Forced an uncomfortable conversation with my neighbor...

[MIKOM]

I live in a really nice town in New Hampshire. I work in law enforcement and majority of the town right now are moving forward with the defund the police BLM thing. All well and good but I have found myself a bit more reclusive with this climate.

This thread isn't about that as much as it is about one of my neighbors and a conversation I forced upon him yesterday. He was helping my next door neighbor move some mulch to the back yard and my neighbor told him to come see my work I'd done on the patio I'm building. I was playing with my dog so I welcomed them over.

Well, the guys daughter is a 17 year old high school senior and she is leading a defund the police movement and BLM protests in town. Also she wants to abolish prisons. It blows me away that her parents aren't trying to talk to her about her misinformed views on grouping police the way she is so I assumed it was partially his views and his wife's views passed down.

He brought up police right away and I lit him up saying why the entire thing pisses me off. These people claim the issue with police is they aren't trained for what they do. The defund comes from taking money away from the departments and giving it to social programs and what not. I then listed my background where I started as a teacher, ran a program for sexually abused children, ran two mental health hospitals, became a patrol officer, and then worked my way up through the prison system. He had no idea what I did and said he assumed I just worked in business.

I used that fact to say he needed to explain to his daughter that not all cops are untrained and looking for an issue. A lot of police get into the job to help people. He shook my hand and said he hadn't thought of things that way ever. My other neighbor looked as though he wanted to cry. Sometimes the non PC conversation has to happen. Sometimes that's all we need. The more I write this, the more I feel as though this might not be for the Berry, but if it is moved, so be it.

My point is simple, we are run by misinformation. The media spews it, politicians throw it at us...it's time to look at things from a human perspective and not a what party are you with perspective. We are messing our youth up big time.

I guess I can try to make it light at the end before my cliffs...have you ever forced an uncomfortable conversation that you knew would suck but needed to happen?

Cliffs: Guy in neighborhood is a defund the police supporter and has bred that in his children. They think prisons should be eliminated. I confronted him on this and literally poured my heart out on the topic...for the first time. It was cathartic. Cheers guys.

Your neighbor and his daughter......... we have a saying in Ireland, and it is not in any way related to race, but more so to the passing down of being an idiot to your children.......... It's "black cat, black kitten".
I think you are only hearing the half of his views in public. What is said behind closed doors is probably a lot more idiotic.

 

[THE Red Beard]

Don't shake hands with anyone at the moment!

I know you're a level headed guy, it must have taken the wind out of his sails when you told him what you do for a living/your career history etc. I'm at the end of my tether with how law enforcement are being treated at the moment, the fact that 1% are being assholes/murdereres/whatever you want to call them doesn't mean that your average cop isn't a good guy who joined up for the right reasons.

The reality is we fist bumped but that sounded douchy haha. It has worn me down lately. It's terrible...

 

[Brother Numsi]

Nicely done

I don't know if you recall but a made a thread this week about this white chick I'm friends with talking about 'defunding the police' this week and me (a black man) had to explain to her why that whole thing is asinine. I have been racially profiled by the police more times than I can count and I'm the one explaining why it's a dumb idea?! That's the current world we are living in

 

[lifelessheap]

He probably agrees, as anyone with common sense would, but doesn't want to argue with a 17 year old girl with all of Twitter behind her. He's probably sick of listening to it as we all are.


Oh and War Room>>>>>>>

lmao, my daughters both fear and love me. Do you think I will ever fear them?

They will fucking respect the police. They will not respect their Leftist/Communist public teachers.

 

[THE Red Beard]

You neighbor and his daughter......... we have a saying in Ireland, and it is not in any way related to race, but more so to the passing down of being an idiot to your children.......... It's "black cat, black kitten".
I think you are only hearing the half of his views in public. What is said behind closed doors is probably a lot more idiotic.

I guarantee it! He said some dumb stuff about gun ownership but I didn't even open that can of worms.

 

[THE Red Beard]

Nicely done

I don't know if you recall but a made a thread this week about this white chick I'm friends with talking about 'defunding the police' this week and me (a black man) had to explain to her why that whole thing is asinine. I have been racially profiled by the police more times than I can count and I'm the one explaining why it's a dumb idea?! That's the current world we are living in

I remember you buddy and it's time the silent majority speaks up a bit more.

 

[fingercuffs]

The reality is we fist bumped but that sounded douchy haha. It has worn me down lately. It's terrible...

When I lived in Norfolk Virginia I did a Citizen's Police Course, the cops gave up their free evening time and we actually became pretty good buddies. We did potlucks, all sorts of local community stuff, it was lovely. The thought of those really nice good guys being ridiculed shits me to tears.

 

[THE Red Beard]

When I lived in Norfolk Virginia I did a Citizen's Police Course, the cops gave up their free evening time and we actually became pretty good buddies. We did potlucks, all sorts of local community stuff, it was lovely. The thought of those really nice good guys being ridiculed shits me to tears.

The amount of hours I've volunteered in the communities is so high. I didn't do it for any other reason other than I wanted to be one with my community. It is very troubling to be shunned for the actions of very few. The news with their if it bleeds it leads mentality has divided this country so far. The way they slant the truth has caused generations of damage and will undoubtedly be viewed as such when we are all passed.

 

[TheRuthlessOne]

I confronted him on this and literally poured my heart out on the topic...for the first time. It was cathartic. Cheers guys.

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[THE Red Beard]

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[ithinktheymad]

I hate when neighbors want to chat.

 

[Mr Mojo Lane]

I don't know. A high school girl in New Hampshire might have a lot of experience dealing with criminals. Maybe we should all listen to her when it comes to dealing w/ hardened criminals.

 

[JoeyJoeJoeJr]

Go eat some donuts, PIGG!!! OINK OINK OINK

"Throws rocks at TS"

Defund the Police, BLM!








Just kidding, the defund the police people are morons. You did the right thing.

 

[Jack Reacheround]

War room, bitch. This shit never happened.
And they need to stop giving the cops so much federal money. That is what defund the police means. It doesn’t mean “no police anywhere.” If that’s what they meant, the slogan would be “no police.”

Nobody anywhere is saying we should “abolish prisons.” So you’re full of shit yet again. But they should abolish for profit prisons. How would monetarily incentivizing people to put more people in prison ever be a good idea? Who’s the asshole who thought of that idea? Probably Bitch McConnell.

Again, I’m pretty sure you copied and pasted this story from Hannity’s message boards or some chain email that’s going around to all cops telling this bullshit story you tried to pass off as your own.

 

[William Huggins]

At what part did the 17 year old eat mulch on the new patio, whilst the dog watched???

 

[superpunch]

She's a pretty girl and is active with cross country and what not. She seems on the surface to be normal but inside harbors a hate for everything related to our justice system.

She'll grow up dude. I look at the moronic radical political opinions I had up to a little after college and just want to facepalm so badly.

It's so easy to think in absolutes when you're young because you have no real world experience and don't understand that you can't accomplish things being morally pure like Jesus. And thinking in absolutes leads to radical ideas that are really dumb.

 

[William Huggins]

War room, bitch. This shit never happened.
And they need to stop giving the cops so much federal money. That is what defund the police means. It doesn’t mean “no police anywhere.” If that’s what they meant, the slogan would be “no police.”

Nobody anywhere is saying we should “abolish prisons.” So you’re full of shit yet again. But they should abolish for profit prisons. How would monetarily incentivizing people to put more people in prison ever be a good idea? Who’s the asshole who thought of that idea? Probably Bitch McConnell.

Again, I’m pretty sure you copied and pasted this story from Hannity’s message boards or some chain email that’s going around to all cops telling this bullshit story you tried to pass off as your own.

Sorry but it sounds plausible to me, just like gay Jesus............

What's your take on gun control?

 

[Jack Reacheround]

Sorry but it sounds plausible to me, just like gay Jesus............

What's your take on gun control?

Of course it’s plausible. But he probs my made that shit up. Plus he doesn’t fucking understand what anything means. That’s troubling.

My position on gun control? Raise the age required for gun ownership to 21.

 

[William Huggins]

Of course it’s plausible. But he probs my made that shit up. Plus he doesn’t fucking understand what anything means. That’s troubling.

My position on gun control? Raise the age required for gun ownership to 21.

Assault rifles?

 

[Jack Reacheround]

Assault rifles?

Oh, so you didn’t get the answer you wanted that would let you try and discredit anything I say by pointing to my view on guns and saying I’m a pinko liberal? Well, too fucking bad. You know I’m fucking right. This shit is likely made up. And even if it wasn’t TS thinks the slogan “defund the police” means “no police.” That’s because he’s retarded.