The police can only act within the powers that are defined by the legislation they are enforcing. If there is no power of arrest defined, they cannot arrest people, if there is no power of entry to premises defined they cannot force entry. They do not have the numbers to tackle large gatherings they way many would like them to.
Feel free to join the Special Constabulary and put your own necks on the line.
My friend in Virginia writes:
"The video on New York City is accurate. The rich people are fleeing (they
have second and third homes), crime has skyrocketed, and it's just one of
many cities that are in flames. The Black Lives Matter group, which is a
Marxist organization, mixes fair allegations of prior racist policies with
plenty of lies about policing, American founders, and capitalism to attack
America as an inherently racist country that cannot be redeemed unless they
control it. When that video came out showing a police officer kneeling on a black
man's neck--and letting that man die right there--black America exploded.
They protested and rioted their way across American, destroying city blocks.
Lots of looting--burning buildings, but only after they stole all the booze
and electronics inside. And along the way, Antifa, the fascist group that
claims to be 'anti-fascist,' joined in and really escalated things.
Lots of attacks on police of all colors, and attacks on white people
nationwide. New York, run by the biggest idiot in America, enacted policies
to protect the criminals (and many Democrat-run cities across the USA have
done the same) so it's no surprise that the criminals have gone crazy. The
Democrat leaders support the rioters and have changed laws on handling
criminals and the police rules of engagement. Many criminals no longer go
to jail. They just get booked and they're let out. They don't even have to
post bail money. So they're released to repeat the same crimes--or
worse--over and over again. At the same time, police in many cities aren't
even allowed to use things like pepper spray and other non-lethal force so
they can't capture the violent criminals. And with the mobs, they can't
defend themselves when the mobs attack them with rocks, professional grade
fireworks aimed right at them, lasers used to blind them, bats, and other
weapons. So lots of police are retiring. Some are quitting. And many just
stay back now and let the mob do what they're going to do. In many cities,
including NYC, they aren't putting themselves at risk like they used to
because they know they can risk death to capture a bad guy who's just going
to walk right out of jail that same day. So policing has been cut way back
just as the mob violence escalates.
Killing, shooting, robbing, assaulting--it's just common fare now across
American cities run by Democrats. And the rich people in NYC who have second
and third homes got the hell out. Anyone walking on a NYC sidewalk risks
getting cold-cocked and robbed at all hours, day and night, or just shot
dead for the joy of killing. Same in Portland, Oregon, St. Louis, Missouri,
Seattle, Washington, etc. It's a combination of America-haters, anarchists,
socialists, communists, black racists, and just good ole All-American
criminals. They're having a ball, beating the shit out of white people on
the street, just for the hell of it, because they can get away with it.
Gun sales are breaking records all over the country. It's the perfect storm.
Policing has been drastically reduced while criminality is skyrocketing.
These Democrats are idiots. They want gun control, but they couldn't have
designed a better way to boost gun sales and convince more people of the
necessity of owning guns. I suspect they've lost some supporters of gun
control. Police aren't even showing up for calls in many cities. People are
realizing they're on their own.
For many of these cities, home values are dropping like free-falling safes,
and their property tax base is disappearing. In the cities where state and
local income taxes are levied, the wealthiest people are leaving for saner
states and localities because they're sufficiently mobile due to their
economic security. The rest are stuck in those cities that, now, have lost a
lot of their tax base. Things will get far worse before they get better.
It's a George Soros wet dream. This is what he's spent his billions to
achieve-the destruction of America. And he's making significant inroads. I
keep saying we're heading for civil war. Now I'm not the only one saying it.
And joy of joys, Black Lives Matter keeps saying they plan to come out to
rural areas to attack people here because they want to prove that no one is
safe anywhere. Nice folks, those. The gangs are
going to boil up next and they're extremely well armed. They buy cases of
ammo like someone else might buy candy bars."
