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Crunchy Frog

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53. Someone should start maintaining an independent database of bad cops.
Sat Jun 6, 2020, 03:23 PM
Jun 2020

Just for the benefit of the public.

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wow....that was tense and I had NO idea how it would turn out.. samnsara Jun 2020 #1
Agreed, painful to watch and it left me angry. Too typical. c-rational Jun 2020 #43
Another "busybody" cop, seeking trouble. Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2020 #2
Das Gestapo..... paleotn Jun 2020 #37
Same was true in my parents' neighborhood. Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2020 #47
more than busybody. even in supposedly enlightened northern states, whites regularly demand SiliconValley_Dem Jun 2020 #57
Absolutely. Profiling happens a lot! Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2020 #58
That was very painful to watch. Baitball Blogger Jun 2020 #3
+100000 Celerity Jun 2020 #10
Very Pacifist Patriot Jun 2020 #59
Defiant, courageous even RVN VET71 Jun 2020 #4
He wasn't defiant EffieBlack Jun 2020 #16
Defending yourself is defiance when they're beating, gassing, tazering, or murdering you. Rainbow Droid Jun 2020 #35
Refusing to cooperate is defiance. RVN VET71 Jun 2020 #52
Agree! nt Duppers Jun 2020 #29
I'm nor sure that trying to wnylib Jun 2020 #49
Once again, I'm asking why aren't there more black cops? FakeNoose Jun 2020 #5
That would be helpful too, probably. Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2020 #8
When a black man, asian man joins the force, they begin to think like the white racist cops. They LiberalArkie Jun 2020 #23
Like Ice Cube said that doesn't really help unless its a mostly black police force cause the black.. uponit7771 Jun 2020 #33
Liberal bastion Boulder, CO. Harker Jun 2020 #6
Ugh, and that's a city where I felt "at home" in the past. Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2020 #9
I spent fifty years in Boulder, Loveland, and Drake. Harker Jun 2020 #19
I haven't visited since the 80's. Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2020 #25
Wow. Harker Jun 2020 #30
Some of us call Boulder DENVERPOPS Jun 2020 #20
The town had a character, that's for sure. Harker Jun 2020 #24
No kidding. DENVERPOPS Jun 2020 #50
+1, that culture seems to be the police against the population first uponit7771 Jun 2020 #34
I can't help wondering whether this cop was responding to a call Harker Jun 2020 #39
"did not conclude he was racially biased" IronLionZion Jun 2020 #7
No words malaise Jun 2020 #11
I hope he becomes a lawyer. 70sEraVet Jun 2020 #12
So the white guy has to vouch for the black guy. AllyCat Jun 2020 #13
+1. dalton99a Jun 2020 #26
I am shaking and can barely type ms liberty Jun 2020 #14
This is infuriating EffieBlack Jun 2020 #15
Too many communities PatSeg Jun 2020 #17
That is the police culture. kentuck Jun 2020 #18
BOULDER,CO???? unreal... but... not :( MomInTheCrowd Jun 2020 #21
Papers...... paleotn Jun 2020 #22
That was painful to watch Maeve Jun 2020 #27
Someone should start maintaining an independent database of bad cops. Crunchy Frog Jun 2020 #53
got to maintain llashram Jun 2020 #28
Their very existence is at the discretion of white police officers dalton99a Jun 2020 #32
Was this racist officer fired? NNadir Jun 2020 #31
no obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #38
The end of the video said he retired two weeks later csziggy Jun 2020 #46
It said he RESIGNED two weeks later. Nevilledog Jun 2020 #54
Shit, mistyped. Thanks for the correction. csziggy Jun 2020 #55
Some cops are just plain violent and virtually all are above the law. Not new, but now Evolve Dammit Jun 2020 #36
Infuriating.....so unjust democrank Jun 2020 #40
Zayd Atkinson now... from the Boulder Daily Camera. Harker Jun 2020 #41
The cruelty is the point... dlk Jun 2020 #42
Some White Americans are afraid to live in a world where they aren't in the majority. Yavin4 Jun 2020 #44
Exhibit A in the case for why we need LESS police and more community involvement... Moostache Jun 2020 #45
.................... Upthevibe Jun 2020 #48
Naropa? Is this in Boulder CO? Crunchy Frog Jun 2020 #51
k&r Demovictory9 Jun 2020 #56
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