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heaven05

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8. And

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Sat Apr 28, 2018, 09:39 AM

Apr 2018

the beat goes on as it has always gone on...... it's a wonder any person, especially brown skinned minorities and immigrants survive ANY contact with ANY black, white, female police officer, anywhere in ameriKKKa..

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Former Police Cadets Say Academy Trained them to be Hostile to the Public [View all] MrScorpio Apr 2018 OP

Now we are getting to the REAL source Mopar151 Apr 2018 #1

Yes. A failure of command from top down that condones and allows this. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2018 #9

Looks like "to serve and protect" has a broad interpretation. lpbk2713 Apr 2018 #2

Like that Twilight Zone episode, "To serve Man." raging moderate Apr 2018 #6

Just like the North Miami PD used mugshots of black men BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #3

+1 dalton99a Apr 2018 #5

And some people wonder why Bettie Apr 2018 #4

I once was a typist for a police station. raging moderate Apr 2018 #7

So they acted like professionals Johnny2X2X Apr 2018 #12

And heaven05 Apr 2018 #8

Bookmarking. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2018 #10

Been suspecting this for a while. WinstonSmith4740 Apr 2018 #11

I know many cops Johnny2X2X Apr 2018 #13

I used to do legal work for a police organization with 18,000 mainly Texas law enforcement. Dustlawyer Apr 2018 #15

Weed out the aggressive ones Johnny2X2X Apr 2018 #21

Screening applicants only goes so far if the training is based in abuse Merlot Apr 2018 #23

Or drop out, thus leaving an even larger majority of bad cops. nt tblue37 Apr 2018 #25

They are over emphasized on how their lives are at risk treestar Apr 2018 #22

Needs to be a much zentrum Apr 2018 #14

If this is the training in Austin, how aggressive is it in Ilsa Apr 2018 #16

this senior citizen honkey says 'fuck da police' KG Apr 2018 #17

Well, no shit. The entire institution is dedicated to protecting property and hunting down people WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2018 #18

The police are trained to be a cold calculating occupation force. They act more as an adjunct to.... marble falls Apr 2018 #19

When did the municipal police forces become quasi-military? FakeNoose Apr 2018 #20

I think it's been building for some time, especially when the gov. started giving the municipalities RKP5637 Apr 2018 #27

We have to get military equip out of the hands of police. sharedvalues Apr 2018 #31

Please tell me that absolutely no one is surprised by this. (n/t) Iggo Apr 2018 #24

Not surprised. Glad to see this coming out. n/t RKP5637 Apr 2018 #26

This is absolutely scary- our police departments are becoming fight clubs. Initech Apr 2018 #28

Not surprising DashOneBravo Apr 2018 #29

Jesus. This is horrible. sharedvalues Apr 2018 #30