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bluestarone

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51. Like you, i do not fear fo myself. i'm NOT fighting this for myself, (73 years old)
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 03:05 PM
Mar 2021

It's all about the young people. My grand kids and G.Grand kids. This is the strangest disease i've ever witnessed. I do not understand how it affects different people in different ways! At times i wished these QTHUGS would get VERY SICK. (if they would, maybe they would abide by masks mandates. 50 to 70 million SELFISH people in this country. (THIS is something, i would have never believed to happen) I do hope this all will SPLIT the RETHUGLICONS which will help us i 22 and 24!! You take care!!

nothing new here llashram Mar 2021 #1
Nothing is that simple. mahannah Mar 2021 #7
Actually It Is Simple DanieRains Mar 2021 #24
Black people everywhere: 'We've been saying this for generations' (nt) apnu Mar 2021 #2
White liberal young people - we recognized this truth back in the 60's, took us longer. lark Mar 2021 #5
So, looks like the Black Live Matter movement scores a positive change. Baitball Blogger Mar 2021 #23
I know it's been an issue in Chicago for decades and probably since there mucifer Mar 2021 #3
K&R ck4829 Mar 2021 #4
Racism, the Blue Wall and RW media a toxic cocktail they're... FailureToCommunicate Mar 2021 #6
Psychology class i took once said that a police person and a criminal hydrolastic Mar 2021 #8
I would argue DENVERPOPS Mar 2021 #30
Many cops listen to and believe that they are hearing the truth from hate talk radio, TV, and .... Botany Mar 2021 #9
Do you have a link for that stat? It's fascinating and I'd like to share it. Thanks. TheRickles Mar 2021 #12
That figure is something I have heard a # of times a few years back. Botany Mar 2021 #33
Thanks for trying. If you ever find something, TheRickles Mar 2021 #41
That wouldn't surprise me a bit. DENVERPOPS Mar 2021 #31
Also security firms and private police forces. n/t MarcA Mar 2021 #34
I have known a # of cops and what they have to or had to deal with on a daily basis is grim. Botany Mar 2021 #36
As you said: DENVERPOPS Mar 2021 #45
Not a new thing Normanart Mar 2021 #42
Lots of kids that don't do well in high school do quite well in life. pidge Mar 2021 #52
USA TODAY got the headline wrong. It wasn't a "riot;" it was an insurrection. Efilroft Sul Mar 2021 #10
Yes, the word "riot" seems to have become the preferred noun now everywhere. PSPS Mar 2021 #17
That's the instigators word for Jan 6 LittleGirl Mar 2021 #27
Agreed. Cinnamonspice Mar 2021 #40
"Rioters carried Confederate flags and nooses,..." HUAJIAO Mar 2021 #11
Racism Is the Original Sin of Our Country. Donald Trump's Big Lie panfluteman Mar 2021 #13
THIS....!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DENVERPOPS Mar 2021 #32
TRUE and to add to your last sentence bluestarone Mar 2021 #44
YES, bluestarone DENVERPOPS Mar 2021 #47
WOW! i would use your EXACT words!! WE do see what's happening. bluestarone Mar 2021 #49
I am old DENVERPOPS Mar 2021 #50
Like you, i do not fear fo myself. i'm NOT fighting this for myself, (73 years old) bluestarone Mar 2021 #51
Will do DENVERPOPS Mar 2021 #53
Yeah, it's not like they were WARNED or anything. WinstonSmith4740 Mar 2021 #14
THIS DENVERPOPS Mar 2021 #48
About time they looked into this... Wounded Bear Mar 2021 #15
Here is a direct link to the 2006 paper "White Supremacist Infiltration of Law Enforcement" cayugafalls Mar 2021 #16
Police unions are all nazis and their political "campaign contributions" help elect nazis. PSPS Mar 2021 #18
Anti-racism needs to be a Sea Change event. It needs to start in school curriculum's and filter up, cayugafalls Mar 2021 #19
If you want to beat people up and get away with it for awhile, become a cop Ohioboy Mar 2021 #20
White nationalism has been swept under the rug for far too long dlk Mar 2021 #21
I've always thought that the problem with law enforcement is patphil Mar 2021 #22
The National Guard presence gives time to weed them out. Get rid of the NG, ancianita Mar 2021 #25
This has long been a serious problem. Reflects the racism imbedded in our culture, sadly. Evolve Dammit Mar 2021 #26
Plus, the politicians. Kid Berwyn Mar 2021 #28
I think the best one can hope for in the short-to-medium term is to tamp it down. BobTheSubgenius Mar 2021 #29
More the reason to further empower Internal Affairs with authority over and above union agreement. jaxexpat Mar 2021 #46
Why Do You Suppose DallasNE Mar 2021 #35
This freaks me out but doesn't surprise me. What I want to know is Cozmo Mar 2021 #37
Time for the police and the military to clean house before more lives are lost. Martin68 Mar 2021 #38
Democracy is not a spectator sport and no system MarcA Mar 2021 #39
Cops hide behind a blue wall. The cop community makes it easy to be an asshole Cozmo Mar 2021 #43
K&R Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2021 #54
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