DISMANTLING THE POLICE WILL NOT INSURE THE PERFECTION OF HUMAN NATURE

DISMANTLING THE POLICE WILL NOT INSURE THE PERFECTION OF HUMAN NATURE

By Domenick J. Maglio, PhD. Traditional Realist

Many of the peaceful demonstrations to honor the death of George Floyd at times turned into riots of looting and destruction. Most of the demonstrators probably had no intention to turn the peaceful marches into an orgy of violence, although anarchists did, and the rest were caught up in the moment. Over a four night “peaceful” demonstration in NYC, 300 policemen were injured.

Dismantling institutions such as the police which have been established for centuries to assist citizens’ need for safety is an insane response to control violence. Most groups have rotten apples. We do not throw out all the fruit but select the defective ones to discard and eat the healthy ones. We need an honest assessment of police department methods and personnel.  Expecting criminals to change into law-abiding citizens is ludicrous.

To eliminate by dismantling an institution is stupidity without a plan to replace it. In a civilized society there are many organizations made up of members whose responsibility is to serve and assist people of the community.  People are imperfect and at times make horrific decisions. There are clergy, teachers and psychologists who sexually or physically abuse their parishioners, students or clients. There are executives who exploit their employees and cheat their customers. There are politicians who use their power to keep and increase their position by robbing, lying, cheating and even killing those who are a threat to their positions.  We cannot dismantle all of these institutions merely because there are evil people in them.  They are the foundation of our civilization.

If anarchists can incite the elimination of the police, they will agitate for other institutions to disappear. It will encourage other domestic groups to assert themselves taking the levers of power in a coup. Outside nations will be enticed to invade our weakened nation conquering our former Constitutional Republic. Both internal and external forces would attempt to form a centrally controlled government that will have no constitution or Bill of Rights to restrict them from massacring any opposition.

Historically, like it or not, peaceful stability on all fronts is not an easy objective to maintain. The United States has been able to do it for almost four centuries. There have been many crises to overcome, wars, depression, epidemics and many insurrections, not to mention a Civil War over a moral issue of slavery in which over 620,000 soldiers died, As a nation, we have overcome all of these challenges.

The reason we have overcome these obstacles is the pragmatic US citizens that realistically place representatives into office. They logically assess the problem with open debate, get behind the most reasonable solutions and do not throw out the “baby with the bath water.” They are problem solvers that find practical solutions.

The current issue with this absurd dismantling of local police is caused by an emotional reaction to an endemic human shortcoming: the imperfection of men.

This can never be eliminated but only be recognized and punished by our due process to cleanse the institutions. 

The people demonstrating and rioting are not an accurate representation of our nation.  Many are young college age students with a sprinkling of aged hippie activists, Antifa members and other radical activists.  Many were educated in schools and universities that indoctrinated them with social change, victimization, white privilege, white supremacy, anti-capitalism and a distorted negative view of our history.

Political correctness, social justice and change agendas ignited these naïve students to turn a blind eye to the out-of-control destruction of private property and assaults on police. A 75-year-old political activist moved towards a marching squadron of emergency response team as they worked to clear the area following orders. Fifty-seven officers resigned from the Buffalo emergency response team in protest for their two members who followed orders and were suspended. In this crisis situation anyone who chooses to physically confront a squadron of officers moving forward should not be viewed as a victim but as a political agitator seeking notoriety.

The most significant ingredient for maintaining these demonstrations/riots were the biased US media. Their highlighting blatant lies and one-sided reporting fans the flames for greater resentment and hatred. Without the media’s despicable glorification of all participants including violent rioters the riots would have expired through a lack of fuel.

All Americans need to realistically work together in a positive way to improve our country. The United States will never be a utopian paradise as this is not possible in a nation of powerful self-serving, dishonest and evil people. The USA is the greatest nation on earth. Our forefathers understood the limitations of humans and protected citizens with the Bill of Rights and our Constitutional Republic.

The United States is the freest nation in the world since we encourage competition and opportunity for everyone. We comprehend the importance of compromise through open debate with economic and political stability by maintaining a middle course, not hastily going from one extreme to another.

Dismantling of the police is a recipe for an insurrection in our nation that could easily spread throughout the world.

Domenick Maglio, PhD. is a columnist carried by various newspapers, an author of several books and owner/director of Wider Horizons School, a college prep program. Dr. Maglio is an author of weekly newspaper articles, INVASION WITHIN and a recent book entitled, IN CHARGE PARENTING In a PC World. You can see many of Dr. Maglio’s articles at www.drmaglioblogspot.com.