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In reply to the discussion: When is this killing of police officers going to end !!!!!!!!!!?????????nt [View all]Ed Suspicious
(8,879 posts)66. The problem is that these bad apples carry guns and the authority inherent in the badge, so when
those apples start to rot, people bear the very real brunt oftentimes resulting in physical violence or death. They need to be held to an absolute standard.
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When is this killing of police officers going to end !!!!!!!!!!?????????nt [View all]
clarice
Sep 2015
OP
That was my question as well. Why are you playing coy? Are you dismayed more by one than the other?
Ed Suspicious
Sep 2015
#62
IMO not all cops are bad. I think they need to get rid of bad apples, top to bottom, but
RKP5637
Sep 2015
#2
Also, sometimes, I think the superiors are as bad as the bad cops, so the good cops get caught
RKP5637
Sep 2015
#20
I do not tolerate broad and unflattering generalizations and stereotyping of large diverse groups,
branford
Sep 2015
#41
The problem is that these bad apples carry guns and the authority inherent in the badge, so when
Ed Suspicious
Sep 2015
#66
So do the criminals....but no badge....what standard should they be held to?. nt
clarice
Sep 2015
#80
I guess that standard imposed by law, but they're criminals, so they seem to
Ed Suspicious
Sep 2015
#90
Absolutely nothing I wrote implied that corruption or incompetence should not be addressed,
branford
Sep 2015
#93
how many of those 900,000 have turned in one of their own for punching/kick/faking a 'traffic stop'?
Sunlei
Sep 2015
#118
Actually it happens more often than not and usually goes under-reported...
Historic NY
Sep 2015
#127
Our police and the entire criminal Justice system have a long way to go to dig out of the hole.
Sunlei
Sep 2015
#135
Snob...Don't even try....you're butting your head against a steel post. lo.l nt.
clarice
Sep 2015
#39
"The highest rate increase of (occupational) casualty occurred in private construction."
Starry Messenger
Sep 2015
#11
Too all concerned....don't be fooled. Lanternwaste also posts as Creekdog and KCR. FYI. nt
clarice
Sep 2015
#49
Sounds as if you've fallen victim to the rightwing trope? Officer killings are down. n/t
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2015
#33
Funny, I thought the same thing of you. Why not ask the killers? Or do you think they post at DU?
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2015
#117
What a sweeping, stupid generalization. If you are a Liberal, you don't stereotype. nt
clarice
Sep 2015
#59
"The idea that most cops are good is nonsense because if it was true, there would be no bad cops."
Snobblevitch
Sep 2015
#141
You've made a great many sweeping allegations about law enforcement generally
branford
Sep 2015
#134
You are free to disagree with my purported "perceptions" (i.e., not stereotyping).
branford
Sep 2015
#148
probably will get worse as our society has imprisoned so many millions & destroyed so many families.
Sunlei
Sep 2015
#51
what criminals? Of course people should know it's not right to hurt or kill anyone. It is a crime.
Sunlei
Sep 2015
#115
Good enough so that everyone else here is laughing at you. My work here is done. nt
clarice
Sep 2015
#85
Won't get better on either side - police or "civilian" - until we do something about gunz. eom
Hoyt
Sep 2015
#83
I would hope your post is not alerted on, much less hidden. Too many shooting period in our country.
Hoyt
Sep 2015
#100
Thank you for your thoughtfulness. Please confine your vitriol to the subject at hand.nt
clarice
Sep 2015
#98
Can you please explain the non-thinking that led you to say that Lanternwaste uses my account?
CreekDog
Sep 2015
#122
And this person complained of being looked down on because of his "bright, optimistic attitude"
betsuni
Sep 2015
#151
I can see that my point here is made...... time for quail breasts and a nice Avignon....
clarice
Sep 2015
#104
One must have oppasable thumbs to be able to dine on quail breasts and French towns.
betsuni
Sep 2015
#171