Opinion
Ft Collins, CO –-(Ammoland.com)- Wave of the Future!
Earlier this month in south FL (Broward County, which includes the Miami metro area), a disabled senior citizen (disabled from childhood by polio) frantically called the BCSO to report that a man was breaking into his home.
The suspect (unknown to the resident) was pounding on the resident’s locked door, eventually slamming his body into it, breaking the glass.
Eighteen BCSO deputies were dispatched and arrived at the scene within minutes, but did not approach the house where the felony was happening!
Minutes passed with no action on the part of deputies who remained some distance away, despite the fact that the disabled resident was in obvious grave danger and had informed the 911 Operator multiple times that he was scared to death, armed, and might have to shoot when the door gave way.
More minutes passed with no action on the part of deputies, who had long-since arrived!
Over the phone, the 911 operator could hear glass breaking. Still, no action on the part of deputies!
A neighbor stepped out of her house and saw what was happening, also called 911 and yelled at the suspect to go away.
The suspect walked over to the next house.
That neighbor and others were now flooding 911 lines reporting the attempted home invasion(s), joining with the affected resident’s desperate call.
Still, deputies were nowhere to be seen, much less do anything.
Eventually, the suspect walked over to several uniformed deputies he could see and was taken into custody without further incident.
He is already out of bail!
Not surprisingly, the SO has refused to answer all questions about this incident and has put-out the usual, tired boiler-plate:
“The Sheriff’s Office constantly reviews and assesses its responses to emergency calls in order to provide the highest level of service to the public… blah, blah, blah”
Welcome to our “New Era of Policing,” brought to you by liberal/Marxist politicians.
Individual police officers know and understand that they are the continual target of liberal prosecutors and judges, who want police defunded, and who just can’t wait to throw them in jail.
They know and understand that shooting a violent felon, even when completely justified, is an automatic career-ender.
They know and understand that confronting any violent suspect will not have a happy ending and that whatever physical action they take to protect themselves and innocent citizens will be denigrated, criticized, picked-apart, and will result in demotion, probably termination, plus criminal (and civil) charges against them. They’ll probably be unemployed and bankrupted, likely find themselves in prison.
They know and understand that liberal sheriffs, police chiefs, mayors, governors will not stand behind them, will not defend them, but will casually throw them to the wolves, while themselves cynically marching right along beside violent rioters!
Many LEOs are thus departing the profession in disgust, and fear!
In the interim, can you really blame the few who remain for indecisive “tactical loitering,” as my friend and esteemed colleague, Ron Borsch, fondly calls it?
Neighbors, some of whom are professing liberals, in the foregoing episode are shocked, indignant, disgusted, and fearful. Well they, and residents of other Democrat-controlled areas, had better get used to this “new normal!”
Liberals need to be careful what they wish for. In Broward County, their wish has been granted.
“Betrayal is the only truth that sticks.” ~ Arthur Miller
/John
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Being significantly disabled, this story is troubling. Just one reason I am always armed.
The saddest part is if he’d actually defended himself, and done what MOST of us would have done in that same situation, the deputies would have been in his face within seconds, followed by the state charging him with murder. Not only has the press become the enemey of the people, so has our own government.
Bill showed quite a bit of self-control. I hope he doesn’t get sued by the suspect’s family for his “threatening behavior”, causing “emotional distress” to the suspect and his family.
The Broward County Sheriff’s Department shall forever be labeled the “Broward Cowards.”
Too bad…you can’t count on the cops anymore.
If the disabled man had shot him, he would probably be in jail on murder charges, like the poor kid up North. Get your head out of your ass people and stop voting these communists into office.
The Cowards of Broward County strike again in public, one high school wasn’t enough for them.
I thought of my oldest sister who is 73 and has had to deal with the effects of contracting polio when she was a little girl her whole life. She has been an example to me of what can be done if people want to do something my whole life. This is just another example of Govt employees being risk adverse. I actually enjoyed the first half of my 22&1/2 years as a Fed. You got to do what needed to be done when it needed to be done. And then came Bush and Obama. What a shit show it… Read more »
Broward cowardice aside here is the quote of the article: “They know and understand that shooting a violent felon, even when completely justified, is an automatic career-ender.”
Liberals have taken all courage from police.
“can you really blame the few who remain for indecisive “tactical loitering,”
Yes, you can. These are the bad cops and should be fired.
Go drive a school bus you dopes.
Blue pencil minute: apparently they do not teach spelling at Marjory Stoneham High School or anywhere else in COWARD County Florida. The site of the Parkland shooting is a public policy cess pool. This is further evidence of that. Blue Utopias are self destructive. Case in point.