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radius777

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22. Alot of them are out of shape cowards w/personality issues,

Reply to Cattledog (Original post)

Mon Sep 7, 2020, 09:41 PM

Sep 2020

who really should not be doing that job, but the unions protect them.

The reality is that cops also abuse alot of whites, yet many whites view the police as defenders of white America, so don't join in BLM and others who critique the police.

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Mother of autistic boy shot by police speaks out: 'Why didn't you just tackle him?' [View all] Cattledog Sep 2020 OP

Jesus!! We need huge policing reforms. Huge!!! GreenPartyVoter Sep 2020 #1

Wtaf????? SheltieLover Sep 2020 #2

All of them should be fired. Blue_true Sep 2020 #3

And prosecuted to the fullest extent! SheltieLover Sep 2020 #12

That's what I wondered when I saw the Jacob Blake video. What ever happened to... LAS14 Sep 2020 #4

What meat-headed cops,.. shoot a 13 year old boy multiple times. magicarpet Sep 2020 #5

Exactly!!! SheltieLover Sep 2020 #7

These fking police are completely out of control SheltieLover Sep 2020 #6

"I said he's unarmed, he doesn't have anything, he just gets mad and he starts yelling and screaming dalton99a Sep 2020 #8

It wasn't the police's fault. The boy hurt them. TheBlackAdder Sep 2020 #20

Jesus... ck4829 Sep 2020 #9

The police use deadly force Matthew28 Sep 2020 #10

K&R for exposure Blue Owl Sep 2020 #11

Shooting 13 year old white kids in the back now Calculating Sep 2020 #14

Points up that people of color are not alone in police brutality!!! SheltieLover Sep 2020 #13

Just wtf?!?? Keystone cops uponit7771 Sep 2020 #15

Kid was prob having vestibular issues from electrical coil whine SheltieLover Sep 2020 #18

#DEFUNDTHEPOLICE qwlauren35 Sep 2020 #16

Precisely! SheltieLover Sep 2020 #19

My son Tom is autistic MizLibby Sep 2020 #17

The institution is unreformable. ACAB, FTP, abolition now. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2020 #21

Alot of them are out of shape cowards w/personality issues, radius777 Sep 2020 #22

Very true! SheltieLover Sep 2020 #23

Autism and mental health care VPHawk Sep 2020 #24

Good points, VPHawk. brer cat Sep 2020 #25

People with mental illness I_UndergroundPanther Sep 2020 #26