Yes, you read the headline right. Because apparently President Obama didn't do something, or say something, but in truth he actually did do it—but they don't know, or don't care, or won't believe it, or whatever.
Who knew cops were such whining, mewing crybabies? It was easy to suspect that some of their big, bad, tough guy act was just a front, merely a pose, overcompensating for a massive insecurity/inferiority complex mixed with a giant ego. But this, from Jerry Flynn of the New England Police Benevolent Association, is a truly stellar case of distortion and projection.
He wrote, the Boston Herald reported: “Our members are enraged at his lack of support of law enforcement. It’s clear that he has an agenda and unfortunately, the police are not part of his agenda.”
Flynn referenced the eight police officers killed in a nine-day period, and Obama’s “silence” on that point. He also denounced Joe Biden’s silence, characterizing the lack of support for police “not an Obama problem” but rather “an administration problem,” he wrote.
“This is a horror show,” Flynn said. “This is an epidemic of lawless people trying to kill police officers for no apparent reasons. Case in point is the lieutenant who was pumping gas in Houston. Over 7,000 people were at that church, and where was [Obama]? Why wasn’t he there instead of a unity breakfast?”
Let's ignore the fact that there is
no epidemic of police being killed by black people in vengeful retaliation. Yes, why exactly is Obama out promoting a
silly thing like unity instead of giving police officers an extra bowl of milk and cookies before their nighty-night time? Just for fun, read below to take a look at what the president said last week
in support of the families of fallen officers:
This afternoon, on my way to Alaska, I called Kathleen Goforth, the widow of Harris County Deputy Sheriff Darren Goforth—a veteran law enforcement officer who was contemptibly shot and killed over the weekend. On behalf of the American people, I offered Mrs. Goforth my condolences, and told her that Michelle and I would keep her and her family in our prayers. I also promised that I would continue to highlight the uncommon bravery that police officers show in our communities every single day. They put their lives on the line for our safety. Targeting police officers is completely unacceptable - an affront to civilized society. As I said in my State of the Union Address, we've got to be able to put ourselves in the shoes of the wife who won't rest until the police officer she married walks through the door at the end of his shift. That comfort has been taken from Mrs. Goforth. So we must offer her our comfort—and continue to stand up for the safety of police officers wherever they serve.
Targeting police officers is completely unacceptable—an affront to civilized society.
That's the president being "silent" on the issue. Deafening silence, isn't it? More like falling on deaf ears.
Now let's examine the even more outrageous things said by Mr. Flynn.
And he said: “I mean, [Obama] had the opportunity to do things then and he didn’t, and all he’s done is escalated and allowed these people that are hellbent on causing problems to do so. We can’t continue to have people who have no intention to do anything but to be disruptive. These aren’t good citizens. These are thugs who go out and try to cause problems. You can’t continue to have this kind of hatred and animosity and the lawlessness that’s going on in this country at the cost of police officers losing their lives. It’s irresponsible of the president and his administration.”
Yeah, it's funny how when you call people "thugs" they sometimes, somehow, might have a bit of "hatred and animosity" towards you. Who knew of such a thing?
Flynn then suggested Obama could calm some of this violence simply by issuing a statement of support for police.
“I think it would send a message to people in law enforcement that we have a commander in chief who actually is backing the people who are in the war on the street,” he said. “And this is a war on the street. He’s got to come out and ask to be a unified group and to support law enforcement. He’s got a new attorney general, what’s her agenda? What is her message going to be, that she’s actually putting forth? I don’t know the answer to that question. But certainly, what he’s doing now, what he hasn’t done now, has been supportive of those in law enforcement.”
Geez, if only Obama would make a statement in support of police. Y'know,
besides the one he made in support of Office Goforth's family. It's not like Obama made a statement condemning the shooting of police officers in New York that
went something like this:
"I unconditionally condemn today's murder of two police officers in New York City," Obama said in a statement. "Two brave men won't be going home to their loved ones tonight, and for that, there is no justification. The officers who serve and protect our communities risk their own safety for ours every single day—and they deserve our respect and gratitude every single day."
Obama continued: "Tonight, I ask people to reject violence and words that harm, and turn to words that heal—prayer, patient dialogue, and sympathy for the friends and family of the fallen."
Now if only Obama would say that police deserve our "respect and gratitude" and that we should "reject violence and words that harm" and turn to "prayer, patient dialogue, and sympathy for the fallen," that would be so much better than the Obama we have in the White House right now.
And maybe he should say something about all that darn looting and rioting. Something like this would be good:
"There's no excuse for the kind of violence that we saw yesterday," Obama said. "It is counterproductive. When individuals get crowbars and start prying open doors to loot, they're not protesting, they're not making a statement, they're stealing."
Wouldn't that be something?
Yes, if only that guy were president, we wouldn't be seeing reports like this:
There is no doubt that President Barack Obama hates the police. His ideology is why he has built a long career of activism against law enforcement… And thanks to Obama, too many people are opposed to the same police officers who risk their lives every day for our safety.
Public views towards police are so bad in some areas, that police have taken a more hands-off approach to public safety. Depending on the neighborhood, this can be disastrous.
"Long career of activism against law enforcement," huh? When exactly was that? Was it when he was an Illinois State Senator and helped pass that viciously anti-cop legislation that required them to
videotape confessions on death penalty cases in order to cut down on beatings?
Consider a bill into which Obama clearly put his heart and soul. The problem he wanted to address was that too many confessions, rather than being voluntary, were coerced—by beating the daylights out of the accused.
Obama proposed requiring that interrogations and confessions be videotaped.
This seemed likely to stop the beatings, but the bill itself aroused immediate opposition.
[...]
The police proved to be Obama's toughest opponent. Legislators tend to quail when cops say things like, "This means we won't be able to protect your children." The police tried to limit the videotaping to confessions, but Obama, knowing that the beatings were most likely to occur during questioning, fought—successfully—to keep interrogations included in the required videotaping.
By showing officers that he shared many of their concerns, even going so far as to help pass other legislation they wanted, he was able to quiet the fears of many.
And that same Obama also passed bills requiring police to document the race of the drivers they stopped, because that's just so hateful.
Mr. Hendon praised Mr. Obama, however, for later winning passage of what some in Springfield called “the driving-while-black bill,” which required the police to collect data on the race of drivers they stopped as a way to monitor racial profiling. Law enforcement groups had repeatedly blocked earlier versions while the Republicans were in control; when the Democrats took over, Mr. Obama brokered a compromise between the police groups and the A.C.L.U.
Because it's just so anti-cop not to beat suspects to get them to confess, and not focus specifically on drivers of certain races because they think they're more likely to get an easy arrest for crack? After all, crack possession has a longer jail sentence, and the drug is more often used by black people because it's cheaper than cocaine or meth.
How dare he?!
And then there's the worst thing he did. Remember? When he said that Sgt. Crowley of the Cambridge Police Department "acted stupidly" by arresting Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates for the crime of breaking into his own house when the front door was stuck. Who was he to think he had a right to get into his own house? Since Crowley had already received confirmation that it really was Gates' own house, the smart thing to do was arrest him.
And the next smart thing Crowley did was lie on the police report, which he did.
Gates opened the door and exclaimed "Why, because I am a black man in America?
While yelling, he told me that it was none of my business and accused me of being a racist police officer.
Gates continued to yell at me.
My reason for wanting to leave the residence was that Gates was yelling very loud and the acoustics of the kitchen and foyer were making it difficult for me to transmit pertinent information...
Gates continued to yell at me...
The gentleman shouted "You don't know who your [sic] messing with!"
At the time Gates had a severe bronchial infection, so he
couldn't yell at anyone. This is also confirmed by the audio from Crowley's radio where Gates can be heard speaking in the background,
but not yelling.
Crowley also lied about meeting and talking with the 911 caller. He said this in his report:
When I arrived at 17 Ware street I radioed ECC and asked that they have the caller meet me at the front door to this residence. [snip] As I reached the door, a female voice called out to me. I turned and looked in the direction of the voice and observed a white female, later identified as Lucia Whalen. Whalen, who was standing on the sidewalk in front of the residence, held a wireless telephone in her hand and told me that it was she who called. She went on to tell me that she observed what appeared to be two black males with backpacks on the porch of 17 Ware street.
But Whalen never said any of that. She never actually spoke to Crowley,
according to her attorney.
Attorney Wendy Murphy, who represents Whalen, also categorically rejected part of the police report that said Whalen talked with Sgt. James Crowley, the arresting officer, at the scene.
"Let me be clear: She never had a conversation with Sgt. Crowley at the scene," Murphy told CNN by phone. "And she never said to any police officer or to anybody 'two black men.' She never used the word 'black.' Period."
She added, "I'm not sure what the police explanation will be. Frankly, I don't care. Her only goal is to make it clear she never described them as black. She never saw their race. ... All she reported was behavior, not skin color."
This is the 911 call right here.
Gates was arrested for disorderly conduct, but in reality he was arrested because he asked Sgt. Crowley for his name and badge number multiple times. But Crowley wouldn't respond, so Gates grew frustrated and questioned his motivations.
‘What is your name, and what is your badge number?’ and he refused to respond. I asked him three times, and he refused to respond. And then I said, ‘You’re not responding because I’m a black man, and you’re a white officer.’ That’s what I said. He didn’t say anything.
...(Gates is then arrested)
A crowd had gathered, and as they were handcuffing me and walking me out to the car, I said, ‘Is this how you treat a black man in America?’
Crowley was offended by Gates suggesting he had racial motivations and concocted the disorderly conduct charge in order to retaliate against him. Hey, it's not like we have a constitutional amendment that allows citizens to criticize their government—including police—and redress grievances with them.
Sheesh. Gates hurt his little, itty-bitty, tender, soft, and squishy cop feelings so he had to get some payback, even if he had to bend and twist the facts and the law into a pretzel to do it. Everything in his report is a pack of lies designed to cover up his abuse of authority. If Gates had sued, the combination of the
audio from the 911 call and the radio would have nailed Crowley to the wall.
He's lucky the president and vice president intervened to calm nerves with a cordial "Beer Summit" in order to resolve the tension.
So that's the extent of the President's "cop hating". Wow. Really scary isn't it?
Wed Sep 09, 2015 at 2:10 PM PT: FYI.