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In reply to the discussion: My wife wasn't fond of cops before this past year now she has no respect for them. [View all]nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)101. I think you're being a tad overly optimistic here. And I'll just leave it at that. n/t
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My wife wasn't fond of cops before this past year now she has no respect for them. [View all]
diabeticman
Dec 2014
OP
I'd rather live in a world without cops, but that's just me. Like you I have had good and
MillennialDem
Dec 2014
#47
I'm not a bro. And I just said the argument is usually phrased in a stupid way - ie
MillennialDem
Dec 2014
#53
So, if all police had Public Cameras we can ALL "see policing from their perspective"
Sunlei
Dec 2014
#74
how about we just record the police at work 24/7 and watch those public recordings.
Sunlei
Dec 2014
#64
We Americans have a Right to observe our Gov. at work. From the Federal level to the local police.
Sunlei
Dec 2014
#71
I think I understand what Oden meant. Not all police are even "decent at reading human disabilities
Sunlei
Dec 2014
#82
I think you're being a tad overly optimistic here. And I'll just leave it at that. n/t
nomorenomore08
Dec 2014
#101
"SC Autistic Man Assaulted and Tasered for Walking Down the Street While Black"
Comrade Grumpy
Dec 2014
#87
With all due respect, you and your wife really need to meet many more police officers.
branford
Dec 2014
#14
The difference is not 'they purportedly alone commit heinous crimes'.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Dec 2014
#63
Too many shitty cops, agreed..But does she want a society with NO police at all?
whathehell
Dec 2014
#30
I think you missed the part where in recent matters like Michael Brown and Eric Garnder,
branford
Dec 2014
#36
Not even close, and before using false dichotomies to misinterpret my post completely,
whathehell
Dec 2014
#37
Yet they nevertheless are very disproportionately involved in violent, often armed, crime.
branford
Dec 2014
#94
I would argue that the problem is larger than a "tiny minority" of police, but otherwise I see what
nomorenomore08
Jan 2015
#118
In that it allowed me to know a good cop, yes, but far BETTER for the people she served
whathehell
Dec 2014
#110
If you knew what the phrase meant, you'd know it doesn't equate to belligerence.
whathehell
Jan 2015
#120