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Mom arrested for swearing in front of kids

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Mom arrested for swearing in front of kids.

WTF? Those charges need to be dropped pronto, and that news should be delivered at the same time as an apology from the police department.

The woman who made the complaint, and the officers who responded should be charged with harassment and wasting tax payer resources.

The police are not there to fuck with people who piss you off, grow the fuck up bitch.

PM Modi takes a new approach to India’s Independence Day

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BBC News – India Independence Day: PM Modi says nation shamed by rape.

He called on parents to take responsibility for their sons’ actions, saying parents must teach their sons the difference between right and wrong. …He talked about societal and family responsibility in ending rapes, advising parents to bring up better sons and not just question daughters. He lamented the skewed sex ratio and appealed to doctors to end abortion of female foetuses and advised mothers not to hanker after sons. And he spoke proudly of the “29 medals women athletes have won” at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

This I like very much.

Congress on giving military surplus to local police departments

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Congressman wants to curb military surplus program.

This is amazing. I can only hope this momentum continues.
I’m glad a D has come forward because it is important not to cede this issue to folks like Rand Paul.
The only thing in this article that doesn’t make me very, very happy is -of course- the Pentagon response.

Rear Adm. John Kirby, a Pentagon spokesman, defended the program as useful because “it allows for the reuse of military equipment that otherwise would be disposed of.”

Asked whether events in Missouri had given the Pentagon reason to reconsider the program, Kirby said, “It is up to law enforcement agencies to speak to how and what they gain through this system.”

1.) The point is to protect people and treat them well,  with respect. The Rear Admiral is more concerned about his military equipment. This attitude is why we have lost more ground than we ever gained in our decade plus of war in the Middle East. Changes are needed in the Pentagon’s outlook if we ever hope to be successful in any our foreign military campaigns.

2.) No, it is not up to law enforcement agencies. They answer (or should) to the people they are charged with protecting and the people are say – loud and clear – that the police has gone way too far in the exact wrong direction. The police departments want toys they don’t need? Tough shit. I’m sure there are places in the world, with real military battles going on, that could this surplus to better use.

Everything else that was said by the officials that were referenced truly warms my with a faint spark of optimism.

Opinion from the KC Star

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Homicides and disrespect fed the fury of Ferguson

Police cannot by themselves fix broken families and neighborhoods, provide good schools and job opportunities, rid cities of firearms or convince hardened criminals to stop killing people.

But they can put well-trained officers on the street who understand the value of respecting citizens and forming relationships. Ferguson, with a serious racial imbalance in its police force and a history of racial profiling, seems not to have comprehended that.

Yes.