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Swede

(39,137 posts) Sat May 30, 2020, 10:10 PM May 2020

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Molly Jong-Fast tweets - I keep seeing videos of the police escalating things. (Original Post) Swede May 2020 OP

The police union president is a real MAGAt-- dawg day May 2020 #1

In the immortal words of Richard J Daley, Mayor of Chicago in 1968 world wide wally May 2020 #2

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1. The police union president is a real MAGAt--

Sat May 30, 2020, 10:24 PM

May 2020

There's an article about his rejection of any attempt by the city to train police not to be brutal.

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/05/29/in-minneapolis-a-police-union-gone-rogue/

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2. In the immortal words of Richard J Daley, Mayor of Chicago in 1968

Sat May 30, 2020, 10:29 PM

May 2020

"The policemen are not there to create disorder, the police men are there to preserve disorder."