Misrule Of Law

For many years, the Left in this country has been telling us that The Constitution is a ‘living document’ that needs to march arm-in-arm with the latest chic fads and ‘evolve’ to meet the whims of the moment.  Their lawyers and judges have made statues as flexible as Silly Putty so that any one of them possessing the slightest bit of creativity can bend and shape a law to mean nearly anything.  The Progressives have been most successful in convincing Americans that this is the way it ought to be, that the law and The Constitution should not be as solid, cold, steel impersonal as steel, but, rather, as warm, malleable, and emotive as a married metrosexual.  Not surprisingly, this has led to the beginning of the breakdown of law and order.

A perfect example comes to us from the San Francisco Chronicle, James Temple reporting [tip of the fedora to William Teach]:

A group of homeless people and housing activists took over a privately owned Mission District duplex on Sunday in what served as the climax of a protest designed to promote use of San Francisco’s vacant buildings as shelters for the needy.

But the owner of the property – who was targeted over his eviction of a tenant – said the demonstration was nothing more than breaking and entering.

“It’s not actually vacant. I use it for my own personal uses,” Ara Tehlirian of Daly City said in an interview, adding that he was in contact with the San Francisco Police Department. “I know nothing other than my property was apparently broken into.”

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By the time the tail of the procession reached the duplex on the 500 block of San Jose Street, at least eight people were inside, holding banners from second-story windows. It wasn’t clear how they gained entry, and Ted Gullicksen, leader of the tenant organization, declined to provide details.

More than a dozen police officers were on hand, most standing on the sidewalk on the other side of the street. Asked earlier whether they would take action if protesters occupied the property, officers declined to comment. One said, “We’ll see.”

By 3 p.m., all had left but one, who stayed to ensure that “nobody is out of hand,” said a police official, Sgt. William Escobar. No arrests had been made.

The breakdown in law lies in the non-action of the police officers.  They witnessed a crime in progress — breaking and entering, unauthorized trespass on private property — and did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING…nada, zero, zilch, bupkis.  They violated their oaths, their solemn word and no longer deserve to wear their uniforms.

As Admiral Teach comments:

In a sane, law abiding society, the police might actually, you know, enforce the law they swore to uphold. But, hey, it is San Francisco….

He also has some damn good advice for the cops who don’t seem to know WTF to do:

You arrest them, you morons.

William refers us to a damn fine posting by Michelle Malkin here.

Mark me: this is just the very tip of an iceberg glacier that will devour us all.