Why Does the Police Need Assault Weapons?

Displayed at the 8th Annual running of the Run For the Team 5K in Newberry Township

My spelling and grammar is not that good. But I write about things that I feel is important to me and that I feel people should know about. Many times I get emails telling me about the spelling and grammar mistakes that I have made. Very few people that care about the grammar and spelling mistakes comment about the content of the message. That is because these people care about how things are said and not about what was said.

 

It seems that most people who use public media and texting on cell phones have the same problem. Many people will write, "r u going to the store" instead of "Are you going to the store?" In both sentences, I understand the content but in the first one, I can blast the author for bad grammar and spelling mistakes.

 

Well keep commenting on my grammar and spelling mistakes while I continue to inform the public about things that I believe will affect them. In this blog, I tell people about a problem that I think the public needs to focus on.


This is what the Police Website said about the proceeds of this 5K event. "This event benefits the members of the York County Quick Response Team (QRT) to offset the cost of training and equipment. This county asset is essential in maintaining safety and order during high risk police incidents and arrests. Your support of the QRT by participating and/or sponsoring the 5k Run/Walk directly provides officers with the tools needed to perform their duties as members of the team."

You should be asking yourself the question, "Why would a borough with a population of 362 people need military style equipment? Why would you show this type of equipment off to children when in many places, just playing Cowboys and Indians on school property off school hours can land the children on suspension? "

But this is the small picture. Look at the big picture.  Many small municipalities around the country are receiving such equipment? Read the article below (click on the link) about this issue.

 

http://www.newsweek.com/how-americas-police-became-army-1033-program-264537

How America’s Police Became an Army: The 1033 Program

You should be asking, "Is this level of force in our communities necessary? Can such power stop the drug trade? Is this excuse for using such deadly force equipment hiding a real threat to the people of this country?"

Spending Time with the Derrs

Every few months, I have to spend a few days with the Derr and Pentz Family. I consider myself  one of the family. Many of them feel the same way.  Kathy and I do a lot of fighting. That is just our nature.

We are in Northern Pennsylvania. I call this place "Derr Country."  

When Geraldine Derr, her mother was still alive, I would come in saying hello when passing through the living room and go directly to her refrigerator to eat her food. Sometimes she would come into the kitchen and cook me something to eat.  If she did not, her daughters would cook me a meal.

I just went to her brother's funeral, Leroy C. Pentz, at St. John Lutheran Church in Montgomery Pa not to long ago. The Pentz family told me that I am one of the family and that I am always welcome.

That would not have been the case if this was the year 1780. My people, the Cherokees fought along side the British. The Indians killed many of the settlers including many members of the Peter Pentz family. Peter, a Revolutionary War Veteran who served under George Washington, put a price on the Indians head in Pennsylvania after that war. So I would not have been near the Pentz family, 235 years ago.

This is Kathy Derr of Washingtonville, Pa. As I was waiting for the Little League World Series to start, we went to the PPL Lake near Washingtonville to see the Amish and the scenery.

 

After this, we went to Lyn's house, Kathy's sister to see the start of the Little League World Series. Then we went to Kathy's other sister, Deb house. I spent a lot of time with Lydia another sister.

 

I had to do my lobbying for the next girl that will come as a Great Grand Daughter under Lydia. I want someone to name the next girl in that line Lydia. Why? Because Big Lyd as they call her is named after her Grandmother Lydia Pentz. Big Lydia's child is named Lydia (Little Lyd). So to keep the chain going, I want to see a Little Little Lyd. Little Lyd's son said that he will name his daughter Lydia once he gets married. He is still in public school. That means that I will remind him of what he said in the future.  

 

It is Kathy's sister Linda who can pick up two full size tables at one time and through them in a truck. Deb's husband is in the Pennsylvania history books as one of the greatest fishermen in the state.   

 

So this family has a lot of Pennsylvania history behind them.