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Hortensis

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8. Okay. They need good pay, good training, and proper

Reply to Odoreida (Original post)

Sun Jun 21, 2020, 03:43 PM

Jun 2020

procedures to protect their own safety, sufficient to enable good, carefully selected people to sign up for the very meaningful work of protecting and serving. Those that's not enough for shouldn't let the door hit them in the behind.

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Not necessarily taking this a face value, but ... (DC cops) [View all] Odoreida Jun 2020 OP

I guess that's a start. NurseJackie Jun 2020 #1

Good. Bye Felicia. onecaliberal Jun 2020 #2

It's easier to "drain a swamp" when you don't have to do it one snowflake at a time. ret5hd Jun 2020 #3

Good, let's hire people who actually want to protect and serve lettucebe Jun 2020 #4

Shake the friggin tree and see how many Wellstone ruled Jun 2020 #5

Amen! There are a lot of unemployed people who aren't hoping to rough up a bunch of people of BComplex Jun 2020 #14

My take is, Wellstone ruled Jun 2020 #16

Keep pushing until every last cop quits. PTWB Jun 2020 #6

Fire ALL of them - invite any of them FraDon Jun 2020 #11

That's true. The crooked ones are taking orders from someone. BComplex Jun 2020 #17

If true... Alacritous Crier Jun 2020 #7

Okay. They need good pay, good training, and proper Hortensis Jun 2020 #8

Refusing to accept the rules that they expect us to abide. Fuck em. Nevilledog Jun 2020 #9

This is from the police union Bev54 Jun 2020 #10

That's what I say: let them go & hire new ones, who are THOROUGHLY VETTED for ties to militias BComplex Jun 2020 #12

Hahahaha haha - not a chance. Dan Jun 2020 #13

I hope every other police force they might apply to wryter2000 Jun 2020 #15