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In reply to the discussion: Here We Go Again. Just Like With Zimmerman. Wilson Won' t Have to Testify. [View all]ncjustice80
(948 posts)29. Perhaps...
They are oppressors who actively engage in suppreasion of rights of others. I would normally be against such a thing, but we literally have no other alternative that I can see. Nothing has worked to change the police, they are just as corrupt and brutal now as they were 40 years ago.. The price of such power should be INTENSE, ONGOING pressure. A police officer should be more afraid of the consequences if drawing his gun then the conseuqences of not doing so- only then will we see real changes to their systemic abuse of he poor and the non white.
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Here We Go Again. Just Like With Zimmerman. Wilson Won' t Have to Testify. [View all]
Solomon
Aug 2014
OP
GD what a stupid thread .. ever heard of the FIFTH AMENDMENT? privilege against self-incrimination?
MikeW
Aug 2014
#7
No, it shouldn't. Terrible idea. We should expand civil rights, not contract them.
Shrike47
Aug 2014
#26
Members of the Military don't lose their 4A or 5A rights during a court martial.
IronGate
Aug 2014
#70
Probably not but I think this is different. More witnesses on the prosecution side and some good
jwirr
Aug 2014
#33
The DA (the People) has the burden of proving that he's guilty beyond a reasonable doubt
aint_no_life_nowhere
Aug 2014
#50