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peacebird

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1. So, cops need to stop protecting bad apples. Weed out the thugs and white supremacists on the force

Reply to kristopher (Original post)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 02:43 PM

Jul 2015

Let cops get charged and punished for killing citizens. Stop letting dirty cops get off by claiming they feared for their lives. Prosecute depraved heart indifference when cops refuse to provide medical care, leaving people to bleed out.

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Glare of Video Is Shifting Public’s View of Police [View all] kristopher Jul 2015 OP

So, cops need to stop protecting bad apples. Weed out the thugs and white supremacists on the force peacebird Jul 2015 #1

To do that will probably require us to change a lot of laws. kristopher Jul 2015 #2

Time to rewrite the laws. That and do an in depth intelligence dive into the rolls of peacebird Jul 2015 #3

"And while they represent just a tiny fraction of police behavior" Chakab Jul 2015 #4

+1 kristopher Jul 2015 #5

Case in point, here's officer Ray Tensing conducting another unjustified traffic stop on a black Chakab Jul 2015 #6

And it's not just the direct killings that are a problem starroute Jul 2015 #7