Bill Harris' career, a lifetime of cop-supporting

[lovinlife101]

With faith in law enforcement being at an all-time low, I'm curious to see what Bill Harris would say about this.

We've seen a black man killed by a white cop while others stood by and did nothing.

We've seen cops arrest a CNN crew for exercising their freedom of the press.

Bill Harris spent his entire career idolizing cops, sucking up to cops, defending them, heck, becoming one of them!

Here's his bio:

"Bill has also distinguished himself in the area of law enforcement with a rare perspective of someone who has been on “both sides of the fence.” While anchoring and reporting for WJRT, Bill also served as a uniformed, reserve deputy with the Genesee County Sheriff’s Department’s Paramedic Division. He is a recent graduate of the FBI Citizens Academy and has trained with numerous federal, state and local law enforcement agencies.

He continues to work closely with numerous agencies and consulting firms, including the Michigan State Police, as a media consultant and instructor and, this past August, served as the Public Information Officer for Flint’s “Back To The Bricks” Law Enforcement Task Force.

Bill and his wife Jane, a 35-year law enforcement dispatcher, live in Grand Blanc."

Law enforcement is what he is most proud of and what most people are the least proud of right now.

[lovinlife101]

Another anti-Bill rant by Lovin. Another anti-police post that the moderator says should be posted in the potpourri section.

Notice how his Facebook page featured "the good work police are doing joining protesters."

Anything on police brutality? NOPE!

Anything on the peaceful protesters making valid points about police? NOPE!

Harris can't bite the hand that feeds him.

[lovinlife101]

One of the country's worst kept secrets is that cops are out of control and corrupt. They abuse their power, prosecutors fail to take action, and they most often get away with it. The "good cops" (still trying to find them) who say police corruption is wrong, never take action, never call out bad actors, never push to have the bad cops (which are most of them) removed from their jobs. Where were all the "good cops" that all of you say are the majority of officers when George Floyd was being killed? Huh? Anyone? Bueller?

Where is the national push, led by the "good cops," to get the bad actors out of the police force? Crickets.

All they support is "the brotherhood." Cops stand up for other cops regardless of morality, legality, or sanity.

They admit to having and using "discretion." That means, they enforce the laws they want, ignore the laws they don't want to enforce, and make up offenses ("obstruction", "failure to ID", etc.) because they believe they are better than you and need to push you around to make themselves feels better.

And who celebrates, honors, and promotes these monsters? None other than the news personality closest to them, William Jefferson "Hot Rod" Harris.

[lovinlife101]

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We've seen cops arrest a CNN crew for exercising their freedom of the press.
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They were 100% correct arresting that CNN crew for failure to obey police orders to clear the area. That crew -nor any other- should just get a free pass because they have some kind of "press credentials". If they have made a prior arrangement with the police or the local administration, then they should be allowed to stay under those conditions. In this case it appears they did not, so once they refused to vacate, arresting them was the right move. There should never have been an apology because it just emboldens bad actors.

One of the country's worst kept secrets is that cops are out of control and corrupt. They abuse their power, prosecutors fail to take action, and they most often get away with it. The "good cops" (still trying to find them) who say police corruption is wrong, never take action, never call out bad actors, never push to have the bad cops (which are most of them) removed from their jobs. Where were all the "good cops" that all of you say are the majority of officers when George Floyd was being killed? Huh? Anyone? Bueller?

Where is the national push, led by the "good cops," to get the bad actors out of the police force? Crickets.

All they support is "the brotherhood." Cops stand up for other cops regardless of morality, legality, or sanity.

They admit to having and using "discretion." That means, they enforce the laws they want, ignore the laws they don't want to enforce, and make up offenses ("obstruction", "failure to ID", etc.) because they believe they are better than you and need to push you around to make themselves feels better.

And who celebrates, honors, and promotes these monsters? None other than the news personality closest to them, William Jefferson "Hot Rod" Harris.

In general I agree with this whole post. There is no recourse for a "normal" citizen against the abuse of force by police. There are good cops out there (most of the time) but they do look the other way when things they don't like are happening because they will be "tagged" as as issue and they might not get the support they need when they really need it. They're human, so you can't expect a lot more.

At some point though, we have to weigh the options. Since they are all just human, should we just eliminate the police and just fend for ourselves? Police weren't always a fixture in society, even in the USA. Do we forego the 80-90% good because of the 10-20% bad?? I think some police departments (especially those that get thrown under the bus by their leadership) should seriously consider an entire force "sick day weekend" sometime to let us all think about it.

If 10-20% of a certain vehicle killed people, it would be banned.

If skydiving killed 10-20% of people, it would be banned.

If a certain dog killed 10-20% of its owners, it would be banned.

Now, I am not for banning anything. I am putting things in terms you people can understand.

Policing is intended to protect the good players and punish the bad players. But what we're seeing is abuse of power, selectively enforcing the rules, and other corruption.

How about we "fend for ourselves" like every civilization on planet earth prior to government-backed forced policing?

[lovinlife101]

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We've seen cops arrest a CNN crew for exercising their freedom of the press.
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They were 100% correct arresting that CNN crew for failure to obey police orders to clear the area. That crew -nor any other- should just get a free pass because they have some kind of "press credentials". If they have made a prior arrangement with the police or the local administration, then they should be allowed to stay under those conditions. In this case it appears they did not, so once they refused to vacate, arresting them was the right move. There should never have been an apology because it just emboldens bad actors.

One of the country's worst kept secrets is that cops are out of control and corrupt. They abuse their power, prosecutors fail to take action, and they most often get away with it. The "good cops" (still trying to find them) who say police corruption is wrong, never take action, never call out bad actors, never push to have the bad cops (which are most of them) removed from their jobs. Where were all the "good cops" that all of you say are the majority of officers when George Floyd was being killed? Huh? Anyone? Bueller?

Where is the national push, led by the "good cops," to get the bad actors out of the police force? Crickets.

All they support is "the brotherhood." Cops stand up for other cops regardless of morality, legality, or sanity.

They admit to having and using "discretion." That means, they enforce the laws they want, ignore the laws they don't want to enforce, and make up offenses ("obstruction", "failure to ID", etc.) because they believe they are better than you and need to push you around to make themselves feels better.

And who celebrates, honors, and promotes these monsters? None other than the news personality closest to them, William Jefferson "Hot Rod" Harris.

In general I agree with this whole post. There is no recourse for a "normal" citizen against the abuse of force by police. There are good cops out there (most of the time) but they do look the other way when things they don't like are happening because they will be "tagged" as as issue and they might not get the support they need when they really need it. They're human, so you can't expect a lot more.

At some point though, we have to weigh the options. Since they are all just human, should we just eliminate the police and just fend for ourselves? Police weren't always a fixture in society, even in the USA. Do we forego the 80-90% good because of the 10-20% bad?? I think some police departments (especially those that get thrown under the bus by their leadership) should seriously consider an entire force "sick day weekend" sometime to let us all think about it.

And no, just because police told someone to stand somewhere else, doesn't mean that person has to comply or face arrest. In a public place, exercising the freedom of the press, that reporter and crew has every right to be there regardless of what police say. Rights don't get removed simply because police said so.

[lovinlife101]

If 10-20% of a certain vehicle killed people, it would be banned.

If skydiving killed 10-20% of people, it would be banned.

If a certain dog killed 10-20% of its owners, it would be banned.

Now, I am not for banning anything. I am putting things in terms you people can understand.

Policing is intended to protect the good players and punish the bad players. But what we're seeing is abuse of power, selectively enforcing the rules, and other corruption.

How about we "fend for ourselves" like every civilization on planet earth prior to government-backed forced policing?

10-20% of police don't kill people either. No where close. I gave that as a very generous percentage of all "bad" cops, which could be just writing an unwarranted ticket, or wasting department dollars.

And no, just because police told someone to stand somewhere else, doesn't mean that person has to comply or face arrest. In a public place, exercising the freedom of the press, that reporter and crew has every right to be there regardless of what police say. Rights don't get removed simply because police said so.

You need to review the LAWS in that area to find out what SOCIETY has granted as powers for those police orders. If society has delegated the authority to those police to establish a perimeter and penalties if you violate that, then that's the price you pay. That's how a civilized society works when you have the rule of law.

The constitution limits the government's powers over the governed, not the other way around.

Freedom of the press. Freedom to assemble. It's pretty simple, really.

[lovinlife101]

If 10-20% of a certain vehicle killed people, it would be banned.

If skydiving killed 10-20% of people, it would be banned.

If a certain dog killed 10-20% of its owners, it would be banned.

Now, I am not for banning anything. I am putting things in terms you people can understand.

Policing is intended to protect the good players and punish the bad players. But what we're seeing is abuse of power, selectively enforcing the rules, and other corruption.

How about we "fend for ourselves" like every civilization on planet earth prior to government-backed forced policing?

10-20% of police don't kill people either. No where close. I gave that as a very generous percentage of all "bad" cops, which could be just writing an unwarranted ticket, or wasting department dollars.

And no, just because police told someone to stand somewhere else, doesn't mean that person has to comply or face arrest. In a public place, exercising the freedom of the press, that reporter and crew has every right to be there regardless of what police say. Rights don't get removed simply because police said so.

You need to review the LAWS in that area to find out what SOCIETY has granted as powers for those police orders. If society has delegated the authority to those police to establish a perimeter and penalties if you violate that, then that's the price you pay. That's how a civilized society works when you have the rule of law.

The constitution limits the government's powers over the governed, not the other way around.

Freedom of the press. Freedom to assemble. It's pretty simple, really.

Have you ever read the Amendments to the Constitution??

For Freedom to assemble, it says " the right to peaceably assemble". Riots are not "peaceable" and anyone "assembling" during a riot is not protected.

Freedom of the Press means they are not restricted or compelled in what they write. It does not guarantee the methods that can be used for collection of the material. They are not allowed to violate laws to get their content. Would it be OK if they hacked into any computer system to get their material for their story? Would it be OK for them to break into any building to get a story? Would it be OK if they held people at gunpoint to get their story?? "Freedom of the Press" is what they could claim, because if you stopped them you're stopping "the press". That's ridiculous. They need to comply with the LAWS that all citizens have agreed to implement.

100% wrong, but thanks for playing.

The reporter and his crew that were arrested did not hack into anyone's computer to get material for their story. They didn't break into a building to get a story. They didn't hold anyone at gunpoint to get their story (that's what the cops did).

So what are the "laws" that were broken? Oh, that's right, none.

Cops who say, "I'm giving you a lawful order" know that what they are telling you isn't enforceable. Just because they have a right to speak doesn't mean I have to listen and obey. And by not obeying, I'm not breaking the law.

[lovinlife101]

Open RICO investigations on the major police unions, get rid of so-called "Qualified Immunity," and continue to reform civil asset forfeiture laws, and we'll see major progress in reducing abuses by law enforcement.

Bingo!

Most people have never heard of, and wouldn't believe it if they did, civil asset forfeiture. It's the process where police steal private citizens' property without a conviction. Happens all the time. It's how many departments increase their budgets or brag to "the people" that they took a car away from a "drug dealer" who was a medical marijuana patient and cops interpreted the laws a certain way, didn't convict anyone, and stole a car.

[lovinlife101]

A lot of the police have spoken out on George Floyd's death time to arrest the other 3 that stood by and did nothing. Now with smartphones, you're seeing it more than you did 20 or 30 years ago were all it was and I said they said type matter.

Cop corruption isn’t getting worse. It’s simply being revealed. Years ago, without smartphones, nobody saw this because it wasn’t captured on video.

Record every police encounter you have. Do not answer any of their questions. They are trying to get you to incriminate yourself. Ask for an attorney.

It’s a shame the media that is supposed to be critical and skeptical of those in power do the most in turning a blind eye and downright cheering for them. Mr. Harris is a perfect example. He’s a cop worshipper.

[lovinlife101]

Record every police encounter you have. Do not answer any of their questions. They are trying to get you to incriminate yourself. Ask for an attorney.

With being an EMT on an Ambulance Service for 8+ yrs and a Firefighter for 15 yrs, being exposed, and working with all forms Police (State, County, & Local), I find your assessment and opinion is totally ABSURD. YES.....there are bad apples but to make a blanket statement they are all bad, is without foundation and your uneducated OPINION.

The Swamp Media only covers stories that are in concert to their narratives and agendas. Investigative Journalism will only take place if it is to their liking or directives. Look at what they cover in the last few years. Nuff said.

It's nobody's job but by my own to take care of myself.

Cops plant evidence. Cops lie. Cops trick people into false confessions. Cops brutalize black people. <------- Ah, see what I did there?

Cops want to arrest people. Prosecutors want people convicted. Whether they're justified in arresting or getting the right people convicted is none of their concern.

[lovinlife101]

Cops plant evidence. Cops lie. Cops trick people into false confessions. Cops brutalize black people. <------- Ah, see what I did there?

Cops want to arrest people. Prosecutors want people convicted. Whether they're justified in arresting or getting the right people convicted is none of their concern.

That is true for SOME cops

There’s no room for bad cops.

There’s no room for bad pilots, politicians, or astronauts.

Time to fire all the bad ones. Might have a handful left.

[lovinlife101]

After seeing all the past, present, and soon to be future police brutality, just remember, Bill Harris gave all these jerks carte blanche (look it up).

He promoted these pigs blindly. Anytime sweeps came along it was another opportunity for Deputy Bill "Hotrod" Harris to feature his cop buddies that couldn't do anything wrong.

Journalists are supposed to hold the powerful accountable. He did the exact opposite. He provided free positive public relations for them.

I've been saying this for years, and now people are finally seeing it.

[lovinlife101]

Yes, people are finally seeing you for what you are, Lovin: a hateful, little troll who derails every conversation into a rant against Bill Harris or anti-LGBTQ stance. You are pathetic. Don’t believe me? Ask literally everybody.

What you won't see is Bill's coverage of the police department in Minneapolis being disbanded, the cop who killed George Floyd and the other cops who watched the murder, or any other negative cop story. Only this time, he's not being paid for it.

[lovinlife101]

He’s not being paid for it because he’s not working. Pretty hard to change the news narrative when he’s sitting on the beach growing his salt and pepper goatee.

But keep taking pot shots at your former coworkers at 25-66, Lovin.

Like I’ve always said, I’ve never worked there and never will.

Second, “semi-retirement” must be nice.

Who else gets to not work there and still get prominently featured on the website? How many secrets does he know there?

[lovinlife101]

You sound jealous Lovin. Move on and get a hobby.

Wouldn't be surprised if the Bill Harris bio is left up indefinitely (look it up). Not like anything else gets updated on the website.