote that in the early days of the Internet it was fun. Not so much anymore. I lament this...... For the many years I've posted material on different sites, I've watched over the years the overhaul of comment sections on websites and the rise of 3rd party accounts like Disqus, the consolidation of them .... that negate anonymity. GAW at least provides this. I also felt increasingly that people were being corralled into fewer and fewer spaces as if it was intentional. I believe this too. This too is unfortunate.
I wish this young police officer had posted here instead of Facebook. He'd still have his job and no one would know for the better.
I too wish him God’s Blessing. His convictions to stand up to his faith and beliefs will bring him many blessings. God has a greater purpose for him, but unfortunately he/we sometimes need to walk in the of deepest and darkest of valleys to soar above the trees to see what God’s plan will be for us.
I agree with you. But, in Matt. 10:16 Jesus says: “Listen carefully: I am sending you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and harmless as doves."
We are called to be wise and to make wise choices..... meaning using cognitive discernment. We want to avoid the deepest and darkest of valleys when there's a safer path available.
I agree. But your faith grows in those valleys and even a new Christian cannot always understand discernment. Growing in Christ is one way we become mature Christians thru reading the Word of God and thru prayer during those times spent in the valleys as we begin to recognise His voice.
IMHO, one cannot be a Christian without cognition. Discernment and morality is based on cognition. Emotion has no moral bearing and is not Christian, but a vessel adrift. it is false.
Businesses and public servants would have an easier time of it is they would follow a rather clear bit of good advice, which is, don't discuss religion or politics. Say what you want, but do it knowing that people find opinions irritating, and that you'll pay for them.
I will say that I don't agree with this, but I can see where the police department which is a paramilitary organization should have some control over what officers post online. In saying that I think that anyone that took a knee for Antifa or BLM should also be fired, that is worse than posting online--it is a full backing of those organizations that are anti-police--so a lot of police department's administrators should also be gone. If they hang a gay pride flag outside their station or in any other way show preference to one group over another they should be fired. Everyone who resides, visits, or drives through any jurisdiction should feel that the police are there to protect them and not any specific group of people.
"... police department which is a paramilitary organization....."
I agree with you, but police departments are not designed to be paramilitary organizations. Never were. Police departments have been weaponized. It started with the first SWAT team in LA back in the 1960s. Look how SWAT teams are being used now? Steve Bannon? and MTG? I've always believed SWAT should be ended because they are a paramilitary. This is the role of the military, not the police departments. If SWAT was correctly returned as a function of the military, their use would be used with far better restraint. Right now, it is a bunch of paid yahoos itching to use their toys. Armored carriers? Percussion grenades? Smoke bombs? This is all outside their official role and purpose. Again, the military can be used instead for this purpose. The police are top be public servants and act as peace officers. Anything greater than a call for a dispatch vehicle requires planning and coordination. The National/State guard can be authorized in these cases. If SWAT members want to be military, then let them join the National/State Guard. Coordination between the National/State Guard and Police is the solution. There is indeed a common sense remedy to all of this. The police departments need to be demilitarized. Recall it was the Patriot Act that was used to justify the militarization of so many government organizations. It was Obama that weaponized the police departments across America by offering them military armament.
I do disagree, the police department is paramilitary in that it has a rank structure, internal discipline and meant to be uniformed. I didn't say they were a military organization nor did I intend to say it. The swat teams are an important part of policing, at least they have been and still have good use. I could discuss this a lot, but this is not the time or place. Military equipment was "donated"/given to police departments to assist them in doing their job safely. I'm not sure you know your police department, but only the administration can militarize any one particular PD, but the equipment isn't meant to militarize a civilian organization. No bazookas, no hand grenades, (stun grenades, yes) and no M-16's capable of fully automatic firing.
Sadly, I think, police departments are losing their paramilitary organization, officers are now allowed to wear facial hair, they kind of look sloppy (to me) at times, not every officer has to dress the same (by that I mean they can wear short sleeve shirts if they want, long sleeve shirts if they want, hats, if they want, etc. I don't know but some departments may even allow their officers to bring their child to work with them (I am only kidding about the children being brought to work--but who knows where this relaxing atmosphere will go).
What you are then referring to is a construct. All businesses are based on Laws of Merchant. There is however varying aspects of this. One one end the military is organized as a military construct subject to Laws of Merchant, sometimes called 'Admiralty' Law. It is completely governed by the UCMJ. This is not Constitutional law whatsoever. Military personnel are subject foremost to the UCMJ , not the laws of civilians. There is however crossover. Getting convicted for a crime in the civilian sector is also punishable in the military.
The organizational structure of police departments is a military construct just as a corporation is or the military itself. What I am trying to elucidate is the content of the charter. The police departments are all essentially corporations that are listed on Dunns and Bradstreet. Accordingly, this means there is indeed a corporate charter, which spells out their mission and role as an organization. The corporate charter is the governing "blueprint" of any corporation. Their corporate charter states they are to keep the peace and serve the public. Here is an example of the Preamble for the charter for the police department for the city of Detroit:
If we compared this to the United States Department of Defense/Branches of Military, it is going to be quite different.
The police departments have been weaponized against the citizens of the United States. If it quacks like a duck, walks like a duck, then it's a duck. This applies to police departments across the nation. If they possess military armaments and carries out military acts, then classify them as military. They possess military armaments and have their own version of the SEALS called SWAT and other special divisions. The history of SWAT when it first appeared in the 1960's was quite controversial. The question of whether this was the role of the military (State/National Guard) or the police was heavily debated. The people were terrified of this development, but the politicians and police leadership winning in the end. This by no means makes it right and has opened a Pandoras' box in that police departments are ever more expanding to being more militarized. If it quacks like a duck.....
It is a end-around of the Posse Comitatus Act. Instead of barring federal troops from participating in civilian law enforcement, the police departments have been militarized. This 143-year-old law embodies an American tradition that sees military interference in civilian affairs as a threat to both democracy and personal liberty. Let's look at this closer. The broader principle of the military not being allowed to interfere in the affairs of civilian government is a core American value. It finds expression in the Constitution’s division of power over the military between Congress and the president, and in the guarantees of the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th Amendments, which were in part reactions to abuses committed by the British army against American colonists. All of these seemingly have been thrown to the side of jurisprudence. Instead, the militarization of the police departments was schemed to create a police state to suppress the rights of the people. Again, look at all the acts of SWAT-ing conservatives, abortion protesters, religious leaders, Waco, parents at school board meetings, etc.
Military armaments and special military forces are not the role of the police. This is the role of the military. Let's be honest. If it walks like a ducks....
Sounds like "the devil went down to georgia" again!