Real good cops exist — professionals who put service over spectacle and protect communities with integrity. We should thank and uplift them while demanding accountability from those who betray the badge.
Good law enforcement respects and protects our Constitution and Civil Rights. Under Trumps DHS and DOJ thugs are being used as his private Gestapo and funded with our taxpayer dollars against American citizens and legal immigrants as well as any other people they wish to bully, intimidate and whose civil rights they choose to violate
Thanks so much for this excellent counsel. One request: Please move your message to your fellow law enforcement officers to the TOP of your post! And again at the end. It is so so so important! “Stand with us against tyranny.” YES.
I am not police of any kind but have been thinking many of the concepts for weeks now and urging independent media folks to draw the distinctions. I see the regime intentionally conflating local and State police with these essentially unfit, untrained, federal, lawless, unconstitutional thugs. It is an insult to professional law enforcement to call them agents. They are nothing of the sort.
I have only the best impressions of NY State Troopers. Once on a trip into upstate NY (my home’s the other side of the river) I got lost and the obvious answer, as I was passing it, was to go the nearest state trooper office. They were efficient, welcoming, professional, and friendly - sent me on my way with reassurance and accurate directions. You are a world apart from the the untrained and despicable ICE behaviour we know is for real. Thank you for being what REAL law enforcement and citizen protection looks like.
Professional law enforcement is so different than Trump’s personal vengeance militia. Thank God. Patrick Skinner said today that when he interacts with a person in Georgia, he tells them that he is recording them and encourages them to do the same so that there will be no confusion later. And DHS, although they HAVE the money for body cameras for ICE/CBP, decline to require them. There can only be one reason why this policy exists. The obvious one.
Couldn't agree more. It's so vital to hear this from someone with your experience and insight. I especialy appreciated your point that "Every professional police agency does this in some manner." That's the bedrock of 21st century policing and accountability. It's incredibly important to state it so clearly.
Eloquently stated. Thank you for educating others about the extensive vetting, education, training, and intensive work that goes into becoming a true law enforcement officer. Please send this to every news organization and publication you can. Most people are useless when it comes to the stark differences between law enforcement training and the travesty that is ICE and CBP.
Real good cops exist — professionals who put service over spectacle and protect communities with integrity. We should thank and uplift them while demanding accountability from those who betray the badge.
An outstanding post! Thanks to Officer Cowper for writing it!
Good law enforcement respects and protects our Constitution and Civil Rights. Under Trumps DHS and DOJ thugs are being used as his private Gestapo and funded with our taxpayer dollars against American citizens and legal immigrants as well as any other people they wish to bully, intimidate and whose civil rights they choose to violate
Thanks so much for this excellent counsel. One request: Please move your message to your fellow law enforcement officers to the TOP of your post! And again at the end. It is so so so important! “Stand with us against tyranny.” YES.
Thank you for this careful and well-written article. It's also honest. We need beacons on our collective horizon to guide our better selves.
We had to institute Citizen Review boards because Internal Affairs was such a joke. A former Minneapolis resident
Thank you for the truth concerning police work. ICE officers today are not adhering to rules and laws of policing. They act however they want!
Thank you so much for writing this!
I am not police of any kind but have been thinking many of the concepts for weeks now and urging independent media folks to draw the distinctions. I see the regime intentionally conflating local and State police with these essentially unfit, untrained, federal, lawless, unconstitutional thugs. It is an insult to professional law enforcement to call them agents. They are nothing of the sort.
You don't mention that a lot of this "training," if not all of it, is done by the Israeli army, called the IDF.
I have only the best impressions of NY State Troopers. Once on a trip into upstate NY (my home’s the other side of the river) I got lost and the obvious answer, as I was passing it, was to go the nearest state trooper office. They were efficient, welcoming, professional, and friendly - sent me on my way with reassurance and accurate directions. You are a world apart from the the untrained and despicable ICE behaviour we know is for real. Thank you for being what REAL law enforcement and citizen protection looks like.
Thank you for an expert analysis of the current situation in America which is becoming
more and more disturbing
Hitler's Storm Troopers come to mind
This behavior defies the Constitution and we must take back Congress this November to
begin the restoration of our beloved America
That you kindly for your clear words and service.
Thank you for this compelling and truthful statement. We need your voice!
Professional law enforcement is so different than Trump’s personal vengeance militia. Thank God. Patrick Skinner said today that when he interacts with a person in Georgia, he tells them that he is recording them and encourages them to do the same so that there will be no confusion later. And DHS, although they HAVE the money for body cameras for ICE/CBP, decline to require them. There can only be one reason why this policy exists. The obvious one.
Couldn't agree more. It's so vital to hear this from someone with your experience and insight. I especialy appreciated your point that "Every professional police agency does this in some manner." That's the bedrock of 21st century policing and accountability. It's incredibly important to state it so clearly.
Eloquently stated. Thank you for educating others about the extensive vetting, education, training, and intensive work that goes into becoming a true law enforcement officer. Please send this to every news organization and publication you can. Most people are useless when it comes to the stark differences between law enforcement training and the travesty that is ICE and CBP.