Here’s a brief transcript from Radio Derb’s most recent podcast:
If you thought the federal Department of Justice could not get any crazier, try this.
The Police Department of the city of Corpus Christi, Texas, has fitness standards for people who want to be police officers. Applicants must complete a 300-meter run, a 1½ mile run, sessions of pull-ups and sit-ups.
In the years 2005 to 2009, only 19 percent of female applicants passed this test, compared to 63 percent of men. Gosh, why would that be? I have no clue. What does the U.S. Department of Justice say? DISCRIMINATION! ”” that’s what.
In 2011, responding to complaints from female applicants who’d failed the test, Corpus Christi PD lowered the standards. As a result, thirty-three percent of women passed the test, along with 82 percent of men. The D.o.J. was not satisfied. “You’re still discriminating,” they said.
I’m not making this up. The D.o.J. is now suing Corpus Christi for violating the civil rights of rejected female applicants.
Thomas Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division in the Justice Department, sang the following to the tune of “Turkey in the Straw” while juggling three different kinds of fruit, quote: “The Justice Department is looking forward to working with the city to resolve this matter in a way that eliminates the use of the unlawful physical ability test and gives women who were screened out of the process an opportunity to become Corpus Christi police officers.”
I don’t know about you, gentle listener, but I say this is some kind of turning point. This administration has jumped the shark, and its actions are now indisputably insane. Prove me wrong.
Quite right, this is insane. It is Bizarro World, a complete inversion of rational priorities.
Why do police forces exist in the first place? To prevent crime and apprehend criminals. What does that entail? Often, the pursuit and physical restraint of violent malefactors. What does that require? A modicum, at least, of speed and physical strength, as well as a measure of physical intimidation. How best to achieve these goals? By staffing the police force with rough men who are willing and able to do violence, when necessary, on behalf of the citizenry they are sworn to protect, and can do it effectively.
What any rationally constituted police force is not: an entitlement program for soft-bodied females. (Oh wait, make that “was not”. Until now.) When did qualifying to become a police officer become a “civil right”?
God help us.