{"id":302402,"date":"2021-07-19T03:10:20","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T00:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/why-cops-are-quitting-in-droves-and-other-commentary\/"},"modified":"2021-07-19T03:10:20","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T00:10:20","slug":"why-cops-are-quitting-in-droves-and-other-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-cops-are-quitting-in-droves-and-other-commentary\/","title":{"rendered":"#Why cops are quitting in droves and other commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27eeb5d2fcd\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27eeb5d2fcd\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-cops-are-quitting-in-droves-and-other-commentary\/#Urban_beat_Behind_the_Cop_Shortage\" >Urban beat: Behind the Cop Shortage<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-cops-are-quitting-in-droves-and-other-commentary\/#Conservative_The_Lefts_Faux_Heroes\" >Conservative: The Left\u2019s Faux Heroes<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-cops-are-quitting-in-droves-and-other-commentary\/#From_the_left_Sad_Trombone_for_Biden\" >From the left: Sad Trombone for Biden<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-cops-are-quitting-in-droves-and-other-commentary\/#Libertarian_Feds_Creepy_Social-Media_Collusion\" >Libertarian: Feds\u2019 Creepy Social-Media Collusion<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-cops-are-quitting-in-droves-and-other-commentary\/#Justice_beat_Supremes_Healthy_Consensus\" >Justice beat: Supremes\u2019 Healthy Consensus<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Why cops are quitting in droves and other commentary<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Urban_beat_Behind_the_Cop_Shortage\"><\/span>Urban beat: Behind the Cop Shortage<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cIn the past year, city police departments across the country have reported a dramatic drop in manpower, as cops retire, resign or leave for the suburbs,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/why-cops-are-quitting\">reports Charles Fain Lehman at City Journal<\/a>. Why? \u201cSince last year\u2019s explosive protests, they no longer feel that they have the support of the public or of civilian officials.\u201d A survey showed more than 2,000 injuries to cops between May and July alone, \u201ceven as gun-carrying soared.\u201d One cop says every time you answer a call you\u2019re \u201crolling the dice.\u201d Yet now, in addition, police are \u201cvillainized\u201d for answering those calls and doing their jobs. Cops blame \u201ca sustained assault on policing by politicians and journalists looking to score points.\u201d The results \u201chave already proved deadly.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conservative_The_Lefts_Faux_Heroes\"><\/span>Conservative: The Left\u2019s Faux Heroes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThe Democratic Party boasts so many heroes, it\u2019s sometimes hard to keep up,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spectator.com.au\/2021\/07\/the-constant-democratic-existential-crises\/\">Grace Curley snarks at Spectator USA<\/a>. Liberals elevate every incident and every political battle to the level of \u201cexistential\u201d drama, with predictably ridiculous results: \u201cRep. Andy Kim revealed that he will be donating his J. Crew wool suit to the Smithsonian Institute. An AP photographer captured the congressman in the Rotunda picking up some trash after the Jan. 6 riots.\u201d Then there is the Texas exodus, which saw \u201cmore than 50 Texas lawmakers flee the state in order to avoid voting on a Republican-sponsored election reform bill.\u201d They sang \u201cWe Shall Overcome.\u201d \u201cThese self-congratulatory moments shed light on the state of the Democratic Party. The left needs heroes, no matter how pathetic, because its bizarro-alternate universe is in constant need of saving.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"New Jersey Rep. Andy Kim looks over flowers and messages at a memorial for the victims of the March 16 shootings in front of Gold Spa, one of the shooting sites on Sunday, March 28, 2021 in Atlanta.\" class=\"wp-image-18851283 lazyload\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Rep.-Andy-Kim.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Rep.-Andy-Kim.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Rep.-Andy-Kim.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Rep.-Andy-Kim.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Rep.-Andy-Kim.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1236 1236w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>Rep. Andy Kim is donating the suit he wore the day of the Capitol riot.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Sudhin Thanawala\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"From_the_left_Sad_Trombone_for_Biden\"><\/span>From the left: Sad Trombone for Biden<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>President Biden took office six months ago, vowing to \u201cdemonstrate that government still works \u2014 able to deliver for its people better than rising autocracies such as China \u2014 and so convince a doubting world that America is back,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2021\/jul\/18\/joe-biden-six-months-presidency\">writes The Guardian\u2019s David Smith<\/a>. \u201cYet the euphoria of Biden\u2019s first hundred days inevitably cooled as reality crept in. A massive investment in infrastructure .\u2009.\u2009. is stuck in the Washington sausage-making machine.\u201d Other \u201creforms\u201d have \u201chit a wall.\u201d Bottom line: \u201cIn many ways America remains as fractured as ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Libertarian_Feds_Creepy_Social-Media_Collusion\"><\/span>Libertarian: Feds\u2019 Creepy Social-Media Collusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The federal government seems to be \u201cstepping up its effort to purge the Internet of COVID-19 \u2018misinformation,\u2019\u200a\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2021\/07\/15\/covid-19-vaccines-misinformation-jen-psaki-white-house-biden\/\">reports Reason\u2019s Robby Soave<\/a>, with White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki calling on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> to ban a dozen specific anti-vaccine accounts. Yes, dictates like the Department of Health and Human Services\u2019 recent instruction that social-media platforms deprioritize false COVID information in their \u00adalgorithms are \u201cessentially strongly worded suggestions.\u201d But all the same, \u201cFacebook\u2019s CEO must feel tremendous pressure to give federal health bureaucrats exactly what they\u2019re asking for, or else.\u201d Instead of \u201cdefending the rights of private companies to set their own moderation policies,\u201d politicians are \u201ctaking the opportunity to further erode \u00adFacebook\u2019s autonomy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy speaks with Jen Psaki during the daily briefing at the White House.\" class=\"wp-image-18851296 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/psaki-murthy-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/psaki-murthy-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/psaki-murthy-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/psaki-murthy-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/psaki-murthy-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Surgeon <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> Dr. Vivek Murthy speaks with Jen Psaki during the daily briefing at the White House.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Susan Walsh\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Justice_beat_Supremes_Healthy_Consensus\"><\/span>Justice beat: Supremes\u2019 Healthy Consensus<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It turns out that \u201cthe US Supreme Court is not as ideologically tilted as some have led the country to believe\u201d and \u201cclaims of the court\u2019s center-left demise have been grossly exaggerated,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/judiciary\/562732-no-reason-to-pack-the-court\">notes Jeremy Dys at The Hill<\/a>. In the most recent term, justices <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ointed by Presidents Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama and Trump came to a unanimous decision nearly half the time and were \u201cdivided into ideological extremes\u201d on only 15 percent of decisions. That there \u201cwas little disagreement\u201d on even controversial matters proves that \u201cwe should not trust anyone to predict the outcome of future Supreme Court decisions or listen to fearmongering.\u201d With \u201cthe Supreme Court functioning as it should,\u201d partisan groups that try to \u00ad\u201cmanipulate the court and reduce its independence\u201d should be rejected. \u201cAs the last safeguard for civil liberties, our independent judiciary is \u00adessential\u201d \u2014 and \u201cno one should politically tinker\u201d with it.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u2014 Compiled by The Post Editorial Board<\/em>\n            <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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