'Blue Lives Matter,'
- LA Times

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-police-community-rally-hollywood-20150926-story.html/

California:
LOCAL L.A.
'Blue Lives Matter,' police and supporters say at Hollywood rally

Annie Bergin, 34, of Los Angeles was among 100 people who gathered in Hollywood on Saturday to show support for police officers. (Louis Sahagun / Los Angeles Times)

Waving American flags and holding up signs that read “Blue Lives Matter,” about 100 Los Angeles police officers joined members of the community at a rally in Hollywood on Saturday intended to show support for the department at a time when crime is spiking and the ambush killings of police officers in cities elsewhere have left authorities across the nation feeling under siege.

The demonstrators gathered first in front of the CNN building on Sunset Boulevard and later at the nearby Hollywood Community Police Station. Motorists, including patrol officers and firefighters, expressed their appreciation by honking horns and sounding sirens.

Demonstrators gathered in front of the CNN building on Sunset Boulevard and later at the nearby Hollywood Community Police Station.
Among the demonstrators was Annie Bergin, 34, of Los Angeles, who held up a poster that read, “They bleed blue.”

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“There’s something weird and scary going on right now – police are being assassinated,” she said. “I’m here to show that I strongly support the LAPD and law enforcement officers everywhere who risk their lives each day to keep us safe.”

The event was organized by the Los Angeles Police Protective League as part of an effort to counter demonstrations nationwide in the aftermath of several high-profile police killings of unarmed civilians, and to decry the fatal “ambush” shooting of an officer in Houston a month ago and the similar killing of two New York City officers in late 2014. LAPD Chief Charlie Beck made a brief appearance at the rally.

“This is just the beginning of a nationwide campaign,” said Jerretta Sandoz, vice president of the 10,000-member Police Protection League. “We’ve reached out to police unions in New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Houston and many other cities and they are all on board.

“Now, we’re searching for a unifying catch phrase and symbol that will send this message: Enough is enough,” she said. “There’s just too much negativity throughout the country related to police work.”

John Redican, a patrol officer with the LAPD’s Newton Division, agreed.

“Police are being marginalized and demonized by a small segment of society with views that are magnified by the media,” Redican said. “This event is an attempt to mitigate that perception by showing that a majority of people understand that we are out there trying to keep the wolves away from our doors.”

August was the deadliest month in Los Angeles in six years.

Speaking at an emotional news conference on Friday, Mayor Eric Garcetti appealed for patience with his administration’s 5-month-old police strategy intended to suppress spiking violence, saying it would take time to show full results.

That approach, which involves deploying hundreds of additional elite police officers into troubled neighborhoods and increasing funding for gang-intervention programs, has prevented an even sharper rise in violence, Garcetti said.

Police are being marginalized and demonized by a small segment of society with views that are magnified by the media.
- John Redican, of the LAPD's Newton Division
In the meantime, Anna Strongwolf, 43, of Los Angeles has her mind made up.

“There’s far too much negative junk directed at officers who keep us safe from anarchy,” said Strongwolf, who would identify herself only as a police officer. “I get emails alerting us when an officer somewhere in the United States was killed in the line of duty.

“Not long ago, I got two in one day,” she said. “This has got to stop.”

louis.sahagun@latimes.com
Copyright © 2015, Los Angeles Times

There are some communities where residents are painting a blue stripe, maybe 3" wide, on the curb in front of their houses. In rural areas like mine, some people are putting blue ribbons around mailbox posts, etc.
https://www.facebook.com/LEOSafeHarbor

I gotta find my "Thin Blue Line" bumper stickers.

Sassy you link is gone : (



really thought this was a forum post about smurfs

but any who i think all lives matter

well unless its dinner , then its just life
ooppss off topic

but to tell the truth the way the news points out all the bad things the bad cops have been doing : ( i am really surprised that more bad things have not happened
not saying all cops are bad
but they seam to do little about it

a cop rapes some one or kills some one very little is done about it
they might loose there job and that is about it, if even that : (

'Blue Lives Matter,' police and supporters say at Hollywood rally - LA Times http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-police-community-rally-hollywood-20150926-story.html/


*Aaacchhhh.. this link isn't showing either, for LA Times, but LA Times posted on my other thread.. maybe someone can find one? *

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Hi NoCat, I read about the curb painting, that it was posted on Facebook.
But you may want to Google
" color coding curbs ", " color coding mailboxs ", " X 's & dots color coding residents/ homes ".. & it is all on YouTube also....a BIG conspiracy theory that it is FEMA etc ( for over 2yrs now).

NoCat.. I found a few links

Color Code, Curb Markings

http://www.intellihub.com/new-markings-surface-again-on-san-antonio-curbs-as-red-and-blue-list-activates/

Curb Markings Are Back

http://youtu.be/CsZLPFr4tXQ/

FEMA - marking homes ?

http://youtu.be/bZengiyOPc8/

Black lives matter...Blue lives matter...how about all lives that will die if someone kills them matter...geez...this world is so stupid anymore...everyone hating on eachother for every reason...bad people are in every color, faith, government ect...but the worst of all people are those judging eachother...and the self righteous...lol...of course this is just my "opinion "..

But in regards to law enforcement...if they are a respectable officer my heart goes out to those that are truly there to protect and serve the people...but in my home town...there is a lot of dirty cops that I can't say it would break my heart if they stopped existing...again..just my opinion...

I made a thread..ALL lives matter.. that was my FIRST one.
Check it out

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If you say they are ' dirty'.. well that is a judgement. js.

But if you ever need one.. you will LOVE those guys.
But of course, hope you never do.

...lol...not so much as judging..more like stating the obvious...bad is bad...I can say I don't let it cloud my eyes on law enforcement in general...but the "dirty" cops really make it hard for the decent ones...lol...note this is just my shallow attempt of denying I made a "judgement call"...and sadly I have had way too many times in my life where I had to deal with law enforcement and I appreciate the "good" ones but never once appreciated it when a "dirty" one arrived...

I hate you for saying that!

...I'm sorry ...never mean to offend

doesnt the photo kind of show how much blue lives matter?

I mean, yes, all lives matter, blue lives matter,, etc,,,, but where in the system has it been implied otherwise?


is there some history Im unaware of where blue lives were not valued as much as(or more than) any other?


its kind of like a movement called 'soldiers lives matter',,, our system kind of already puts that message out there ,,,


but everyone has their causes, I guess,,,

"" ANDERSON, Ind. (September 25, 2015)-
Birthdays are special no matter how old you
are. Serynity Ricketts’s 8th birthday was an
extra special one.
“She’s one of the most understanding 8-year-
olds you can come across,” explains Bobbey
Ricketts, Serynity’s mom.
Serynity wanted a bike but her mom and dad
told her money was tight and they weren't
going to be able to get her one. Serynity
understood.
“I mean, we’re still saving pop cans for a
cheerleading uniform so she knew it wasn't
going to happen,” said Bobbey Ricketts.
Serynity’s mom and dad did what they had to
do and picked up extra shifts.
“I think we were more excited to give her the
bike than she was to get it. We surprised her
when she got home from school that day,” said
Ricketts.
The sparkly bright pink and green bike lasted
only a day before some neighborhood
troublemakers stole it from the backyard.
“It was a big melt down. I was crying and she
was crying,” she said.
“I was sad and mad, too," said Serynity.
Serynity’s mom didn’t know what else to do,
so she called the police.
“I didn’t expect them to anything but maybe
paperwork for a stolen bike or theft. I was
amazed they showed up in the first place,”
Ricketts said.
After officers left, Serynity’s family looked
throughout the neighborhood for a few hours
but had no luck.
Right before bedtime, Anderson Police Officer
Matt Jarrett showed up with a brand new bike
that looked just like the stolen one.
Officer Jarrett got hugs from Serynity.
Serynity’s mom got a heart-to-heart from
Officer Jarrett.
“He has a daughter and if her bike were to be
stolen-- if he was ever faced with the fact that
he couldn't financially replace it-- he doesn't
know what he would do, that right there was
touching enough for us adults,” said Ricketts.
Even at 8 years old, Serynity realizes she got
much more than a bike for her birthday.
“She woke up the next morning and it wasn't,
‘Mom can I ride my bike?’ It was, ‘Mom that
officer is amazing. He didn’t have to do that,'”
said Ricketts.
Serynity’s mom said the family went to a
football game on Thursday and Serynity hugged
every police officer she saw.""
http://fox59.com/2015/09/25/anderson-police-officer-replaces-little-girls-stolen-birthday-bike/

just kiddin....