The Infidels Are Doing It For Themselves

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, and are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, among them, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

One does not have these rights when one can not walk their own streets freely and safely.

When the government does not provide protection for its citizens, then the government has abandoned its first responsibility.

And in that case, regime change is necessary.

Check it out. This is what I call government of the people, by the people, and for the people:

 

This is where the individual comes in. This is where the American makes the difference. The government has failed to protect us. We ain't gonna take it. hat tip CAN

"In response to proposed armed civilian patrols, I believe that
individuals who carry weapons with the intent of enforcing their view of
appropriate behavior in the neighborhood is a recipe for disaster."


Members of a politically influential yeshiva led by Rabbi Daniel Greer
(pictured at top) -- who have spent more than a decade rebuilding their stretch
of Edgewood -- have organized an armed citizens patrol.

Check out "politically influential." Those damn, sneaky Jews. If he was so "political influential" then he wouldn't be having these problems now would he? He'd be carrying a glock himself like Sean Penn in New Orleans.

They made the announcement Monday afternoon at Yeshiva of New Haven
(aka The Gan School) on Elm Street. They plan to begin patrolling Monday evening
in two-person teams wearing "Edgewood Park Defense Patrol" T-shirts and carrying
concealed, licensed firearms.
That's the neighborhood where Greer's
organization has rehabilitated 40 old-style New Haven houses and planted 450
trees over the past 18 years. It surrounds the old Roger Sherman School, which
Greer's organization converted into an Orthodox Jewish school. The organization
has also worked with neighbors to combat prostitution in the area, instituting a
successful "John of the Week" effort which featured pinched patrons' names on
flyers.

"We are unwilling to give up," Greer said at Monday's announcement
in a classroom on the school's second floor. Family members from the yeshiva as
well as neighbors -- including Alderwoman Liz McCormack and 24th Ward Democratic
Co-Chair Hank Campbell -- joined him.


"We can fix all the houses up. We can plant trees. But if we cannot
walk our streets securely, all our efforts are for naught," Greer said. Rather
than be victims or depend any longer on the police department, he said, the
group is determined to tackle crime head on.

"There's only one solution -- to remove the chief," Greer said.
"He's a very sweet guy. I would love to have drinks with him. But he cannot run
the police department."

Asked about the armed patrols right before the press conference,
DeStefano said he had no comment yet because he hadn't known about
them.

After the press conference, DeStefano backed Ortiz and disagreed
with the patrol idea.
"The chief has my full support. Chief Ortiz is doing a
good job," DeStefano said.

Anyone who patrols the street with a gun "is putting themselves and
others at risk," he said.

WTF? But the outlaws casn be armed to the teeth right?

The last straw for the group came Sunday night, when Greer's son, Rabbi
Dov Greer (pictured), was assaulted by young men right outside his house on Elm
Street. Dov Greer said the men accosted him on the street and followed him into
the house, where they beat him before fleeing as he called upstairs to his wife
to phone the cops.

"There's going to be authority. There's going to be control," his
brother, Eliezer Greer, said. "There's going to be rule of law on the
street."

The rest of the release quoted the mayor. It read:

"We regret the attack on Rabbi Greer's son. We have reviewed police
deployment in that neighborhood. As we do throughout the entire city, we have
increased the number of walking beats in that neighborhood and continue to
assign officers to this type of patrol. In fact, the victim was in contact with
an officer who was walking the neighborhood shortly before the incident and
immediately thereafter. The first officer to respond was one of these walking
patrols. Crime statistics in Edgewood are down and are lower than they've been
in the past."

"I have complete confidence in the Chief, Commanding Officers and
the District Manager for this neighborhood."

"In response to proposed armed civilian patrols, I believe that
individuals who carry weapons with the intent of enforcing their view of
appropriate behavior in the neighborhood is a recipe for disaster."

What an asshat. Read the whole thing here.