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moriah

(8,311 posts)
15. Cops are violent thugs that we hope are on our side.
Thu May 10, 2018, 04:43 PM
May 2018

Doesn't diminish the fact we train and pay them to be violent thugs when violent thuggery is necessary for the protection of non-violent people.

When they succeeded in making us all afraid of each other. n/t TygrBright May 2018 #1
Multiple decades of police/security state conditioning emanating from Exotica May 2018 #2
I want to know why the cops respond cyclonefence May 2018 #3
I want to know why they don't file false report charges. nt Xipe Totec May 2018 #4
That's my question, too. LisaM May 2018 #26
Because if they don't and "something happens".... RhodeIslandOne May 2018 #25
That's true cyclonefence May 2018 #28
It is crazy RhodeIslandOne May 2018 #29
This ExciteBike66 May 2018 #30
Because if someone calls they have to go Lee-Lee May 2018 #33
I agree Proud Liberal Dem May 2018 #5
Why do black people hate the police? (every racist and bigoted fuck ever) Afromania May 2018 #6
When some people figured out that calling the cops was a good way... ret5hd May 2018 #7
Bingo dalton99a May 2018 #34
Simple: "When you see somethin', say somethin'" becomes permission to call on anything that bothers 3Hotdogs May 2018 #8
Cowardly bullying, BarbaRosa May 2018 #9
Nailed It BlueDog22 May 2018 #10
I have called twice since getting back to the "city". moriah May 2018 #11
If those cops saved your gay black neighbor from harm or possible death... Mister Ed May 2018 #13
Cops are violent thugs that we hope are on our side. moriah May 2018 #15
i agree that minding one's own business is a lost art; needs to be revived for sure. nt TheFrenchRazor May 2018 #12
It's fucking ridiculous, and seems to be mostly done by racists. shenmue May 2018 #14
+1. dalton99a May 2018 #35
"if you see something say something" 0rganism May 2018 #16
Sheesh, beat me by a minute! Gidney N Cloyd May 2018 #18
looks like 3HotDogs beat us both by about 30 0rganism May 2018 #20
Outgrowth of the post-9/11 "If you see something, say something" thing? Gidney N Cloyd May 2018 #17
It's nothing new. EffieBlack May 2018 #19
I wondered if that's the case loyalsister May 2018 #48
Replacement for lynching zipplewrath May 2018 #21
To be fair, the woman making a scene over charges at Waffle House mythology May 2018 #22
I don't know when that became a thing.. I Cha May 2018 #23
When the ignorant, racist and hateful were enabled by a vengeful, twisted sociopath... Guilded Lilly May 2018 #24
Is it more common than it used to be or do we just know about it more thanks to the Internet? n/t PoliticAverse May 2018 #27
It's easier with cell phones, and easy to record the results of these... brush May 2018 #52
Worked 911 for ten years Corgigal May 2018 #31
Somebody dying is exactly why you would call 911 maxrandb May 2018 #37
Cop aren't gonna walk away. Corgigal May 2018 #40
In my city the non-emergency number is 911. tammywammy May 2018 #41
Also works. Corgigal May 2018 #42
That's kind of stupid maxrandb May 2018 #43
Doesn't matter what we believe are stupid. Corgigal May 2018 #44
It absolutely matters what we believe is stupid maxrandb May 2018 #45
Call your local Starbucks Corgigal May 2018 #46
When schools started calling cops instead of handling kids themselves Lee-Lee May 2018 #32
"handled unruly kids" loyalsister May 2018 #49
It isn't the norm. Very few people do that. nt. Mariana May 2018 #36
You forgot golfing too slowly* fxw May 2018 #38
It's not new oberliner May 2018 #39
I blame the internet. alarimer May 2018 #47
It's backlash intended to humiliate and dehumanize us... Blue_Tires May 2018 #50
I think this has always gone on just the police use to or use more sense in those situations. TNLib May 2018 #51
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