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originally posted by: Shamrock6
a reply to: deadeyedick
K well since you're still talking about witnesses who you, and you alone, claim were murdered or disappeared, I'm done here. Every single thread, you try to bring it back to Brown. I'm not playing that game this time.
Before you post some rant about how I won't try to support my argument or refute yours, let me be clear: your inability to NOT try to relate everything to Brown has caused me to have zero interest in discussing anything with you now. I'm done.
Merry Christmas
originally posted by: suz62
a reply to: TechUnique
So naturally you stir the pot by posting it. You WANT discord here. You're isolated from it by the Atlantic. What does it matter to you? It doesn't.
I have a name for you and it ain't pretty.
originally posted by: MystikMushroom
a reply to: Chrisfishenstein
Its sad, but most people really only care about themselves.
Is there a term for being racist against everyone else but yourself?
originally posted by: dieseldyk
Stupid thug song, its gangsta rap. Just proves that it is the police that have the problem, not the citizens. The police have created a thug culture and its the police that are separating them selves from the People.
originally posted by: Entreri06
a reply to: Xtrozero
I'm not saying all cops are bad, I've met some really good ones, but of the ones I've met. Half were no better then any other high school bully....
originally posted by: Xtrozero
originally posted by: Entreri06
a reply to: Xtrozero
I'm not saying all cops are bad, I've met some really good ones, but of the ones I've met. Half were no better then any other high school bully....
I guess my point is that in areas where the local population has a large percentage of gang/gangsta type young adults, large unemployment that leads to high crime rate, and just a general lack of care at the personal level with drugs, alcohol etc, and at the family level with high levels of dysfunctionalities we also see that the cops match the population.
In both cases where these LA cops work and Ferguson are great examples of this..
originally posted by: Entreri06
I've never lived in a high crime area and I'm a 5'8 ,146lb White guy with glasses so tho bully cops I've encountered didn't have that as an excuse. I think we do a really $//!T job of doing psyc screenings for police officers, add that to the "blue code of silence" that ALL police officers go by, then throw a dash of them all getting the benifit of doubt and you've got a recipe for disaster.
originally posted by: Xtrozero
originally posted by: Entreri06
I've never lived in a high crime area and I'm a 5'8 ,146lb White guy with glasses so tho bully cops I've encountered didn't have that as an excuse. I think we do a really $//!T job of doing psyc screenings for police officers, add that to the "blue code of silence" that ALL police officers go by, then throw a dash of them all getting the benifit of doubt and you've got a recipe for disaster.
Well there is definitely a trend where cops seem to go to lethal force extremely quick these days. I'm not sure if it is a case of just having less cops, the changes in society where ALL guns (or perceived guns) are viewed as bad, or just an attitude of if commands are not followed instantly to the letter than extreme force follows.
I grew up in the 60s and 70s and people had gun racks in their trucks and a cop didn't shoot unless there was truly a situation to do so, and typically long after everything else has failed.
Back then shooting anyone unarmed most likely meant the cops was going to jail. Today, all they need to do is say well I thought it was a gun, or she didn't stop her car, or whatever all with only seconds of time to make these decisions.
Personally, I do not have an issue with the Brown case, I think the cop was fully within his rights, but these other cases like the kid with a air soft and the guy at Walmart, or even the lady that hit the White House fence and panicked would have had totally different outcomes if the cops spent 20 seconds in stead of 2 seconds not firing.