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Chainfire

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3. It is a flawed system of selecting and retaining law enforcement officers.

Reply to BeckyDem (Original post)

Mon Aug 24, 2020, 08:49 AM

Aug 2020

Perhaps we should vet them better and pay the good ones more. I am not at all about "defunding the police, but about defunding and demilitarizing bad cops.

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How much more of this are we suppose to take? [View all] BeckyDem Aug 2020 OP

"The beatings shall continue until morale improves." Solomon Aug 2020 #1

I think so too. It scares me how bad it is. BeckyDem Aug 2020 #4

Another body hurt I_UndergroundPanther Aug 2020 #2

It is a flawed system of selecting and retaining law enforcement officers. Chainfire Aug 2020 #3

+1, or maybe change the racial makeup of US policing until the police are less racist. uponit7771 Aug 2020 #9

His children were in the back seat when he was shot.....omg secondwind Aug 2020 #5

+1, I pray they are all old enough to testify against the bad guys uponit7771 Aug 2020 #8

If you only JustGene Aug 2020 #6

The bad guys shoot ***ANOTHER*** black man in the back this time in front of his kids. uponit7771 Aug 2020 #7

This. BeckyDem Aug 2020 #10

This is 29-year-old Jacob Blake who was shot by Kenosha police. His fianc shared this picture with demmiblue Aug 2020 #11

omg BeckyDem Aug 2020 #12

Like I have said before... Newest Reality Aug 2020 #13

You know, I never looked at it that way before. You may be right, there is a system in place BeckyDem Aug 2020 #14

That's the truth right there. 2naSalit Aug 2020 #15