Angry at legislators for passing police accountability bill

I’m Backing the Blue and throwing out the radical police-hating politicians in Connecticut.

I am vehemently opposed to the HB6004 bill recently rammed through the state legislature in late July, stripping cops from all the immunity protections they have always had which are needed for such a difficult job requiring them to protect the public from criminals and maintain public safety. I never thought I would see the day where a slogan “defund the police” became a realistic option.

The bill was introduced by state Rep. Joe Aresimowicz, 30th Dist; state Sen. Looney, 11th Dist.; state Rep. Matt Ritter, 1st Dist.; and state Sen. Bob Duff, 25th Dist.

This type of ignorant legislation expects police to keep the peace when it’s breached with a kind word and a fuzzy cute stuffed animal. Reality tells us that ideology is a joke.

Excessive force laws are already on the books and will hold those who don’t abide by them accountable. Not all situations have to end with a Black or (white) or any person being shot or victimized by excessive force instead of taken into custody somewhat reasonably. Being a cop is already a very dangerous and difficult job without everyone hating on all cops because of some bad ones.

If we want a safe place to live and the ability to walk the streets without being personally armed at all times (not a bad idea either) and send our kids to school safely, we can’t be hating on all cops without rationalizing that they are the only barrier between us being safe and the pervasive and increasing crime and rampant lawlessness of the present, currently met with little or no penalties or deterrents.

It is not hard to understand that cops’ morale is way down as they feel like they are not supported and movements to “de-fund” and remove immunity laws are now commonplace. Yet we are expecting them to maintain public safety in our communities? What hypocrisy. When the cops do their job and arrest those in the interest of keeping the peace and protecting law abiding citizens it seems fruitless as the new bail elimination and reform bills just process these criminals and put them back on the street in a 24-hour period. How do we expect cops to be willing to continue to do their job when our legislators work against them and won’t do their most important job, protecting the law abiding citizenry?

I am asking all voters to be aware of how your local Connecticut legislators voted and in the upcoming November election hold them accountable for decreasing safety in your local communities.

I am on a mission to expose our state legislators who supported this politically charged partisan bill HB 6004 “police accountability.” This illthought-out, useless legislation is a slap in the face to those employed in our local police departments to “protect and serve.” It was passed into law quietly with a politically correct debate then signed by our feckless Gov. Ned Lamont. This controversial bill was immediately challenged by the Connecticut State Troopers Association in court.

Does anyone think this woefully uninformed position which creates laws holding police more accountable for the necessary force needed to apprehend criminals than the laws criminals face for their crimes works? Everyone should see that our Connecticut legislators have traded sound judgment and the practice of common sense to pacify an angry mob of anarchists in a politically charged environment, thus to the detriment of the law abiding citizen’s safety.

Read the bill on the General Assembly website, see how your representatives voted and vote against them as they voted against you and your family’s safety.

Remember in November!

Liz Conti is a resident of Norwalk.