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In reply to the discussion: just killed a cop. taken into custody without a brutal beating [View all]
Dan
(5,180 posts)2. Good thing he wasn't selling water,
or singles, using a cellphone, or reaching for his wallet.
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No, but when they do end badly it's most likely with a POC not white cop killers
TeamPooka
Jun 2020
#12
That's ... NOT ... a stereotype that cop leadership around the country accept a few bad apples ...
uponit7771
Jun 2020
#36
WOW, I wish I could afford to interview each cop to see if they're one of the bad apples
uponit7771
Jun 2020
#21
So is the logic that we should tolerate a few bad apples, PoC can't afford that
uponit7771
Jun 2020
#33
Have you seen the mug shots of the Atlanta cops who brutalized the college kids?
Tipperary
Jun 2020
#34
Logical fallacy, the exception does not overrides the rule 🙄 I fuckin don't believe this is being
uponit7771
Jun 2020
#35
That being a most accurate summation of the depth of your dialog... and character.
LanternWaste
Jun 2020
#50
If some people spent a fraction of the time and energy they exert trying to prove racism isn't
StarfishSaver
Jun 2020
#46
The officer didn't deserve to be murdered; other officers didn't deserve to be shot & hurt by a bomb
NBachers
Jun 2020
#5
I would like to see not stopping or reporting offenses by other officers be a fireable offense
Marrah_Goodman
Jun 2020
#47
If cops had ever policed there own the way they do citizens there would be no problems
TeamPooka
Jun 2020
#13
Some ?!?!!? That's fucked up. That's like saying some airline pilots like to crash into mountains
uponit7771
Jun 2020
#24
Do you know how the old saying goes? "A few bad apples spoil the whole barrel."
TeamPooka
Jun 2020
#54
Everyone makes that 'bad apples' argument. And they forget the entire quote:
GoneOffShore
Jun 2020
#53
the dehumanization of POC by police is sickening.... not all cops but enough
Demovictory9
Jun 2020
#42