Regardless of what SAPD Chief William McManus "Big Mac" does it just isn't good enough for the Express News and their liberal, anti-police editors. If they're not busy bashing Bush, knocking the military and the war on terror they're working overtime trying to make SAPD look bad.
SAPD has had its share of problems to be sure but Big Mac has been on top of them from the day he arrived in the Alamo City. When police officers have been up to no good he has been quick to discipline them. He hasn't led the department from behind his desk. He's on the streets and in the communities talking to people and putting the bad guys on notice. Big Mac is "walking tall."
In an effort to combat violent crime, and let's not kid ourselves San Antonio has had it's share of murder, armed robberies, and assaults, Big Mac formed the Tactical Response Unit (TRU) to deal with the problem. TRU has 65 officers assigned and operate in high crime areas. Target areas where criminals "ruled' the streets dealing in drugs, prostitution, and assaulting and murdering anyone that got in their way.
Big Mac summed it up this way," Consistent and aggressive traffic enforcement reduces crime. The people who are out there committing robberies and doing drive-by shootings, and selling drugs, they get around by car. So if you're making these kinds of stops, you're eventually going tostop some of these people." Make sense to me.
TRU officers have one hell of a tough job on their hands. They're on the front lines facing some of the most vicious and dangerous criminals in San Antonio. Sometimes they have to play rough in dealing with these scumbag criminals who would knife you in the back or shoot you in the head without thinking twice. It takes a special police officer to deal with the vermin running loose in the streets day and night. It takes guts to do what they're doing.
Many of the criminal scumbags they encounter on a daily basis happen to be blacks and Hispanics and that always leads to complaints that TRU officers are "picking" on minorities. The Express-News always manages to find a few isolated cases where the TRU arrested someone whose case was later dropped for insufficient evidence. I guess the TRU should arrest a few whites just to make it look more "fair."
According to the Express-News Officer Kristopher Newman a TRU officer, tried to detain Christopher Cook, a black, and when Cook ran Newman caught up with him and hit him on the head with his flashlight when he struggled with Newman. Cook, who had several prior criminal convictions, was arrested on charges of resisting and evading arrest and for two outstanding warrants. Kudos to officer Newman for getting another scumbag off the streets.
The Express-News doesn't think Newman did a good job and said the police need more than a "hunch" to stop someone. Really. Newman had a damn good "hunch" that Cook was a bad guy. The areas that TRU patrols are known hangouts for thugs and they know who the bad guys are. When they detain someone it's based on surveillance and not just a "hunch."
Gerald Reamey, a liberal, bleeding heart, law professor at St Mary's University doesn't think Newman did a good job either. Reamey says such stops can strain a police department's relationship with a community. I wonder if the victims of Crook's crimes agree with Reamey. I'll bet the families who have lost children to drive-by shootings by roving gangs of thugs appreciate the efforts of the Tactical Response Unit.
Give 'em hell Big Mac!"
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I see where one of my favorite preachers, John Hagee endorsed John McCain for president. Hagee is a real bible thumping, tell it like it is Texas preacher. His fiery sermons have congregations sitting on the edge of their seats and
radio and TV audiences across the nation applauding his every word.
Hardly a Sunday goes by that I don't catch Hagee's Sunday morning radio broadcast. Usually I'm at my small ranch in the hills north of Hondo with my little dog "Cookie" and an old stray gray cat that showed up one day that I named "Smokey." I listen to Hagee's radio sermon over a breakfast of bacon and eggs.
Of course the liberals aren't too fond of Hagee who preaches family values; returning God, bible and prayer to public schools; opposing same-sex marriage; supporting the Iraq War and standing up for America. Hagee is also a fierce defender of Israel and has made numerous trips to that nation over the years.
Hagee has been doing something right as evidenced by Cornerstone Church that he founded and boasts almost 20,000 members. Hagee just celebrated his 50th anniversary as an envangelical minister. Hagee's son Matthew is also a minister and Hagee's wife Diane is an active member of the church and frequent speaker on religious values and issues.
In the eyes of the Pelosi/Reid crowd John Hagee is a threat to their liberal view of America. Hagee has taken Pelosi and Reid and their cohorts to task time and again for their anti-military stance and support of abortions.
McCain, contrary to what the liberals say, is fortunate to have Hagee's endorsement. Here's what he had to say: "I'm very honored by Pastor John Hagee's endorsement today. He has been the staunchest leader of our Christian evangelical movement in many areas, but especially, most especially, his close ties and advocacy for the freedom and independence of the state of Israel."
"Victory is within our grasp because John McCain knows it's never wrong to do the right thing," said Hagee.
It's now up to Sen. McCain to unite the party and campaign on conservative values and issues. He has his work cut out for him.
As Larry the Cable Guy would say: "GIT R DONE!
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