A look at abortion rates, BLM mission, shootings in the US, and single parenting outcomes.

United States: 

• Over 37,000 people die in road crashes /yr  An additional 2.35 million are injured or disabled
•  197 Drug Overdoses  DAILY
• 1708 Abortions  DAILY​
• CDC Deaths    United States
• FBI Deaths 

NYC Facts:   ​   ​Before you look at the number of Covid deaths... you need to have this additional information to compare...

“Black Lives Matter at School” is of course committed to shaping curriculum. This would in part take place by rewriting America’s past to fit the agenda of the movement.

Among the problematic parts of the way history is taught, according to an article cited in the book, is the “Lincoln-freed-the-slaves myth.” Also, “the failure of the curriculum to account for the centrality of slavery and anti-Black racism in the shaping of U.S. history, North and South.”

AREN'T THESE THE SAME COMPANIES THAT ARE DEMANDING JUSTICE IN THE UNITED STATES

Apple, Google, Dell, Microsoft and Tesla have been named as defendants in a lawsuit filed in Washington DC by human rights firm International Rights Advocates on behalf of 14 parents and children from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The lawsuit, which is the result of field research conducted by anti-slavery economist Siddharth Kara, accuses the companies of aiding and abetting in the death and serious injury of children who they claim were working in cobalt mines in their supply chain.

Cobalt is essential to power the rechargeable lithium batteries used in millions of products sold by Apple, Google, Dell, ...

 “Christendom is economic, political, social life as inspired by Christian principles. That is ending — we’ve seen it die. Look at the symptoms: the breakup of the family, divorce, abortion, immorality, general dishonesty.”

That was 1974. Today we know it’s even worse with the definition of marriage and gender drawn into the picture. And the crisis within the Church.

He reminded that of 22 civilizations that have decayed since the beginning of the world, 19 rotted and perished from within.

Karen Solomon, the founder of Blue H.E.L.P., an organization honoring the lives and service of law enforcers who die by suicide, said that 132 officers were killed in the line of duty in 2019 and 228 took their own lives.

In Chicago, most of the last dozen or so Chicago Police Department suicides were committed by officers with less than seven years on the job. In the past, suicides were more characteristic of officers with 15-plus years’ service. Officer and supervisor opinions vary as to the reason for this seeming shift. Some believe snowflakes, unprepared to face evil, are melting with the heat of the job; some blame lower standards and poor training; others place suicides at the feet of leadership and politics.

The founders of the movement, the #BlackLivesMatter Foundation (BLMF), created it to radically shift culture. The far-left Ford Foundation, the world’s largest population control organization, vowed in 2016 to raise $100 million for the Movement for Black Lives (MFBL) — a nationwide coalition of BLM groups (including BLMF). MFBL released a shocking manifesto of policy positions that are...

' Based on 2012 numbers it would take 40 years for the number of blacks killed by the police to equal the number of blacks killed by blacks '  .... more facts

The 10 countries with the highest prevalence of modern slavery are 

1. North Korea 
2. Eritrea 
3. Burundi 
4. the Central African Republic 
5. Afghanistan 
6. Mauritania 
7. South Sudan 
8. Pakistan 
9. Cambodia 
10. Iran  

In 2018, the governments taking the most action to respond to modern slavery are:  

1. The Netherlands
2. United States
3. United Kingdom
4. Sweden
5. Belgium
6. Croatia
7. Spain
8. Norway
9. Portugal
10. Montenegro. 

"You ain't black if you don't vote for Biden"  "Poor kids can be just as smart as white kids"  

Before Trump was the president didn't everyone love him.... black communities, NAACP... why is he a racist?  Cleaning the swamp.  Since he has been president economy greater than ever... economy, protecting us from MS13 not Mexicans,  MAGA... exporter not importer... jobs.... can make it in this country.   

• Funding for black universities for next 20 years...  Trump made programs to let nonviolent offenders get out of jail.
• Why does Biden deserve your vote since he has done nothing for 47 years?  
• Johnson started welfare and other programs... "voting Democrat for years to come"  Blinding voting Democrat!
• What reason does Trump to have to be in office except to help our county?  Only president whose income has significantly dropped!  
• Can I count on your vote?
• Show me how Trump is a racist???
• Trump looks at us as...

NYPD Police officers listen as Police Benevolent Association of the City of New York President Pat Lynch and representatives from other NYPD and law enforcement unions holds a news conference at the Icahn Stadium parking lot in New York on June 9, 2020. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)

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Law Enforcement Suicide Red Flags Are Up

Thomas Cline

July 13, 2020 Updated: July 13, 2020

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The most traumatic experience a human can have is another person intentionally trying to hurt them. That’s the closest thing to evil people experience, and one does not survive unscathed.

Cops routinely see, feel, taste, touch, and smell evil. They’re usually the first tending to its victims. No one entering the profession understands this initially, nor can they predict how they will be affected.

To cope with the viciousness with which people treat one another, cops typically develop a dark sense of humor civilians don’t understand. Many cops, more so in big cities, start to see those they serve and protect as “the enemy,” and less than human. This is a self-destructive mechanism that increases stress and foments anger. Mistaking pleasure and numbness for peace, some crawl into bottles, overeat, engage in sexual promiscuity, abuse their power, and don’t understand the misery and despair they feel.

The best cops struggle with the “us versus them” perception constantly. This refers to what was once routine police work. That changed during the Obama administration as cops became targets of leftists in government, academia, and the media. Heather Mac Donald’s book “The War on Cops” documents this process of neutering law enforcement. It’s taking a toll on the profession.

Karen Solomon, the founder of Blue H.E.L.P., an organization honoring the lives and service of law enforcers who die by suicide, said that 132 officers were killed in the line of duty in 2019 and 228 took their own lives.

The factors that drive a law enforcer to suicide are complicated, involving personal ethics, the power they wield, and how they respond to the evil encountered in their work. My 52 years in law enforcement leads me to believe that law enforcers who work on themselves and family harder than on the job are more grounded and resilient. They also make the best cops by balancing their helping and hunting roles.

The models once used to view causes of law enforcement suicides have been disrupted in the last several months by daily physical attacks on officers and relentless demonization of them by the media, their leaders, government officials, and the people they lay down their lives to protect.

The daily battle on the front lines of demonstrations, riots, and looting, and the length of time this has been occurring, is the closest thing to war many cops have experienced. Additionally, the families of police officers are threatened and in danger in several places. Minneapolis police officers have had to move their families from their homes because Antifa has doxxed them, and they’re no longer safe. Some of these officers sleep away from home to protect their loved ones.

Cops are spent, and there seems no respite for them.

Dr. Jonathan Shay, a psychiatrist who specializes in treating the psychic wounds of war, says in his book, “Achilles in Vietnam,” that the three main causes of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are: (1) exposure to high stress, interpersonal violence being the most intense; (2) a feeling of betrayal by leaders; and (3) dehumanizing the “enemy.”

Add the interpersonal violence experienced daily, the feeling of betrayal by most—all but family and peers—and the routine practice of dehumanizing those perceived as enemies, and it seems a recipe for depression, despair, PTSD, and suicide.

In some cities such as Chicago, the increase in processing murder crime scenes is another factor that wears away at officers’ resilience. How will this affect officers new to the profession who, due to the “snowflake” phenomenon, have experienced little difficulty growing up?

In Chicago, most of the last dozen or so Chicago Police Department suicides were committed by officers with less than seven years on the job. In the past, suicides were more characteristic of officers with 15-plus years’ service. Officer and supervisor opinions vary as to the reason for this seeming shift. Some believe snowflakes, unprepared to face evil, are melting with the heat of the job; some blame lower standards and poor training; others place suicides at the feet of leadership and politics.

Further, the high rate of student loan debt and, until recently, the stagnant economy, pushed people into law enforcement who would never have considered it before. They need the money and job security it offers. Still, this is speculation and nobody is asking the rank and file what they believe.

Thomas Coghlan, a retired NYPD detective now psychologist, notes that symptoms of PTSD didn’t show up in Sept. 11 or Hurricane Katrina first-responders until about a year later. This suggests the law enforcement profession has a short time to prepare for what is likely to be the beginning of a spate of psychological problems and suicides in late 2021.

Families and friends of law enforcers involved in today’s hell, please place reminders in your calendar apps to be aware of behavioral changes in those for whom you care. They’ll need support and understanding as their psyches engage in the sorting out of the evil they are experiencing today. Be courageous and seek help from your chaplains, employee assistance programs, peer support groups, and others who will be available if these speculations turn true.

There has been a great exodus from the profession by those who have the time and wherewithal to retire as well as officers who have reached their limits and have left to seek other professions. They, too, must be aware of the changes that they will experience.

So how does a law enforcer handle this appropriately? Here are some suggestions.

There’s little cops can do about the exposure to high stress. Neither can they do much about betrayal by leadership. Dehumanizing the enemy is the one thing they can control, though not easily. The “us versus them” perception is dehumanization and hurts cops more than citizens. Prayer and forgiveness can help in processing the anger and negative feelings that are quite normal in the hell they’re living.

Cops must realize that they alone control their response to the stressors they bear and must select and live by a set of ethical standards they impose on themselves. Further, they must check their behavior daily against their standards.

Cops who do this due to their religious beliefs seem to handle evil much better, though that method is rare in the anti-religious climate in today’s culture. They must act as they ought, not as they want; that will make this bearable.

Thomas J. Cline, spouse, father, MBA, MAP, 52 years in law enforcement, is past president of the International Association of Ethics Trainers, Law Enforcement Training Trust board member, a writer/trainer at the Chicago PD, and a consultant. He authored “Cop Tales! (Never Spit in a Man’s Face … Unless His Mustache Is on Fire)” and “Psych Firefight – L E Job Satisfaction in a Hostile Environment.” For information on training and workshops email: coptales@gmail.com

Views expressed in this article are the opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.

NYPD Police officers listen as Police Benevolent Association of the City of New York President Pat Lynch and representatives from other NYPD and law enforcement unions holds a news conference at the Icahn Stadium parking lot in New York on June 9, 2020. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)

Viewpoints

Law Enforcement Suicide Red Flags Are Up

Thomas Cline

July 13, 2020 Updated: July 13, 2020

Print

✉

Commentary

The most traumatic experience a human can have is another person intentionally trying to hurt them. That’s the closest thing to evil people experience, and one does not survive unscathed.

Cops routinely see, feel, taste, touch, and smell evil. They’re usually the first tending to its victims. No one entering the profession understands this initially, nor can they predict how they will be affected.

To cope with the viciousness with which people treat one another, cops typically develop a dark sense of humor civilians don’t understand. Many cops, more so in big cities, start to see those they serve and protect as “the enemy,” and less than human. This is a self-destructive mechanism that increases stress and foments anger. Mistaking pleasure and numbness for peace, some crawl into bottles, overeat, engage in sexual promiscuity, abuse their power, and don’t understand the misery and despair they feel.

The best cops struggle with the “us versus them” perception constantly. This refers to what was once routine police work. That changed during the Obama administration as cops became targets of leftists in government, academia, and the media. Heather Mac Donald’s book “The War on Cops” documents this process of neutering law enforcement. It’s taking a toll on the profession.

Karen Solomon, the founder of Blue H.E.L.P., an organization honoring the lives and service of law enforcers who die by suicide, said that 132 officers were killed in the line of duty in 2019 and 228 took their own lives.

The factors that drive a law enforcer to suicide are complicated, involving personal ethics, the power they wield, and how they respond to the evil encountered in their work. My 52 years in law enforcement leads me to believe that law enforcers who work on themselves and family harder than on the job are more grounded and resilient. They also make the best cops by balancing their helping and hunting roles.

The models once used to view causes of law enforcement suicides have been disrupted in the last several months by daily physical attacks on officers and relentless demonization of them by the media, their leaders, government officials, and the people they lay down their lives to protect.

The daily battle on the front lines of demonstrations, riots, and looting, and the length of time this has been occurring, is the closest thing to war many cops have experienced. Additionally, the families of police officers are threatened and in danger in several places. Minneapolis police officers have had to move their families from their homes because Antifa has doxxed them, and they’re no longer safe. Some of these officers sleep away from home to protect their loved ones.

Cops are spent, and there seems no respite for them.

Dr. Jonathan Shay, a psychiatrist who specializes in treating the psychic wounds of war, says in his book, “Achilles in Vietnam,” that the three main causes of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are: (1) exposure to high stress, interpersonal violence being the most intense; (2) a feeling of betrayal by leaders; and (3) dehumanizing the “enemy.”

Add the interpersonal violence experienced daily, the feeling of betrayal by most—all but family and peers—and the routine practice of dehumanizing those perceived as enemies, and it seems a recipe for depression, despair, PTSD, and suicide.

In some cities such as Chicago, the increase in processing murder crime scenes is another factor that wears away at officers’ resilience. How will this affect officers new to the profession who, due to the “snowflake” phenomenon, have experienced little difficulty growing up?

In Chicago, most of the last dozen or so Chicago Police Department suicides were committed by officers with less than seven years on the job. In the past, suicides were more characteristic of officers with 15-plus years’ service. Officer and supervisor opinions vary as to the reason for this seeming shift. Some believe snowflakes, unprepared to face evil, are melting with the heat of the job; some blame lower standards and poor training; others place suicides at the feet of leadership and politics.

Further, the high rate of student loan debt and, until recently, the stagnant economy, pushed people into law enforcement who would never have considered it before. They need the money and job security it offers. Still, this is speculation and nobody is asking the rank and file what they believe.

Thomas Coghlan, a retired NYPD detective now psychologist, notes that symptoms of PTSD didn’t show up in Sept. 11 or Hurricane Katrina first-responders until about a year later. This suggests the law enforcement profession has a short time to prepare for what is likely to be the beginning of a spate of psychological problems and suicides in late 2021.

Families and friends of law enforcers involved in today’s hell, please place reminders in your calendar apps to be aware of behavioral changes in those for whom you care. They’ll need support and understanding as their psyches engage in the sorting out of the evil they are experiencing today. Be courageous and seek help from your chaplains, employee assistance programs, peer support groups, and others who will be available if these speculations turn true.

There has been a great exodus from the profession by those who have the time and wherewithal to retire as well as officers who have reached their limits and have left to seek other professions. They, too, must be aware of the changes that they will experience.

So how does a law enforcer handle this appropriately? Here are some suggestions.

There’s little cops can do about the exposure to high stress. Neither can they do much about betrayal by leadership. Dehumanizing the enemy is the one thing they can control, though not easily. The “us versus them” perception is dehumanization and hurts cops more than citizens. Prayer and forgiveness can help in processing the anger and negative feelings that are quite normal in the hell they’re living.

Cops must realize that they alone control their response to the stressors they bear and must select and live by a set of ethical standards they impose on themselves. Further, they must check their behavior daily against their standards.

Cops who do this due to their religious beliefs seem to handle evil much better, though that method is rare in the anti-religious climate in today’s culture. They must act as they ought, not as they want; that will make this bearable.

Thomas J. Cline, spouse, father, MBA, MAP, 52 years in law enforcement, is past president of the International Association of Ethics Trainers, Law Enforcement Training Trust board member, a writer/trainer at the Chicago PD, and a consultant. He authored “Cop Tales! (Never Spit in a Man’s Face … Unless His Mustache Is on Fire)” and “Psych Firefight – L E Job Satisfaction in a Hostile Environment.” For information on training and workshops email: coptales@gmail.com

Views expressed in this article are the opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.

It has come to the President's attention that Executive Branch agencies have spent millions of taxpayer dollars to date "training" government workers to believe divisive, anti-American propaganda. For example, according to press reports, employees across the Executive Branch have been required to attend trainings where they are told that "virtually all White people contribute to racism" or where they are required to say that they "benefit from racism." According to press reports, in some cases these training have further claimed that there is racism embedded in the belief that America is the land of opportunity or the belief that the most qualified person should receive a job.

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An analysis of 21 indicators related to economic vitality, talent, infrastructure, civic quality, poverty and employment shows that Tampa Bay’s Black residents are far more likely to be paid less, living in poverty and underperforming in schools when compared to the region’s White residents. Without intervention, these disparities – and others – are likely to become more pronounced as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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