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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCharlotte - State.of emergency declared
National Guard being deployed.
cilla4progress
(24,726 posts)Warpy
(111,245 posts)The state will now solidly go for Trump and that putz McCrory will get back in.
People rally around the worst strongmen when there is any sort of unrest, even when they live many miles away from it.
BootinUp
(47,141 posts)I think its way to soon to predict the impact. Hopefully the videos are made public relatively soon.
Warpy
(111,245 posts)Cops seem to have gotten a sweetheart law passed that prevents the public from seeing the videos but it doesn't take effect until Oct 1 and probably will be thrown out at some point.
Cops are being really stupid about this one. The video could exonerate them just as easily as condemn them.
We're only 6 weeks out from election day. Everything that happens now can screw it up.
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)underthematrix
(5,811 posts)FBI's warning of white supremacists infiltrating law enforcement nearly forgotten
Because of intensifying civil strife over the recent killings of unarmed black men and boys, many Americans are wondering, Whats wrong with our police? Remarkably, one of the most compelling but unexplored explanations may rest with a FBI warning of October 2006, which reported that White supremacist infiltration of law enforcement represented a significant national threat.
Article linked here
http://thegrio.com/2015/05/12/fbi-white-supremacists-law-enforcement/