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Terrible loss....Now it's time for Mayor de Blasio and his political companion Rev Al to raise a glass and toast each other.
RIP
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Terrible situation. They need to get the rift under control immediately before it gets worse.
The first article I saw id'd the Asian as a woman, and I couldn't tell from the name.
Acknowledging that there are instances where law enforcement officers are in the wrong isn't "anti-police". The fact that some law enforcement officials want to spin it that way calls into question whether they see themselves as public servants or as being entirely above the laws they have sworn to uphold.
False perception is a problem when law enforcement is being blamed for the tragedy in Ferguson that was clearly not the case and the 2 top law enforcement officials in the country refuse to have the backs of the guys on the street. It sickens me.
Law enforcement wasn't blamed for the tragedy in Ferguson. Law enforcement personnel from the area were questioned for their handling of it, though. From the lack of basic investigation of the crime scene all the way through to the grand jury transcripts that showed a prosecutor playing the role of defense attorney.
If we believe that we should "have their backs", it implies that we should defend them even when there should be some hard questions asked. That's a very bad way to enforce the law. Police and LEOs should not have to have us turn a blind eye to their actions in any way. Too many people think we should, though.
And I'm mostly a supporter of the police. My experience with law enforcement is overwhelmingly positive, which makes me pissed off at all the folks condoning the poor behavior that taints the perception of the entire field.
Pit Row
Majority View: Exculpatory Evidence is a Must
In most states, prosecutors can’t present half-truths to grand juries. If prosecutors have strong, credible evidence that points to innocence, they must divulge it. That doesn’t mean, however, that they have to offer every piece of evidence that’s helpful to the accused or that might be used at trial by the defense.
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An awful lot of people felt that the armed individuals who went to the Bundy ranch to "resist" the government enforcing the law were patriots for resisting.....
This is getting a bit far afield of these murders being reported, but the Garner murder would have been the equivalent of using lethal force on hillbilly for selling untaxed liquor, something that I can't imagine any of us would support. I don't think any of us would feel that hillbilly should be killed simply for selling a few jars of liquor, but put him as the victim there and then imagine cops running around wearing t-shirts justifying his death and the reaction on here would be quite different.
My heart goes out to the families of these two officers who lost their lives at the hands of this lunatic.
Now that's a false perception if there ever was one. Garner "murder" as you put it. Garner wasn't "murdered". He did die unfortunately because 1) he was restisting, and 2) died because he wasn't healthy enough to resist, something that wasn't apparent on the surface. And most definitely I would rise up against government if they were way out of line, and in neither of these cases were they way out of line.
I can't stand it that the cops in my town sit on the Interstate overpass "collecting revenue" all day from passersby instead of protecting the town. Seriously, it pisses me off to no end. However, when they stop me for speeding I don't say "fuck you" and punch them in the face and drive off. No, I sit there politely while they write me a ticket. After all I "was" breaking the law. If I did tell them to fuck off I would expect to get in a wrestling match. I would probably have a heart attack and die myself if I did that because I'm no longer in the best of shape. But, it's "my fault" if that happens.
If you show any sympathy toward the issue of black people being unfairly singled out by cops, and shot much more often than white people....you're an Sharpton loving cop-hating SOB.
If you support the police and the incredibly difficult and dangerous job they do every day....you're a hateful racist supporting an evil system.
What if- you believe police are overly aggressive towards blacks and need more training....and you also support the fact that cops do a dangerous job and need our support.
Maybe he thought it was muzlum.
To bad he did himself,a cop should had the pleasure of giving him hot lead piercings.
Makes a difference.
blacks are 13.2 % of the population.
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