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Post by moonchild on Aug 16, 2020 20:13:13 GMT
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Post by politicidal on Aug 16, 2020 20:53:22 GMT
More rotten fruit.
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Post by mikef6 on Aug 16, 2020 21:42:20 GMT
It is because the "few bad apples" are allowed to continue to work in law enforcement and are supported by their "brothers in blue" is what makes it possible to say, sadly, "There are NO GOOD COPS!"
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Post by autumn on Aug 16, 2020 22:11:15 GMT
That is completely unacceptable. What bothers me is not one good cop was in that group. The entire group that showed up was targeting that couple. They really needed 5 or 6 cops for a guy and a small female? Seriously?
The rate of escalation was in no way "acceptable" and the degree of violence was in no way "constitutionally acceptable" forms of violence. Those kids were trying to protect themselves and each other.
All that for a noise complaint? Nuh-huh. I don't buy it. I'm sure race played a part in this.
Bless this couple, and if he wasn't as big as he is, he'd have suffered so much worse (look at the wounds they DID suffer!) Thank God for body cam footage. Gee, I'm surprised the cams didn't, you know, "suddenly go out" or something.
This is appalling because it makes all cops look bad, and they're not.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Aug 16, 2020 23:52:25 GMT
This is appalling because it makes all cops look bad, and they're not. Yes, they are, and I'll tell you why. It begins with mikef6 's post above. There is a complete absence of so-called good cops, publicly and within their departments, condemning the "bad ones" and their misdeeds en masse. Silence is complicity, and it's present in every department in every city across the country. According to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund ( nleomf.org/facts-figures/law-enforcement-facts), "There are more than 800,000 sworn law enforcement officers now serving in the United States." How many of them have spoken out publicly, much presented a united front, against abuses within the last year? The last five? Ten? Twenty? Abuses of authority will continue until every cop who doesn't commit them unites to drive out those sullying their ranks and profession. Until then, they're allowing them to occur by their silence and inaction.
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Post by mikef6 on Aug 17, 2020 0:03:06 GMT
This is appalling because it makes all cops look bad, and they're not. Yes, they are, and I'll tell you why. It begins with mikef6 's post above. There is a complete absence of so-called good cops, publicly and within their departments, condemning the "bad ones" and their misdeeds en masse. Silence is complicity, and it's present in every department in every city across the country. According to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund ( nleomf.org/facts-figures/law-enforcement-facts), "There are more than 800,000 sworn law enforcement officers now serving in the United States." How many of them have spoken out publicly, much presented a united front, against abuses within the last year? The last five? Ten? Twenty? Abuses of authority will continue until every cop who doesn't commit them unites to drive out those sullying their ranks and profession. Until then, they're allowing them to occur by their silence and inaction. Very well said. When the 75-year-old man was shoved over by cops and struck his head on the street during the George Floyd protests (June 5, 2020) in Buffalo, five officers resigned. But not because their brothers in blue had been violent but because the two cops were charged with assault. Cops will always fall in line behind their violent brethren.
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