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27. I wonder whether it's because so many far-right sympathizers

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Tue Nov 17, 2020, 12:46 PM

Nov 2020

have been drawn into police departments.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/27/white-supremacists-militias-infiltrate-us-police-report

I think it at least partially explains why so many blacks, in particular, have met a bad end in encounters with police.

If you send officers out - who have a “if you’re a hammer, everything looks like a nail” mentality - you ARE going to get some very specific one-sided results.

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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