We need to support our police.  Common ground can be found in safety, law and order, education, and community support and social services.  There is no unity to be found in demonizing and vilifying any group of public servants.  Public service is extremely difficult and often low-paying.  Front-line public safety responders including police, fire, and medical personnel work in tandem because threatening situations and emergencies are never predictable.  It is said that you do not need the police until you need the police.  Emergencies and crime threaten our well-being, mentally and physically, and often our survival. Calls for defunding the police and eliminating qualified immunity portend a grave path of unintended consequences.  Public officials and employees are generally offered immunity from personally being sued when working in an official capacity.  But this is qualified based on conduct within...(Read Full Post)