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15. Thanks. We need detailed, on the ground, reliable information. This reminds me...

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Tue Nov 17, 2020, 11:27 AM

Nov 2020

... of something the newly promoted black female police chief of some violence torn city said (I THINK it was Raleigh). Words to the effect... "We don't need people like that in the the police force." I wish I knew for sure which city. I'd like to follow her. It won't be an easy job to change the makeup of the police force.

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Slate "A Photographer on the Most Disturbing Thing He Saw at Trump Rallies" [View all] NRaleighLiberal Nov 2020 OP

Seems to be a pattern. Kid Berwyn Nov 2020 #1

+1 H2O Man Nov 2020 #26

Cops tend to not arrest their friends. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2020 #2

Wouldn't be surprised if a number of them are cops. Fla Dem Nov 2020 #5

that's clear. barbtries Nov 2020 #18

Or other cops. dem4decades Nov 2020 #6

+1 crickets Nov 2020 #12

K&R! Guy Whitey Corngood Nov 2020 #3

The cops ARE Proud Boys. Aristus Nov 2020 #4

Exactly. volstork Nov 2020 #42

All Brought Out Of The Shadows By Baby Donnie colsohlibgal Nov 2020 #7

Columbus is a common name in America, LuvNewcastle Nov 2020 #34

"The real problem is, I have never seen the police ever arrest a Proud Boy." dalton99a Nov 2020 #8

Suppose cilla4progress Nov 2020 #9

More like they are a part of them. tblue37 Nov 2020 #17

Militias, Proud Boys, etc. have been wnylib Nov 2020 #37

White supremacists are fascist. Fascists don't arrest fascists. So no, Proud Boys are NOT antifa. ancianita Nov 2020 #10

There needs to be a mandatory national standard for all law enforcement personnel. Roisin Ni Fiachra Nov 2020 #11

"rigid psychological testing" milestogo Nov 2020 #29

Also a background check for associations wnylib Nov 2020 #38

police? what police llashram Nov 2020 #13

same reason why you never see cops at Klan rallies Dukkha Nov 2020 #14

As I read somewhere recently: GopherGal Nov 2020 #24

or Clark Kent and Superman Dukkha Nov 2020 #40

Thanks. We need detailed, on the ground, reliable information. This reminds me... LAS14 Nov 2020 #15

Don't need what? tblue37 Nov 2020 #19

Oh. I'll fix that. It turns out I put stuff I couldn't remember... LAS14 Nov 2020 #20

Bookmarking liberalla Nov 2020 #16

The police generally have an introverted culture of us vs them and that is very unhealthy BSdetect Nov 2020 #21

These cops need to be purged. Let them go join the Proud Boys, or whichever not_the_one Nov 2020 #22

This appalling dereliction of duty flies mostly under the radar. BobTheSubgenius Nov 2020 #23

Recommended. H2O Man Nov 2020 #25

I wonder whether it's because so many far-right sympathizers calimary Nov 2020 #27

Thanks for te great link. Tom Yossarian Joad Nov 2020 #28

The most appalling thing DENVERPOPS Nov 2020 #30

we definitely are ahead of the curve on most things NRaleighLiberal Nov 2020 #31

KnR Hekate Nov 2020 #32

Far Right reactionary groups are here to stay lunatica Nov 2020 #33

Now don't give them ideas! eom LittleGirl Nov 2020 #47

We're the ones who have to wake up to the fact they exist lunatica Nov 2020 #49

Ikr! LittleGirl Nov 2020 #50

So basically, the police forces are fascist, Crunchy Frog Nov 2020 #35

This is so GD'd wrong!! Ferrets are Cool Nov 2020 #36

K & R bookmarked FakeNoose Nov 2020 #39

People are finally starting to see the corruption ecstatic Nov 2020 #41

"People" DO not drive across states and cities to GET in situations like that. Hortensis Nov 2020 #43

Police don't arrest thugs in khakis and Polo shirts. Ilsa Nov 2020 #44

My first and only encounter with Proud Boys was at an anti-tRump BigmanPigman Nov 2020 #45

It will take federal action to root out RW terrorist sympathizers from police forces. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2020 #46

Cops tend to have a victim/hero complex radius777 Nov 2020 #48