Where is Frank Rizzo now that we need him?

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Denver officials give update on Saturday night protests – “you are not welcome here”
Director of Public Safety Murphy Robinson:

Now I want to speak
to you as a black man and a Denver native.
The narrative that these anarchists are marching for justice of black lives
is frankly false.
The public needs to know that you do not represent us.
Stop using the color of my skin as an excuse
to tear up my city.
These countless acts are not helpful,
they do not represent
what black lives are about,
or this city that black lives helped to build for generations.
We ask you to stay home if you aren’t going to protest peacefully,
you aren’t going to use your constitutional right for the betterment of our community, then you need to stay home.
Don’t come out — you will be dealt with.

The mayor (also black) warns the rioters that they will be assessed for damages and restitution.
FWIW, the mug shots of the 12 arrested Saturday night are NOT people of color.

Where were these leaders when the mob attacked Michelle Malkin at her Back the Blue rally last month?
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/07/michelle-malkin-attacked-antifa-black-lives-matter-thugs-denver-back-blue-rally-sends-law-order-sos-president-trump/
“Ironically, the Denver police on the scene did not intervene at first, apparently under orders by police Chief Paul Pazen who marched with BLM protesters last month.”
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/07/23/denver-police-union-leader-confirms-stand-down-order-given-for-michelle-malkins-pro-cops-event-950566

The head of the Denver police union has confirmed that Democratic leaders in the city ordered officers to “stand-down” during a rally
supportive of officers that was attended by conservative author and pundit Michelle Malkin.

According to Denver Police Protective Association Nick Rogers, not all officers complied with the instruction, adding that one lieutenant defied the order, Fox News reported.
…
After investigating the incident, Rogers said that the stand-down order was given by the on-scene incident commander, adding that one lieutenant refused it and directed his officers to remain at the rally.

“That’s the only reason this thing didn’t get worse because somebody broke rank and decided to not retreat,” Rogers told Boyles. “And they stayed so they could provide some assistance.”

The talk show host asked Rogers who specifically gave the stand-down order, but he refused to identify the incident commander.

The event was advertised by the Pro Police Rally Colorado Facebook as the sixth annual Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, Fox News reported.

An attorney who helped organize the event, Randy Corporon, confirmed that Pazen requested that he either reschedule the event or move the gathering from its regular location, claiming that officers could be placed in danger by BLM counter-demonstrators.

“He was agitated that we’re going to get his officers hurt,” Corporon told the Denver Post. “My response to him was that he should allow his officers to do their job and if people are down there breaking the law, to stop them. Because they’ll have nothing to fear from us.”

In addition to BLM and Antifa, counter-demonstrators with groups identified as the Party for Socialism and Liberation and the Afro-Liberation Front were also on hand, KMGH-TV reported.

http://glendalecherrycreek.com/2020/07/denver-police-chief-paul-pazen-needs-to-resign-or-be-fired-now/
(can’t copy an excerpt, but it is worth reading)

And Chief Pazen (can we still call him “chief”? I don’t want to do any microaggressing here…) was doing so well last year — actually implementing a lot of the things that the “defund-the-police(not really)” faction claims they want.
https://www.denverpost.com/2019/04/29/denver-police-paul-pazen-progressive-initiatives/
However, it appears that, this year, the “defund-the-police(we really mean it)” faction ain’t got no respect for his efforts.

TJ – thanks for that link. Makes me think this meme may be trending.
https://www.bookwormroom.com/2020/08/15/bookworm-beat-8-15-20-the-ides-of-autumn-illustrated-edition/trump-02-3/

Depends on the state where the fracas occurs.
Some are more rational about self-defense than others.
And, as the saying goes, “Better to be judged by 12 million social media morons than carried by a 6-wheeled casket gurney.”

Pallbearers would have to stand too close together, these days.

“Before the recent economic implosion, the unemployment rate in Lake and Kenosha counties was 3.6%. They’re not that wrecked.”

I’m not asserting that they are “wrecked”: although I am not certain what other people have in mind when they use the term.

Perhaps a tradition of being “woked” though, might not be too far afield from what I was trying to convey.

So, aside from whatever the local economic conditions prevailing in Kenosha at any given moment were, or are now, what I was highlighting was a particular sociocultural attitude noted as prominent decades ago, back when the area had the reputation as being among the more ideologically militant of the UAW districts. The L A Times article quotes some rather pragmatic sounding evaluations on the part of the rank and file –
with regard to issues of trust, and ultimate outcome should concessions even be granted. But at the time the impression back in the Motpr City was that the people involved there were willing to bring the temple crashing down on their own heads in order to make a point of living up to their “progressive” ( in the sense of the time) principles.

Whether this cultural slant extends to a second generation engaging in proud self flaggelation and letting the house burn down, remains to be seen, I suppose.

Again, Kenosha County hasn’t been losing population. The Bureau of Labor Statistics doesn’t publish data for Kenosha County specifically, but they do for Kenosha County and Lake County, Illinois lumped together. Before the recent economic implosion, the unemployment rate in Lake and Kenosha counties was 3.6%. They’re not that wrecked.

With a wage higher than GM (I had to double check and was fortunate to find an on line reference) the rank and file voted to reject concessions bringing them in line with prevailing wage rates of the competition, and possibly thereby save 6,000 manufacturing jobs, as the floundering AMC sought parity of costs in the face of plunging sales.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-05-25-fi-15606-story.html

The children of these suicidally entitled morons, such as the plant janitor who didn’t want to give up what they had “won”, are probably running the city by now.