These days it's less risky to do absolutely nothing than to do anything to help anyone.
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And I believe congress needs to get involved.
First & foremost this is not an excuse for thuggish or criminal behavior. Nor is it a condemnation of police in general.
In the past I have created threads saying that the black community needs to get control of the culture in their inner cities.
Now it is time to recognize that we have a problem in the police community. It has become terribly obvious that temperament & judgment is an issue that the police departments across our nation are not paying a lot of attention to with regard to their hiring practices. So many police shootings seem to be questionable and it usually boils down to judgment. It makes me wonder if the screening process for selecting candidates is adequate. I also wonder if the pay is too low? So low that it attracts too many of the wrong individuals? It's like we just hire whomever applies as long as they pass a back ground check with little regard to their psychological well being or ability to function under extreme stress.
If you watch the video posted to Facebook after this latest shooting you can hear the sheer terror in the officers voice AFTER he had already killed the individual. He sounded like a child who was scared shitless.
Perhaps some nation wide standards could alleviate some of the problems with bad hires. We give these men and women a great deal of power over our daily lives so why not create some rational standards by which we determine who receives that power?
Alton Sterling was armed and the gun recovered.
The major difficulty with raising standards and getting better police is that judges and juries keep finding that the police did nothing wrong. How many Freddie Gray trials or Mike Brown trials do we need to have?
The major difficulty with raising standards and getting better police is that judges and juries keep finding that the police did nothing wrong.
Alton Sterling was armed and the gun recovered.
The major difficulty with raising standards and getting better police is that judges and juries keep finding that the police did nothing wrong. How many Freddie Gray trials or Mike Brown trials do we need to have?
he doesn't seem to have been threatening them with the gun, you idiot.
My guess is, in the Minnesota incident, it started out as just another racist cop fishing expedition. They were hoping to find any 'justification' for taking this man to jail.
African Americans deal with that type of racist harassment all the time. So i'm not buying the 'broken tail light' story. He died because he was a black man. I know most white people don't wanna accept that, but it is the ugly reality.
The major difficulty with raising standards and getting better police is that judges and juries keep finding that the police did nothing wrong.
Exactly, public complacency is another problem too. Juries rarely convict police for crimes they would quickly convict anyone else for. The American public still gives too much deference to people in uniform. The Kelly Thomas case in Los Angeles was a great example of this and absolutely disgusting.
My guess is, in the Minnesota incident, it started out as just another racist cop fishing expedition. They were hoping to find any 'justification' for taking this man to jail.
African Americans deal with that type of racist harassment all the time. So i'm not buying the 'broken tail light' story. He died because he was a black man. I know most white people don't wanna accept that, but it is the ugly reality.
Yeah....I don't know if they see him as black....he was a latino....looked like a Latino...but the same principal might apply....this was a bad one....the Sterling shooting....that was a blessing for the neighborhood.
.Think of the meatheads you went to high school with only to find out years later that they became cops !
Usually dumb jock bullies.
Usually dumb jock bullies.
Bullshit..... you wanna be a cop? I suggest you try it before you mouth off with all of this high experience at law and society.
My guess is, in the Minnesota incident, it started out as just another racist cop fishing expedition. They were hoping to find any 'justification' for taking this man to jail.
African Americans deal with that type of racist harassment all the time. So i'm not buying the 'broken tail light' story. He died because he was a black man. I know most white people don't wanna accept that, but it is the ugly reality.
Yeah....I don't know if they see him as black....he was a latino....looked like a Latino...but the same principal might apply....this was a bad one....the Sterling shooting....that was a blessing for the neighborhood.
Cops routinely pull black folks over for fishing expeditions. So i don't buy the 'broken tail light' sham. They were targeted because they were black. The poor guy really did die because he was a black man.
To start: body cameras.What "nationwide standard" could be adopted. It's great to say "we need to do something "...but what?
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.Think of the meatheads you went to high school with only to find out years later that they became cops !
Usually dumb jock bullies.
Usually dumb jock bullies.
not many longhaired pacifist are hired and only if they will accept the skinhead persona ... same with the military.
the balance is what is lacking in the hiring practices of "law enforcement".
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All of these incidents appear to be murder without justification. Until they aren't anymore. The officers will be charged and exonerated.This isn't Freddie or Mike. The two most recent incidents appear to be murder without justification. Based on what I've seen & heard I expect all officers involved to be charged. As they should be. Let the justice system do its job. A badge is not a licence to kill at will.Alton Sterling was armed and the gun recovered.
The major difficulty with raising standards and getting better police is that judges and juries keep finding that the police did nothing wrong. How many Freddie Gray trials or Mike Brown trials do we need to have?
My guess is, in the Minnesota incident, it started out as just another racist cop fishing expedition. They were hoping to find any 'justification' for taking this man to jail.
African Americans deal with that type of racist harassment all the time. So i'm not buying the 'broken tail light' story. He died because he was a black man. I know most white people don't wanna accept that, but it is the ugly reality.
Yeah....I don't know if they see him as black....he was a latino....looked like a Latino....
You simpleton. He doesn't have to be threatening. It's in his pocket. He was ordered to get down. He didn't. That's enough of a threat. The police are not obligated to wait until he pulls the gun and aims it at the cop.Alton Sterling was armed and the gun recovered.
The major difficulty with raising standards and getting better police is that judges and juries keep finding that the police did nothing wrong. How many Freddie Gray trials or Mike Brown trials do we need to have?
he doesn't seem to have been threatening them with the gun, you idiot.
My guess is, in the Minnesota incident, it started out as just another racist cop fishing expedition. They were hoping to find any 'justification' for taking this man to jail.
African Americans deal with that type of racist harassment all the time. So i'm not buying the 'broken tail light' story. He died because he was a black man. I know most white people don't wanna accept that, but it is the ugly reality.
Yeah....I don't know if they see him as black....he was a latino....looked like a Latino....
This guy looks Latino, huh?
Bullshit.
You're just another bigoted conservative in glee to see one more dead black man.
You simpleton. He doesn't have to be threatening. It's in his pocket. He was ordered to get down. He didn't. That's enough of a threat. The police are not obligated to wait until he pulls the gun and aims it at the cop.Alton Sterling was armed and the gun recovered.
The major difficulty with raising standards and getting better police is that judges and juries keep finding that the police did nothing wrong. How many Freddie Gray trials or Mike Brown trials do we need to have?
he doesn't seem to have been threatening them with the gun, you idiot.
You are too stupid to breathe.
Here's some sobering wise advice... Fix your tail lights folks. It could be a death sentence for ya. Especially if you're a black man. Peace.