The people in Minneapolis [and other locales] aren't going to be very pleased when they realize that disbanding/defunding the police department only paved the way for private security firms like the Pinkertons, Blackwater, Securitas, etc. The guys who work for those security firms/groups are often better trained than police officers. There will be no badge numbers to write down and no accountability whatsoever. These guys have a job to do and they don't give a shit about accountability, complaints, misbehavior or inappropriate use of force. They're typically more heavy-handed than police too.
I can confirm the heavy-handedness. I once worked at a client site where Pinkerton did security. One day, they could be largely indifferent only to be enforcing lockdown-style security protocols the next day with checkpoints for inspecting everyone's brief cases to make sure what was inside matched what was declared on the back of their ID badges.
All the LEOs I know have quite the sense of humor when it comes calling them selves pigs and cop jokes so I doubt the "gift" is achieving its goal
I don't know if the idea took off in other cities, but the Detroit PD once had a number of musically-talented cops form a band and call themselves the Blue Pigs. They'd use their musical performances as a form of community relations. So, they took what was traditionally seen as a disparaging nickname and turned it into a term of pride. In that regard, I agree with your comment.
Edit: Here is a sample of the Detroit Blue Pigs' music wtih both an original work and a cover of a Motown favorite:
If anybody looking in this thread can, send good thoughts to @tampax pearl.
We may be assholes, but not to each other.
Good thoughts being sent to
@tampax pearl. Let's hope they can get re-situated and return soon.
I kind of agree. I think people should start going to church more. I'm still Agnostic as fuck, but I think Christianity would do the country and culture some favors.
I think what we could use most/more of is the Golden Rule. All these protestors and activists screech about their right be treated properly only to turn around and treat everyone else worse than shit

. They have to realize that respect is a two-way street and respect received from others tends to be proportional to respect given to others.
That's what pisses me off so fucking bad over the past 10 years or so. Folks come here and shit all over the country THEY FUCKING CAME TOO,
Indeed. I have no qualms over anybody willing to assimilate and embrace US culture and values to immigrate.
It's the parasitical illegals who come for gibs while flying the flag of the nations they fled from with no intent on integrating into the new country
Agreed. I can understand certain people or groups coming the the States to flee awful living conditions or legitimate forms of oppression. However, it's head-scratching to observe immigrants -- legal ones included -- doing nothing to accustom themselves to their new home or integrate. Worse, they only learn enough English to make sure they can demand the gibs they've been told they qualify for -- gibs that citizens get denied for even when
they themselves demonstrate legitimate need. Meanwhile, the immigrants that somehow manage to benefit from as many low-income programs as possible manage to somehow have enough money to pay for pricey things such as premium cable TV stations that broadcast in their native language or country.
Finally, there's the group that
@Sammich mentioned that comes to the US and immediately proceeds to badmouth their new home. It really does raise the question, "If you hate it so much, why did you choose to come here?"
