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Dearborn Heights, Michigan, Mayor Bill Bazzi announced Friday that the new Arabic police patch was not “official” — but didn’t rule out adopting such a badge of surrender in the future.
A Facebook post from the police department posted earlier this week read: “The Dearborn Heights Police Department [DHPD] is proud to share a new optional patch that our officers may wear as part of their uniform,” according to Fox News.
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“Should efforts like this be formally undertaken to make any changes to the Police uniform, it is our goal to include multiple PD stakeholders for a larger conversation, to ensure all are included in the discussion,” Bazzi said in a statement.
But “efforts like this” should never be formally undertaken.
The hallmark of assimilation is learning and embracing the language — which in this country, is English. The fact that city officials even considered the badge might be necessary only underscores what’s becoming increasingly obvious to everyone in America: Too many immigrants have no interest in assimilating. It’s a dangerous reality, one the founders understood all too well.
George Washington noted in a 1794 letter that when immigrants settled in a “body,” they “retain the language, habits & principles (good or bad) which they bring with them; whereas, by an intermixture with our people, they, or their descendants, get assimilated to our customs, manners and laws: in a word, soon become one people.”
thefederalist.com
A Facebook post from the police department posted earlier this week read: “The Dearborn Heights Police Department [DHPD] is proud to share a new optional patch that our officers may wear as part of their uniform,” according to Fox News.
…
“Should efforts like this be formally undertaken to make any changes to the Police uniform, it is our goal to include multiple PD stakeholders for a larger conversation, to ensure all are included in the discussion,” Bazzi said in a statement.
But “efforts like this” should never be formally undertaken.
The hallmark of assimilation is learning and embracing the language — which in this country, is English. The fact that city officials even considered the badge might be necessary only underscores what’s becoming increasingly obvious to everyone in America: Too many immigrants have no interest in assimilating. It’s a dangerous reality, one the founders understood all too well.
George Washington noted in a 1794 letter that when immigrants settled in a “body,” they “retain the language, habits & principles (good or bad) which they bring with them; whereas, by an intermixture with our people, they, or their descendants, get assimilated to our customs, manners and laws: in a word, soon become one people.”
Dearborn Heights' Arabic Police Patch Snafu Is A Badge Of Surrender
Mayor Bazzi announced Friday on the DHPD Facebook page that the 'patch effort' was an internal discussion 'among some' within the department.
thefederalist.com
