SGT PEPPER HAS IT RIGHT!!!

SGT PEPPER HAS IT RIGHT!!! By Joe Ingino BA. Psychology Editor/Publisher Central Newspapers ACCOMPLISHED WRITER/AUTHOR OF OVER 800,000 Published Columns in Canada and The United States Before I begin this column. I like to fully disclose that I do not endorse or support violence in any way. As a professional martial artist, the root of our training is the avoidance of violence at all cost. Our discipline is to be used to defend when attacked and always use self restraint. With this said. I give the police forces across the world great praise as they have a real tough job. In many cases it is the use of brute force and not tactical body dynamics in the taking down of hostile perpetrators. I say this with such confidence as I enjoy on my spare 30 seconds a day to watch YOUTUBE videos on how police around the world deals with police take downs. In most cases you can tell that the officer in attendance has had limited or no training as in most take down it takes two, three, four officers to take down one person. When in reality it should take one officer. The other day Sgt. Pepper caught my eye. I think he was not a police officer but either a national guard or a marine on the front line of a demonstration. The demonstrator your typical ‘woke’, one hundred and twenty pound over opinionated unemployed basement dweller. There was this nose drip shouting in front of a 350lb officer. He kept screaming to the officer. “WHAT IS YOUR NAME SOLDIER” time and time again. The soldier was very calm and very patient. The perpetrator kept screaming in his face demanding his name. Then with a swift swipe the officer quickly pulls out pepper spray can and gives the perpetrator a mouth/face full of this orange spray. The perpetrator goes down in tears screaming like a baby as the officer stands there with a very deserving grin... and states. “Dr. Pepper son”. Super classic response. I think what is taking place in the U.S. needs to be employed in Canada. Zero tolerance to police interference while dispensing law. Anyone in breach should be dealt with extreme force. The problem with today’s police attitudes is that they do not want to be legally liable or worst criminally found to be guilty of law in the dispensing of law. Something that is very hard. As civilians we must also make sure that police do not abuse powers entrusted in them. So how do we balance. Well, open the door for police to do their job. If an abuse complaint is brought forth. Investigate with the understanding that the job is extremely stressful and difficult. I think filming of any police activity should be illegal. I think journalist should be kept out of hot spots like riots and protests. I strongly believe that the police need to be respected and protected against criminal prosecution for minor things. Much, like Sgt. Pepper’s actions. They could be seen as against the law. Then again under the circumstance. It can be deemed reasonable. Protestors have become more militant and more aggressive due to the fact that they have lost the fear factor. I think we need to instill that emotion in order to preserve society.