by Jack
There was a funeral letting out as a police officer in black and white just happened to pass by. The officer spotted a young Hispanic man standing near the front doors of the chapel and simultaneously he also spotted the officer. At first the young man tried to duck behind some tall shrubs, but when the marked unit made an abrupt u-turn he bolted. He knew he had been made. The man was a wanted felon. He had a no bail bench warrant for his arrest and apparently he didn’t expect to be spotted at the funeral.
The officer manuevered his patrol car to intercept, just as some of the man’s friends and family, began yelling obscenities at the officer. Others were helping the fleeing felon escape by shouting directions to him where to run or while trying to obstruct the police car.
The officer kept his cool and quickly overtook the running felon at the next intersection. In a few seconds the man was tackled and placed in handcuffs. About 15-20 Hispanics moved towards the officer, still shouting threats and insults. Keep in mind, less than 3 minutes had elapsed from the officer’s intitial sighting to this moment. This was all happening too quickly and there was not nearly enough time lapsed for his backup to arrive.
The mother of the felon was in the crowd and yelling the loudest, but there was plenty of others yelling and screaming. The situation was quickly getting out of control. The yelling was enough to make some of the little kids in the group cry. As you might expect, the officer didn’t hang around to discuss the arrest, he simply left the group standing there yelling.
Now, I ask you, why would all of these people instantly take issue against a cop doing his duty? Why would they insert themselves into a situation they knew nothing about? But, this happens far too often now. Minorities sem to hate cops as never before. My guess is this is in part due to the millions of illegal aliens flooding into the US and CA. and a former president who often took the side… against the police.
This time it ended somewhat peacefully, but this incident could have ended in a shooting situation. This is the kind of bi-product that liberals never want to think about when they advocate for open borders or when they incite minorities to hate cops. To them, its all a game, but to the officer it’s just a sign of the times. Aren’t you glad you’re not a cop?
PS Yes, this was a true story and things like this happen many times a day and go completely unreported, but not this time.
Mr. Jack,
Not sure where this question should go so I ask it here.
You are an expert on the homeless so I thought you could answer this question.
At the park, library and various other places I see homeless with some pretty fancy electronic gizmos such as cell phones, tablets, etc. Heck, they got better gear than what I have.
How do they afford it, Mr. Jack, and how do they afford the data plans? (Although I guess they can save money by using public wifi. That seems to be mostly what they do at the library.)
And what do they use these devices for? Are they running online stores? Monetizing Web sites? Or making money online in some other way? Or are they just playing games?
Joe, I’m not expert, but I can tell you with some confidence that the bums didn’t work for any of those electronic gizmos. What doesn’t come by way of a handout is acquired through theft. Thefts have been on the rise right along with the homeless population. It’s not always reflected in the crime stats because people have given up reporting small thefts because they know nothing will come of it. Cops don’t really want to arrest the homeless because (1) the courts do nothing and (2) it costs more to keep in jail than they steal, if left on the outside.
Mr. Jack, you’re an expert on a lot of things, like all these new fangled gizmos and computers. So can you help me with my C# coding?
Sweetie, my pumpkin, ducking behind a bush is not illegal. It might, if the officer had a description of somebody currently wanted, constitute probable cause, but of course and as usual, the officer had no such thing.
As it was, the pig crashed a funeral (I’m not at all surprised you stumbled over the spelling), and is now and forever … a pig.
This want of common decency is what landed us with the Trump, and is much more worrisome than he will ever be.
My dearest Libby, thank you for your astute observations and comments! Now please allow me the opportunity to clear up a few misconceptions:
1. The officer did have probable cause because he recognized the infamous wanted person and that is why he flipped a U. The ducking behind the bush part was not relevant to anything exception a conscious knowledge of guilt.
2. An officer observing a felony in progress or a fleeing felon has a duty by law to intercede. If the officer did nothing he would actually be breaking the law, technically speaking. There’s a provision in the penal code that covers this.
3. The officer in this case was not a pig, he is a good person sworn to uphold the law. Needless to say he’s a far better person than one that he arrested. That guy can’t seem to say out prison. The officer, is an observant, dedicated public servant, a family man, three times decorated, twice for life saving, once for apprehending 3 armed bank robbers single handedly. The other guy…he has a 3 page rap sheet and his mother is a low life drug dealer.
Have a nice evening Libby.
This story has no place or source?
But in any case What was the purpose?
if you have to ask, then you ‘ll never have a clue