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By KATE BRUMBACK ATLANTA©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Michael Machida
I bet it will be difficult to weed out all the bad police officers from the good ones.
robert maes
Would mixed race police patrols help ?
bass4funk
This is just all going to end so badly, just wait, just wait.
pointofview
State issues.
Wolfpack
It's been going badly for 60 years. This year however marks a turning point. The bad looks to be accelerating. The emphasis on differences is having the effect that people with common sense know it will. Good used to the burning and looting - it's the new normal in America.
Strangerland
The Republicans lit the fire with their obstructionist policies, and now the country is burning down.
Slow clap. Fade to black.
PTownsend
The 'new normal' is a term I've heard used mostly during the Trump era. An era that will live in infamy. Historians will write about this period in any number of ways, some saying Trump was a 'victim of the times', some saying he needs to be held accountable for the growing number of virus deaths, for the collapsed economy, increased levels of unemployment, increased numbers made homeless, for the breakdowns in 'law and order', the riots, increased racial divides, among other criticisms, and of course there will be those who take a more nuanced look at the times.
But all will say these problems happened under Trump's watch.
pointofview
@PTownsend,
They'll do just about anything to destroy him. Slimy people they are.
elephant200
No worries! These unfortunate officers will get their full pension before retirement!
Goodlucktoyou
Ever been tasered? I tried It just on my thigh, two weeks pain and difficulty walking.
PS. I did it to myself just for an experiment. Also did waterboarding, do not try!
if you see police or military, just walk away. Being a hero has no rewards.
aomorisamurai
@Goodlucktoyou
Walking away sounds like a safe bet. What should I do when I'm in bed at 0200 and they smash in my front door for a no-knock raid built on dodgy evidence, take out the dog for good measure and introduce me painfully to the ground?
For all the trouble I've now caused these cops, I'm sure to get charges for obstruction and resisting no matter what I do, assuming I make it out of that situation alive at all.
Halwick
@amomorisamurai, why would the police have reason to smash in your front door at 0200 and introduce you painfully to the ground in the first place?
What law did you break? Was the law, in your view, a law you felt was racist, oppressive and infringed on your right to do as you please and therefore you felt was justified in breaking that "law"?
As long as you don't act like a pit bull and try to provoke them......just because you hate the police......they won't react in kind and will pretty much leave you alone. I used to live in a high crime area of Los Angeles and I never had a problem with them. But then I didn't walk around with a large chip on my shoulder and dared them to knock it off either.
Strangerland
Reasons like this?
Serrano
I want to know when they're going to fire the rioters and looters.
Ever been tasered? I tried It just on my thigh, two weeks pain and difficulty walking.
PS. I did it to myself just for an experiment. Also did waterboarding, do not try!
You waterboarded yourself? Did not know that was even possible!
if you see police or military, just walk away. Being a hero has no rewards.
No, no, we have to protest their wrongdoing and defund them so they can't come to your aid if you need help!
Walking away sounds like a safe bet. What should I do when I'm in bed at 0200 and they smash in my front door for a no-knock raid built on dodgy evidence, take out the dog for good measure and introduce me painfully to the ground?
No worries, you're not Roger Stone, that's not gonna happen.