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Charles L. Cotton wrote: ↑Thu May 07, 2020 3:32 pm This thread is perilously close to be nothing more than general cop-bashing in violation of Rule 9. If it continues in this manner, it will be deleted.

I'd like someone to point me to the Texas statute that authorizes any elected official to order businesses to close, people stay at home, or to wear a mask. (Hint: This is a trick question.)

Chas.

Charles,

I sincerely am not bashing police and hope none of my comments have come across as such and was never my intention when I started this thread. I am very concerned that good will towards the police i.e. "Back The Blue" has been hurt during this time. A lot of effort by police departments and communities has been put forward to build good relationships and I do not wish to see that eroded.

I am not a lawyer, but I am not aware of any statute that exists in Texas that gives that specific authority to anyone unless it is the emergency powers granted in Chapter 418. But as a layman I am not sure that it goes that far.

Thank you.

Kurt Schlichter who is a retired Army Infantry colonel has now written a piece on this as it is only getting worse.

https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtsch ... t-n2568260

A few of his thoughts from the article are below. It really is a good read.

As conservatives, we pride ourselves on our unwavering support of the Thin Blue Line, on backing our cops against leftist slander, and yet stupid and evil people in law enforcement are putting that default thumbs-up from normal Americans at risk.

If the LEO community does not police its own ranks and stamp out this nonsense, it might as well take all the goodwill it has earned over the years, douse it in cheap gasoline, and set it on fire.

Can anyone really calculate the damage the FBI and DoJ’s schemes and crimes have done to their reputations? And now local law enforcement is trashing its own rep with stupid antics designed to bully normal citizens.

Let me state clearly that I am adamantly a "Back the Blue" citizen. Our police officers take on a lot of risks to keep our society safe for less money and support than they deserve. With that said, I think the goodwill effort of "Back the Blue" could be in serious danger if officers are not careful in enforcement of executive orders rather than laws and abiding by The Constitution. Seeing citizens arrested for going to playgrounds, telling 90 year olds they cannot sit on their own chairs on a beach, arresting protesters exercising their 1st Ammendment rights all the while letting out convicted and/or charged defendants, etc. is about to make my head explode.

Now you have this incident where police are dispatched to a home harassing a mother for letting her daughter play with neighbor's kids. The linked story has the video of the incident. https://danaloesch.com/this-is-totalita ... e-garbage/

I was in the camp that thought there is no way police would obey unconstitutional orders to come after citizen's guns. I no longer hold that belief. I think many departments and officers won't but also believe that way too many will. We have seen local and state governments asking people to snitch on their neighbors and the police showing up to enforce executive orders. Our founding fathers are rolling over in their graves.