22 Jan 03

Present Situation in Capetown, SA:

"One of our city police officers was murdered Sunday. The officer was in uniform and at his residence waiting to be picked up by a colleague. According to witnesses, the officer answered a knock at the front door of hi s house, expecting to see his friend. Upon opening the door, the officer was confronted by two armed-robbery suspects. To his credit, the officer immediately attempted to disarm one of them. The thug's pistol (type/calibe r unknown) fell to the ground. The thug's accomplice then stepped in, scooped of the pistol, and fired two rounds at the officer, hitting him in the upper leg, just below his ballistic vest (at an upward angle). The officer collapsed as the assailants fled the scene, firing a number a number of rounds back at the house as they ran. The officer bled to death before the ambulance arrived. Our city police officers are required to hand in their pistols at the end of each shift. This murdered officer was unarmed at time of the assault. No arrests have been made, nor are any likely to be.

The next morning, four hundred city police officers staged a protest to draw attention to the fact that officers do not even have locker space at the precinct stations to change from/into civilian dress. This leaves them in uniform and unarmed to and from work. With many officers having to make use of public transport, they are constantly at risk. Our chief of police has been asked to resign, but no policy change is likely in any event.

Local politicians shed the routine crocodile tears and expressed their deep concern,' putting the blame for such horrible crimes on everything and everyone, except themselves. Some things never change!"

Lesson: This is what liberals want for American police! The obvious lunacy of unarmed officers running around in uniform is lost on liberal (Marxist) politicians. To them, police officers, like soldiers, are just cannon fodder. For all their professed "caring." they couldn't possibly care less.

I tell all my soldier and police students to worry less about "rules," and more about living long enough to collect their retirement!"

/John