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bluestarone

(16,856 posts)
Tue Jul 28, 2020, 04:41 PM Jul 2020

i really do worry about what is happening with Police forces across the country

I almost feel like THIS is and was part of RUMPS and putins plan? I'm 100% thinking the Police unions probably are in this up to their necks! I believe our police across the country has been infiltrated by BAD COPS! I wish there was an easy answer to this BUT this election is getting more fearful as days go by!

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i really do worry about what is happening with Police forces across the country (Original Post) bluestarone Jul 2020 OP
They should have to pay for police insurance. dreamland Jul 2020 #1
Doctors make a lot more money than police officers democrattotheend Jul 2020 #5
He's weaponizing them against us duforsure Jul 2020 #2
MY thoughts as well bluestarone Jul 2020 #4
Metro police departments have corrupt violent Voltaire2 Jul 2020 #3

dreamland

(964 posts)
1. They should have to pay for police insurance.
Tue Jul 28, 2020, 04:58 PM
Jul 2020

Any citizen who gets hurt by them should have restitution come from their own- and I don't mean taxpayer funds but police officers should have police insurance. Doctors have it and so why not them? The current status is that the American taxpayer is paying for their violence. It's a sham and a scam, that we are paying for their "law and order". They would think twice about their actions of they knew they had to pay for it and any unjust "arrest" will up their insurance payments. This is the only way they will police themselves. Bad cops will have such high claims that insurance companies will drop them and they'll be out of a job.

democrattotheend

(11,605 posts)
5. Doctors make a lot more money than police officers
Tue Jul 28, 2020, 06:00 PM
Jul 2020

And I don't think doctors who are employees of hospitals pay for their own malpractice insurance. Only the independent/private practice doctors do, and they are shrinking in number in part because of the cost of malpractice insurance. I see your point about how taxpayers shouldn't have to cover the cost of police malfeasance, but forcing all police officers to pay out of pocket for malpractice insurance would probably drive away a lot of police officers, not just the bad ones, not to mention violating many state labor laws.

duforsure

(11,884 posts)
2. He's weaponizing them against us
Tue Jul 28, 2020, 05:01 PM
Jul 2020

And trying to put his loyalists in key positions , starting with corrupt bill barr. He will start doing this to the FBI very soon to protect himself from them exposing him.

bluestarone

(16,856 posts)
4. MY thoughts as well
Tue Jul 28, 2020, 05:45 PM
Jul 2020

WHY would pence be asking for police for tRUMP?? THIS is why i say they are getting their people in place for November! THIS should be shouted LOUDLY EVERYDAY!

Voltaire2

(12,957 posts)
3. Metro police departments have corrupt violent
Tue Jul 28, 2020, 05:22 PM
Jul 2020

and mostly useless for just about ever. This is not Trump’s fault.

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