The Moron Brigade

And the usual jackasses chime in on the "take a knee" bullshit:

• South Side priest Michael Pfleger on Tuesday threw his support behind the two uniformed Chicago Police officers shown in a photograph taking a knee in what’s become a nationwide demonstration against police brutality.
  
  “I just wanted to stand in support of you and your willingness to stand with those who feel abandoned and forgotten. I understand the CPD’s rules about activities in uniform, but you [probably] did more for community policing and helping to rebuild the bridge between community and law enforcement than 100 CAPS meetings,” Pfleger wrote in a statement. ” … you are not apart from the community, you are a part of the community.”

Which is bullshit of course. Pfleger exists to create and exploit controversy. He doesn't follow the rules of the church and openly defies archdiocesan authority on all sorts of matters.

Mope-rah gets in on the act - no link for the Mopey. And in case you don't think this staged photo was a direct swipe at "European" types:

• ....in a live video chat, Clark said she tried to get some white officers to appear in a photo, too.
  
  “Y’all will abide by the rules now, but not when yall whupping n******,” she said in the video.

We don't understand why "Europeans" wouldn't be lined up around the block to appear with this shining beacon of womanhood. It's truly a mystery. Mope-rah continues with her effusive praise:

• She is the founder of “#HugsNoSlugs,” an anti-violence campaign that sells T-shirts on the streets to raise funds for the victims of violence, and she has appeared on several local radio and TV programs, including “Windy City Live.”
  
  A Go Fund Me campaign for her organization, which was created a little more than a year ago, has raised $6,410 from 96 people in 12 months.

She's doing a bang-up job with those hugs - nearly 800 homicides last year, another 500 this year. And $6,410 in GoFundMe cash - we've seen homeless guys on the expressway ramp do that in about four months.

And the Rahm-meister himself makes an appearance straddling the fence as only a Sarah Lawrence graduate can:

• Mayor Rahm Emanuel acknowledged Tuesday that two uniformed Chicago Police officers photographed “taking a knee” in a police station lobby were caught between principles “in conflict”: the need to build community relations and the ban on making political statements while in uniform.
  
  But Emanuel said he supports the Chicago Police Department’s decision to reprimand the two officers.
  
  “There’s a difference between an athlete wearing their uniform [and kneeling during the national anthem] and a police officer who is paid by the public who’s wearing theirs. And the Police Department has been consistent,” in enforcing the ban on making political statements, he said.

No there isn't. Both are employees of an organization and should be abiding by the Rules of the organization when representing the organization.

You know why cops aren't supposed to be political while on duty? Because at some point, someone has to make sure that all sides get their chance to demonstrate, to be heard (or ignored - no one can be forced to listen.) And the barest hint of favoritism is the first step down the slippery slope to totalitarianism - the police favoring (or restricting) who can speak and what message is allowed to be in the public square.

That is the danger today. Cops being told to stand down means that the mob is in charge, and the mob is a difficult beast to control. In fact, the only means of control is overwhelming force, and when that is applied....well, let's just say the optics are "bad." That's why incidents like the cops kneeling, on duty, in uniform, in a police station need to be dealt with a bit more harshly than a mere reprimand. If we cannot trust those who serve next to us, and if order has to be reestablished, then we have a very large problem.