Nothing better reveals the depth of the madness afoot in the land than the demands to defund or completely abolish the police. It’s bad enough for airhead celebrities, something worse for the formerly prestigious New York Times, and downright alarming for office holders,state and federal to indulge the fantasy that thin blue line is all the separates us from anarchy, mob rule, and ultimately a dictatorship spawned by the need to restore order..........
The Boston Police Strike that began September 9, 1919 led to immediate looting and chaos as soon as the sun went down. In August, Boston police had voted to form a union affiliated with the American Federation of Labor but ran up against opposition from Boston police commissioner Edwin Curtis, backed by Massachusetts governor Calvin Coolidge. After attempts at compromise failed, the cops walked off the job at 5:45 PM.
In the language of the day, "hooliganism" broke out, with widespread looting. The following day, the mayor of Boston asked Governor Coolidge to supply the force of the state militia, and he agreed.But in the time it took to raise a force that eventually numbered 5,000, about three times the size of the Boston Police, looting increased on September 10, and continued for 9 days until the militia was able to quell it..........
I suggest that progressive had better be careful what they wish for..........To Read More....
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