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He must be watching FOX "News". Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2016 #1
Seriously bravenak Jul 2016 #3
Nope. Prejudice against a large group of people is not the way to fight prejudice. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2016 #4
FOX "News" has been looping clips of anti-cop chants from what they claim is BLM. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2016 #5
President Obama is not looping in his speech. There is blanket anti-cop rhetoric in this thread. .nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2016 #7
The cops aren't innocent ya know. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2016 #8
There "ya" go with a blanket simplistic binary thinking statement again. It does not help. Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2016 #10
Face it. The police aren't what they used to be since the show "COPS" came out. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2016 #20
Thank you for a reasoned response. hamsterjill Jul 2016 #29
So you believe it isn't institutional? Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2016 #47
I believe in seeing the individual for what that individual is. hamsterjill Jul 2016 #49
How come those good cops aren't reporting the bad ones? Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2016 #54
Some of them may be. Do you know that they are not reporting? hamsterjill Jul 2016 #58
A racist in a uniform is more dangerous than one without a uniform. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2016 #60
I agree. hamsterjill Jul 2016 #63
the lives lost being so much less easy to focus on than the simplicity of correcting word usage. LanternWaste Jul 2016 #57
My point is the lives lost demand thoughtful action, not knee-jerk simplistic prejudice v "cops". nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2016 #65
The problem is puffy socks Jul 2016 #67
Yes, discussions like these do tend to cover the same ground again and again. Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2016 #68
Thanks puffy socks Jul 2016 #69
neither are all the people they deal with Skittles Jul 2016 #25
It's not their job to decide that.... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2016 #38
you're making generalizations Skittles Jul 2016 #43
Generally speaking. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2016 #46
Trump Says The Same Thing About Undocumented Immigrants... TomCADem Jul 2016 #42
Bingo! tonyt53 Jul 2016 #51
no Skittles Jul 2016 #24
This message was self-deleted by its author rbrnmw Jul 2016 #28
So, We Should Generalize That All Cops Are Racist Like Trump... TomCADem Jul 2016 #40
Oh please. bravenak Jul 2016 #2
"We"? No police officer ever helped one of 'us' / 'you' (plural) (whatever group you choose)? Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2016 #6
Bingo. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2016 #9
I agree with him. Sand Rat Expat Jul 2016 #12
If they stop profiling us and murdering us bravenak Jul 2016 #13
I'll echo Bernardo de la Paz here. Sand Rat Expat Jul 2016 #15
The one does not make up for the many bravenak Jul 2016 #16
I had a feeling I was wasting my keystrokes. I see now that I was correct. NT Sand Rat Expat Jul 2016 #17
The bad instances outweigh the good instances philosslayer Jul 2016 #21
You've no way of knowing that, now do you? Sand Rat Expat Jul 2016 #23
Read post #31 philosslayer Jul 2016 #36
Read my response to his/her response. Same goes. NT Sand Rat Expat Jul 2016 #37
Yes, you do have a way of knowing that Bradical79 Jul 2016 #59
Sorry puffy socks Jul 2016 #31
Again, I'm not arguing that cops are blameless. Sand Rat Expat Jul 2016 #35
I believe psycopaths and white supremicists have infiltrated our depts puffy socks Jul 2016 #44
It looks like we're going to have to agree to disagree. Sand Rat Expat Jul 2016 #45
I have clearly made up my mind that it's institutional and not just a few bad apples. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2016 #48
Where is the personal responsibility? loyalsister Jul 2016 #70
...!100++++ 840high Jul 2016 #27
that's why even after being asked rbrnmw Jul 2016 #30
I can't believe somebody thought it was okay to police your sigline bravenak Jul 2016 #32
right? rbrnmw Jul 2016 #33
Learn our places or else bravenak Jul 2016 #34
He's right - but he should keep in mind that Faux News can distort anything into "anti-cop." forest444 Jul 2016 #11
What's his stance on citizen review of police shootings? Ash_F Jul 2016 #14
Policy recommendations were released a year ago BumRushDaShow Jul 2016 #18
That is not the same as citizen review unfortunately. Ash_F Jul 2016 #19
Yup BumRushDaShow Jul 2016 #22
First puffy socks Jul 2016 #26
Silent majority GummyBearz Jul 2016 #61
Says the guy who called Cambridge police stupid. GeorgeGist Jul 2016 #39
I agree with the president. romanic Jul 2016 #41
Obama is correct and if some idiots would listen to him he could help their cause. WhoWoodaKnew Jul 2016 #50
Andrew Young, another very fine American, said pretty much the same thing as Obama. tonyt53 Jul 2016 #52
It's not realistic Bradical79 Jul 2016 #56
A riot that shuts down a freeway is a little more than "a fucking sit in." NaturalHigh Jul 2016 #62
I wasn't refering to that incident Bradical79 Jul 2016 #66
All I'm saying is that if you come across as being against cops, a lot of people WhoWoodaKnew Jul 2016 #64
Well pictures of people getting killed by the cops can hurt the police. hollowdweller Jul 2016 #53
It's fucking impossible to eliminate that rhetoric Bradical79 Jul 2016 #55
... Cop(s) .... ... Hurt Black Lives.... Cal Carpenter Jul 2016 #71
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