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In reply to the discussion: When is this killing of police officers going to end !!!!!!!!!!?????????nt [View all]clarice
(5,504 posts)96. Gladly....
but they're criminals, so they seem to
have a disregard for the law. *AGREED*
Now the law enforcement officers, they should be held to a higher standard than a criminal. *disagree*
Yes police should be held to a high standard...but if you were to have a home invasion, is it rational to hold the protectors
to a higher standard than the offenders? I think in that situation...."standards" take the hindmost.
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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