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Hillary Clinton: "We do have the best law enforcement in the world" (Original Post) Cheese Sandwich Dec 2015 OP
they can be good 2pooped2pop Dec 2015 #1
Cue crowd chant ... 3.. 2.. 1.. Mika Dec 2015 #2
So while watching that senz Dec 2015 #22
Looking at the second link I would have to agree. I don't think any other counties law Autumn Dec 2015 #3
It is heartbreaking Cheese Sandwich Dec 2015 #19
What? The? Heck? angrychair Dec 2015 #4
Of All U.S. Police Shootings, One-Quarter Reportedly Involve The Mentally Ill UglyGreed Dec 2015 #5
It's a travesty. PoliticalMalcontent Dec 2015 #13
It is shame UglyGreed Dec 2015 #14
I hope things improve for you sooner rather than later. PoliticalMalcontent Dec 2015 #15
Yes it's true Cheese Sandwich Dec 2015 #17
Wonder what BLM will make of this? berni_mccoy Dec 2015 #6
BLM? Art_from_Ark Dec 2015 #9
*snort* frylock Dec 2015 #10
Best response of the week. Dawgs Dec 2015 #49
I never write "LOL", and I'm not starting now. But still... DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2015 #62
Guess it depends on which side of the enforcing end nc4bo Dec 2015 #7
Then why does the UK have fewer shooting by cops per capita? Eric J in MN Dec 2015 #8
Wow. That's a stunning statistic. kath Dec 2015 #29
as proven by our prisons full of people locked up for smoking pot. Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #11
Whoa. Cheese Sandwich Dec 2015 #16
wouldn't you pander if you were running for POTUS ? olddots Dec 2015 #12
That's totally what it is. Cheese Sandwich Dec 2015 #53
Hillary pander?!? kath Dec 2015 #57
Ahem... nt Live and Learn Dec 2015 #18
She's talking about federal law enforcement MaggieD Dec 2015 #20
No, she is talking about everyone from the FBI to local police. Cheese Sandwich Dec 2015 #21
Prove it MaggieD Dec 2015 #36
Prove she isnt AgingAmerican Dec 2015 #42
It was local law enforcement that handled San Bernardino. How silly of Hillary to give the feds Live and Learn Dec 2015 #23
Exactly, America has the highest incarceration rate in the world so it has the best police Fumesucker Dec 2015 #24
Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, New Zealand, Australia etc. GeorgeGist Dec 2015 #31
They have better federal law enforcement, military and intelligence MaggieD Dec 2015 #34
Are you not aware of the crisis of police that keep shooting people for no reason and robbing people Cheese Sandwich Dec 2015 #45
She is talking about fighting terrorism MaggieD Dec 2015 #46
I find Hillary's comments very tone deaf. In an effort to pander about terrorism, she says we have Cheese Sandwich Dec 2015 #47
What. The. Fuckity. Fuck. kath Dec 2015 #25
Tone deaf, as usual. She is starting to give Jeb Bush a run for stupid utterances. CBGLuthier Dec 2015 #26
Clinton is trying to build an "America is best" narrative. joshcryer Dec 2015 #27
"No need to make it great again. It still is great." DetlefK Dec 2015 #28
We have the deadliest law enforcement in the world. SamKnause Dec 2015 #30
This is more in line with what I was thinking. Cheese Sandwich Dec 2015 #61
How about context? BklnDem75 Dec 2015 #32
Anything to smear her MaggieD Dec 2015 #35
Wow the context makes it even worse pengu Dec 2015 #38
Not sure if serious... BklnDem75 Dec 2015 #39
I understand she's pandering pengu Dec 2015 #40
ok BklnDem75 Dec 2015 #41
Why did Hillary's website post the press release and then delete it? Cheese Sandwich Dec 2015 #43
Was it on her website? I never saw it. BklnDem75 Dec 2015 #48
I thought it came from there but I don't know Cheese Sandwich Dec 2015 #50
OMG, she mentioned 9/11 again. She really IS going Full Giuliani! kath Dec 2015 #52
I'm sure the rest of the .01% agree... 99Forever Dec 2015 #33
Comply, citizen. Ikonoklast Dec 2015 #54
.... 99Forever Dec 2015 #55
.. Cheese Sandwich Dec 2015 #56
Nevermind pengu Dec 2015 #37
If you consider being efficient killers to be "the best" she's right. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2015 #44
Huh??? My gosh it's been so highly corrupted! ViseGrip Dec 2015 #51
Jesus. AzDar Dec 2015 #58
Wow...no one can be that oblivious! Best law enforcement? No way! n/t Hepburn Dec 2015 #59
These are some police in Louisiana Cheese Sandwich Dec 2015 #60
Fucking filth. The Klan is like the Nazis, but a lot less competent and a lot more inbred. DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2015 #63
Those are the scum of the earth. Cheese Sandwich Dec 2015 #64

Autumn

(45,120 posts)
3. Looking at the second link I would have to agree. I don't think any other counties law
Thu Dec 3, 2015, 07:22 PM
Dec 2015

enforcement members kills as many citizens as ours does. That must make them the best at what they do.

That's fucking just in case this disclaimer is needed.

The pictures are heartbreaking.

 

Cheese Sandwich

(9,086 posts)
19. It is heartbreaking
Fri Dec 4, 2015, 02:25 AM
Dec 2015

Even though that site lists everyone including some really violent people who maybe it's their own fault in a way, there are also a lot of people who totally didn't deserve it.

13. It's a travesty.
Thu Dec 3, 2015, 08:39 PM
Dec 2015

That's one of the reasons why our healthcare needs an overhaul. I'm fortunate enough to have health insurance. Still... My wait time see someone for depression? Three months. That was enough for me to not seek help initially. Depression is a bitch. I can't imagine how hard it'd be for people with other psychiatric illnesses.

Something really needs to change. The wait times are truly unacceptable.

UglyGreed

(7,661 posts)
14. It is shame
Thu Dec 3, 2015, 08:56 PM
Dec 2015

I suffer from depression myself due to chronic pain and choose not to take anything because many times the meds have caused me increased headaches and other side effects. I would like to go and speak to someone but the cost even with being under my wife's insurance to much for us to handle.

A little off topic but near my home last year around Halloween a son chopped off his mother's head and left her body and head in the street in front of her apartment. He realized what he did and jumped in front of train and died.

The woman's brother who is a Priest told reporters that no doctor would take the son's medicaid so he ran out of the medication which controlled his psychosis. This has to stop, two people are dead because of money and lack of compassion for those who suffer from mental illness.

I wish you the very best with your struggles, like you said it is a bitch.

 

Cheese Sandwich

(9,086 posts)
17. Yes it's true
Fri Dec 4, 2015, 02:20 AM
Dec 2015

Far too often mental illness is treated like some kind of crime. It's not necessarily the cops fault but if they are faced with it then they should be trained for it and treating people with respect and care, and not like animals or enemies.

 

DisgustipatedinCA

(12,530 posts)
62. I never write "LOL", and I'm not starting now. But still...
Sun Dec 6, 2015, 01:56 AM
Dec 2015

I actually did laugh aloud with no one in the room when I read your post. Well done, Art. Take a bow.

Eric J in MN

(35,619 posts)
8. Then why does the UK have fewer shooting by cops per capita?
Thu Dec 3, 2015, 07:32 PM
Dec 2015

"In the first 24 days of 2015, police in the US fatally shot more people than police did in England and Wales, combined, over the past 24 years."

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/09/the-counted-police-killings-us-vs-other-countries

kath

(10,565 posts)
29. Wow. That's a stunning statistic.
Fri Dec 4, 2015, 05:55 AM
Dec 2015

I knew the U.S. way outnumbered other countries, but Jeebus H. Christ on a Trailer Hitch.

 

Cheese Sandwich

(9,086 posts)
53. That's totally what it is.
Fri Dec 4, 2015, 01:39 PM
Dec 2015

Go in front of one crowd and say we need police reform, go in front of a different crowd and say we have the best cops on earth. Pure political pander.

Live and Learn

(12,769 posts)
23. It was local law enforcement that handled San Bernardino. How silly of Hillary to give the feds
Fri Dec 4, 2015, 03:42 AM
Dec 2015

the credit. Or could you be wrong?

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)
24. Exactly, America has the highest incarceration rate in the world so it has the best police
Fri Dec 4, 2015, 03:42 AM
Dec 2015

American police catch the most criminals, which makes America the safest country in the world because it has the most successful police.

 

MaggieD

(7,393 posts)
34. They have better federal law enforcement, military and intelligence
Fri Dec 4, 2015, 08:57 AM
Dec 2015

... Than we do? In what way are they better?

 

Cheese Sandwich

(9,086 posts)
45. Are you not aware of the crisis of police that keep shooting people for no reason and robbing people
Fri Dec 4, 2015, 12:16 PM
Dec 2015

on the side of the road? Haven't you heard about police targeting black people for all kinds of minor offenses just to get the money.

 

MaggieD

(7,393 posts)
46. She is talking about fighting terrorism
Fri Dec 4, 2015, 12:19 PM
Dec 2015

And you know that. So why the false meme? I find the impression you are trying to leave to be unethical. You did not provide the context for a reason. Am I correct?

She has been extremely critical of local policing that targets minorities. And you know that as well. Don't you?

 

Cheese Sandwich

(9,086 posts)
47. I find Hillary's comments very tone deaf. In an effort to pander about terrorism, she says we have
Fri Dec 4, 2015, 12:24 PM
Dec 2015

the best law enforcement in the world.

We do not have the best law enforcement in the world. The cops are corrupt and it's not just a few bad apples, it's the whole damn system.

Politicians are not going to get away with saying one thing on a Monday and then saying the opposite that Thursday just because the crowd is different.

You can't go to Alabama and put a Rosa Parks cartoon in your logo and talk to black people about police reform on Monday, and then on Thursday you go to New Hampshire, talk to white people, and say USA USA USA We have the best cops ever.

That's called pandering for votes. Sometimes people notice those things.


joshcryer

(62,276 posts)
27. Clinton is trying to build an "America is best" narrative.
Fri Dec 4, 2015, 05:43 AM
Dec 2015

It could very easily backfire if she's ever asked in a debate about America's issues.

SamKnause

(13,110 posts)
30. We have the deadliest law enforcement in the world.
Fri Dec 4, 2015, 07:14 AM
Dec 2015

If you aren't killed while being arrested, there is a good chance

you will be killed in jail.

We are so exceptional.

BklnDem75

(2,918 posts)
32. How about context?
Fri Dec 4, 2015, 08:32 AM
Dec 2015

“President Obama spoke this morning about the possibility that it was terror related. I know that everyone from the FBI to local police are doing everything they can to find the answers, tracking every lead, looking at every angle, and I’m confident that they will determine what happened, and take whatever steps are necessary to prevent future attacks.

“We do have the best law enforcement in the world, the best military, the best intelligence services. We’ve seen that again and again. I was, as many of you may know, a Senator from New York on 9/11, and I spent a great deal of my time in the years since working with law enforcement, working with the military, working with intelligence services to do everything we could to prevent future attacks.

“We’ve seen their expertise and professionalism again and again. We’re sure to see more of that in the days ahead. But I also want to note this, it’s important to remember, and I know this from the work I did as a Senator, particularly with law enforcement, the vast majority of Muslim Americans are just as concerned and heart-broken about this as anyone else. And no matter what motivation these killers, these murderers had, we can say one thing for certain, they should not have been able to do this. We cannot go on with losing 90 people a day to gun violence.


https://enewspf.com/2015/12/03/hillary-clinton-calls-for-expanding-women-owned-businesses-in-manchester/

 

MaggieD

(7,393 posts)
35. Anything to smear her
Fri Dec 4, 2015, 08:59 AM
Dec 2015

Any fucking thing at all. Whether it's true or not has absolutely no bearing on the issue whatsoever. It's unfuckingbelievable at this point.

pengu

(462 posts)
38. Wow the context makes it even worse
Fri Dec 4, 2015, 09:14 AM
Dec 2015

She tied it to 9/11 and then bragged about our intel? The same intel that got us into Iraq? Good lord...

pengu

(462 posts)
40. I understand she's pandering
Fri Dec 4, 2015, 09:33 AM
Dec 2015

I also understand that what she just said is both wrong, very offensive, and (further) demonstrates her very poor judgement.

BklnDem75

(2,918 posts)
48. Was it on her website? I never saw it.
Fri Dec 4, 2015, 12:35 PM
Dec 2015

Did it have the full transcript? If so, why not put the context in the OP?

 

Cheese Sandwich

(9,086 posts)
50. I thought it came from there but I don't know
Fri Dec 4, 2015, 01:17 PM
Dec 2015

Actually thanks for finding that because it's nice to have.

99Forever

(14,524 posts)
33. I'm sure the rest of the .01% agree...
Fri Dec 4, 2015, 08:39 AM
Dec 2015

... since protecting the .01% and their interests has become cops and the MIC primary mission.


Oligarchs and their thugs, ain't they just the bestest?

 

DisgustipatedinCA

(12,530 posts)
63. Fucking filth. The Klan is like the Nazis, but a lot less competent and a lot more inbred.
Sun Dec 6, 2015, 02:04 AM
Dec 2015

I didn't open the link. I certainly hope the pig lost his job at least.

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