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Police Lives Matter [View all] arely staircase Jul 2016 OP
You shoot a police officer, you go to prison (assuming you live long enough.) gollygee Jul 2016 #1
there are lots of black men in prison for killing other black men arely staircase Jul 2016 #3
You're right - I need to edit gollygee Jul 2016 #4
That did used to be the case. Misdemeanor murders they were mockingly called. arely staircase Jul 2016 #5
I don't think things have changed nearly as much for white people as POC gollygee Jul 2016 #6
That is what I am saying. If someone shoots black man arely staircase Jul 2016 #8
I am sure the Dallas shooter would have been let off scott free if he had said he was "scared" Ash_F Jul 2016 #2
I still don't understand why they didn't just put him on paid administrative leave. Fozzledick Jul 2016 #7
Such utter total bullshit. People can choose to be a police officer. To be black? Not KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #9
And blacks can choose to be police officers, right? Duckhunter935 Jul 2016 #19
what's your point? - nt KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #20
More than the citizenry gaspee Jul 2016 #10
"Police" is a mechanism by which society maintains its monoploy on violense. rug Jul 2016 #11
It is interesting the type of person that gets upset when you say Black Lives Matter. Rex Jul 2016 #12
So go ahead and tell them "all lives matter." NaturalHigh Jul 2016 #13
Do it as all lives do matter Duckhunter935 Jul 2016 #14
As no holidays are above the other, 'Happy 4th of July' is also exclusionary to Christmas LanternWaste Jul 2016 #17
Actually there is already almost an EXACT equivalent to that... LeftishBrit Jul 2016 #23
In the case of All Lives Matter gaspee Jul 2016 #15
And they only care when white cops get shot by blacks maryellen99 Jul 2016 #16
Not a good time to be a cop yeoman6987 Jul 2016 #18
Statistics to back that assertion? n/t IL Lib Jul 2016 #22
Is there a centuries long pattern of cop killers not being brought to justice ecstatic Jul 2016 #21
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