“unleash the cops”

“Unleash the cops” is an anti-libertarian proposal by Murray N. Rothbard:

“ 4. Take Back the Streets: Crush Criminals. And by this I mean, of course, not “white collar criminals” or “inside traders” but violent street criminals-robbers, muggers, rapists, murderers. Cops must be unleashed, and allowed to administer instant punishment, subject of course to liability when they are in error.

5. Take Back the Streets: Get Rid of the Bums. Again: unleash the cops to clear the streets of bums and vagrants. Where will they go? Who cares? Hopefully, they will disappear, that is, move from the ranks of the petted and cosseted bum class to the ranks of the productive members of society.

— Murray N. Rothbard/Right-Wing Populism: A Strategy for the Paleo Movement#A Right-Wing Populist Program, 1992

Agreement with Rothbard

• Tho Bishop: twitter search

• Dave Smith: “What We Can Learn From Late Rothbard - Part Of The Problem #629” [1] [2]

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  Dave Smith, “Rand Paul, the absolute best Senator on War, police reform, ending the drug war, ending mass incarceration, was attacked by a mob as he was walking WITH his wife. These people are absolute scum who have no principles whatsoever. The mob should be put down by any means necessary.” August 28, 2020

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  Tho Bishop, “Take Back the Architecture: Get Rid of the Bums. Again: unleash the cops to clear the streets of bums and vagrants. Where will they go? Who cares? Hopefully, they will disappear.”, November 26, 2021

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  Tho Bishop, “I increasingly appreciate the Rothbardian view that violently beating some criminals is necessary, particularly when they do not fear legal consequences.”, October 23 2022

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  Tho Bishop, “Take Back Museums: Unleash the cops to cleanse cultural institutions of Just Stop Oil activists. They must be allowed to administer instant punishment, subject of course to liability when they are in error. Where will they go? Who cares? Hopefully, they will disappear.”, July 5, 2022

Disagreement with Rothbard

• See our collected links on police abuse: Law Obstruction Officers

• John M. Hudak, “Leash the Police: A Response to Late Rothbard”, September 6, 2020