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Book signings
Hello I am a Local author, A Retired Police Officer. I have written a new book Titled:
A View from the Street /River City Policing
By S. Henry Knocker
The book is about a town in Western Washington State
The book is a street cop’s view of policing.
The book contains the story of how he grew to become a dedicated officer.
The book narrates the trials and tribulations of a number of persons trying to extricate themselves from sometimes tragic and sometimes humorous situation.
The author gives his views on The Military Drugs, race relations, politics, and raising children
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The Book is taking part in a Fund raising effort for V F W Post 5564
I will be at the McCleary Washington VFW Post 5564 on July the 11th 1PM to 3PM
Other Book signing events will be held in western Washington Starting at the Barns and Noble in Olympia on July 26 from 3PM to 5PM and at the Grays Harbor County Fair in August. Other events will be posted on theknockerblog.com As events are scheduled
Thanks again
S. Henry Knocker
It’s Not All Black and White
It’s Not All Black and White
Blog 59
Just like in the plot of an old Barney Miller episode: When a black man is confronted with a source of victimization in which he perceives he was unfairly targeted because of his race and then blames all white men for the perceived insult. The white man then perceives he has been victimized by the assertion that all white men are raciest.
We can conceptually understand the depth of his pain and the tendency to lash out at the white world he blames, for the hurt inflicted by the carless application of a stereotype, but we cannot feel his pain. Neither can he feel the pain of a white man unfairly lumped in with the original perpetrator of the original insult.
Now we come to the media: By Media I mean all the regular information outlets and the race baiters seeking a finical gain from stoking the flames of bigotry. The Al Sharpton’s and David Dukes of the world, the scumbag political hacks that infest the internet, all those who don’t give a dam about the hurt inflicted by individuals of any race.
This did not start with Slavery. Slavery has been around since the beginning of recorded history, it started with one person’s contempt for another. Race is just a convenient accident of nature seized upon to facilitate the acquisition of Money or Power or both.
When one of these dust ups gets started, we all need to remember that we are all just people, and none are without sin. When apologies are in order give them from the heart. What does it cost? A little pride? What is that compared to the pain involved. When apologies are given accept them and move on.
It isn’t anything a little Bar-B-Que and a beer can’t cure
I should interject here that I am not attempting to minimize the nature of tragic encounters involving race. We must at least attempt to keep those who would profit from it from stirring the pot.
Your Friend:
S. Henry Knocker
theknockerblog.com
Supporting VFW Post 5564
Supporting VFW Post 5564
Blog 57 My book is in stores now
Sorry I have not sent out a blog lately. My book went live last month and I have been busy with the role out.
I will be at the Olympia Barns and Noble for a book signing on July 26 2015 from 3PM to 5PM. I will be doing further dates at other locations and will post those dates as I receive them. I will be asking for donations to the VFW post 5564 for signed copies of the book.
The book is also available on Amazon and a portion of book sales is going to the VFW Post 5564 also we need to raise $41,000 to bring this historic post up to ADA standards a complete remodel of the kitchen and bathrooms is needed
The book Reviews have been great I hope all of you will read and support the book and our VFW post 5564
Your Friend:
S. Henry Knocker
theknockerblog.com
Bad Stuff Happens
Blog 57 Bad Stuff Happens
There is no getting around it bad stuff happens I know because it has happened to me. A quick read of my book, A View from the Street / River City Policing, will bring that home to the reader.
Lately the bad stuff has been directed in the direction of the police. A very small portion of this criticism over race relations and the police is justified. The Public is letting a few anarchists acting out for the benefited of the press cloud public thinking in these matters.
I am not sure that the police alone can end the reign of terror created by the unholy alliance of the press and anarchist.
Lately, I have been thinking that it may take a different tactic to bring these groups to heal. I believe that an alliance between the VFW, American legion, Elks, Eagles, Rotary clubs and our universities could end the mayhem. The effort could be totally nonviolent and community uplifting.
Such an effort would take a better organizer than I am, but I feel my plan would have the effect of deflating the community tension’s and boost the membership of the civic organizations that take part.
I am not inclined to lay out my plan in this blog, but I would be inclined to speak with a fellow visionary with a get-er-done spirit.
I can be contacted at shfergie@yahoo.com
S. Henry Knocker
theknockerblog.com
When Lives Don’t Matter
Blog 56 shenryknockerbooks.com
How do we decide what matters when confronted with a choice between our life and the life of another.
In the case of a Police officer coming to the rescue of a person put in danger of loss of life the police have demonstrated a great willingness to sacrifice their lives to protect and rescue endangered persons and sometimes even animals. This is true of firemen and military personal and sometimes private citizens.
We rarely see the situation that enables a lot of time for reflective reasoning when the emergency presents its self.
So what is the difference, when an officer turns his rescue response to lethal force and kills or injures a citizen?
I believe that it is the presumption of innocents’. This is not the same presumption of innocents’ that we receive if we are tried by a court. There is another kind of presumption of innocents. It is the presumption that everyone we meet as we go about our daily lives is not predisposed to harm us as we pass one another on the street. This predisposition is tempered by what we may think we know about the persons we encounter in our daily lives and our personal world view.
Police officers are trained to respond to situations with the presumption of innocents, but also with the knowledge of how to decipher behavior indicators which create a threat to themselves or others. It is a case of the longer you are on the job the better you get at deciphering the indicators.
Back in the days of the two person car the new officer was paired with the old officer they could stay together for years before being cut loose to train the next new officer coming in to the department. It was one of the things that were lost when police officers got too expensive to rate this kind of long-term ongoing training. It was a political decision to do this, for budget reasons, but the costs are not always monetary.
Now An Olympia PD officer is being criticized by the usual suspects, for protecting himself from a couple thugs with skate boards.
My message to the usual suspects is when you steal from and assault a store clerk; you must assume the police are being called. When the police show up you better assume the possession or your life is going to be shifted to the, it don’t matter category and Your Mama should have told you that.
S. Henry Knocker
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The Book is out
The Book is out
From S. Henry Knocker
To all my friends on face book and twitter
To all VFW members Post 5564
My Book A View from the street River City policing is in Print
I have a book web site at shenryknockerbooks.com
Please check out the site and comment we are still in the process of building and many changes are coming
I have Posted the Post Fund raising letter and am Donating a portion of the book sales to this fundraising effort as well as to track chairs for wounded vets at Joint base Lewis McCord. the hope is that we can raise enough to upgrade the post bath rooms and help buy some of those track chairs for some of our vets getting care at the fort.
If this effort is to make headway we need to get the word out far and wide please put this out on all your social media and keep doing it over and over
Happy hunting
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