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mercuryblues

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7. k.l. a member of the 70%

Reply to damnedifIknow (Original post)

Thu May 28, 2015, 09:00 PM

May 2015

And I worked with people like the president of my police academy class, who sent out an email after President Obama won the 2008 election that included the statement, "I can't believe I live in a country full of ni**er lovers!!!!!!!!" He patrolled the streets in St. Louis in a number of black communities with the authority to act under the color of law."

Uhm, exposing the president of his police academy class as a racist would have been a great place to start. It was easier to go along to get along.

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Black ex-cop, and this is the real truth about race and policing [View all] damnedifIknow May 2015 OP

I think that is true. Tipperary May 2015 #1

There's something about this analysis that strikes me as very right. Jackpine Radical May 2015 #2

herd mentality. nt awoke_in_2003 May 2015 #13

Great post marym625 May 2015 #3

Huge K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT May 2015 #4

The fastest way to this end is needed Now. Get ACLU instant streaming and start libdem4life May 2015 #5

I suspect there is a lot of truth in that, hifiguy May 2015 #6

k.l. a member of the 70% mercuryblues May 2015 #7

The same thing happens in communities, though the numbers are more dysmal. Baitball Blogger May 2015 #8

what i say, it is all in the higher ups. giving a bold line not to be crossed. cops need that line seabeyond May 2015 #9

Truth. L0oniX May 2015 #10

There is a book Mbrow May 2015 #11

So 85% of them shouldn't be cops, and at least 18% of those should be behind bars. Iggo May 2015 #12

So let's start replacing the leaders and force them to change the culture BrotherIvan May 2015 #14