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DFW

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49. I think the violent cop registry is an excellent idea
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 12:30 PM
Nov 2020

With a built in safety valve, though. It would be the easiest thing in the world for bad cops to remove „problem“ good cops by faking records of assaults that never happened. There should be a mandatory ten years for framing good cops, so the rotten apples can‘t get away with criminal CYA conspiracy.

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ACAB. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2020 #1
Well, Joe just made a good paycheck. ret5hd Nov 2020 #2
Said bystander pointed him out. Cops were talking to each other, not a bystander. LizBeth Nov 2020 #3
They're just trying to CYA Nevilledog Nov 2020 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author lapucelle Nov 2020 #5
Are you seriously defending the cops here? Voltaire2 Nov 2020 #7
Nope. N/T lapucelle Nov 2020 #11
Well I guess you aren't now. Voltaire2 Nov 2020 #12
Neither was I then. lapucelle Nov 2020 #13
If you say so. Voltaire2 Nov 2020 #14
I do. lapucelle Nov 2020 #16
Check fraud is not a violent crime Bettie Nov 2020 #17
That puts you on the record as having the opinion that five squad cars is an excessive lapucelle Nov 2020 #18
Yes Dem4Life1102 Nov 2020 #19
That puts you on the record as having the opinion that any person with a shred of common sense lapucelle Nov 2020 #21
Yes it is excessive Dem4Life1102 Nov 2020 #22
So is the argument that police resources should be conserved when investigating white collar crime? lapucelle Nov 2020 #38
No the argument is Dem4Life1102 Nov 2020 #45
Are you a law enforcement officer, or aspiring to be one? panader0 Nov 2020 #51
Nope. N/T lapucelle Nov 2020 #54
It's hard to keep up with DU's options of the cops. cwydro Nov 2020 #20
When I was a dispatcher xmas74 Nov 2020 #23
I guess the next questions would be lapucelle Nov 2020 #30
No next question. xmas74 Nov 2020 #33
You informed me of your judgement call when you were a dispatcher lapucelle Nov 2020 #39
Nothing BGBD Nov 2020 #48
Nothing BGBD Nov 2020 #50
Your contention is that the only central question is if filming the police in public lapucelle Nov 2020 #53
He was filming the police Bettie Nov 2020 #26
+1, especially to go over and punch the guy. Too many people accept the unprofessionalism of LEO in uponit7771 Nov 2020 #29
According to the local CBS affiliate news report lapucelle Nov 2020 #34
Yep, punched that guy multiple times. Leo should be charged with assault at least cause who in their uponit7771 Nov 2020 #35
Where did you read/hear that they punched the guy multiple times? N/T lapucelle Nov 2020 #40
The tweet in the link, a lot more credible than criminal LEOs uponit7771 Nov 2020 #57
That's not what the tweet in the link says. N/T lapucelle Nov 2020 #58
"Then one of the officers walked across the parking lot and punched him." uponit7771 Nov 2020 #59
"Punched that guy multiple times" is not in the tweet. lapucelle Nov 2020 #60
Cause needlessly detaining then punching the person just once makes their actions better? The ... uponit7771 Nov 2020 #61
Facts are our friends. lapucelle Nov 2020 #62
Elevating minutia is a form of deflection and sense criminal cops like these can't be trusted I'd .. uponit7771 Nov 2020 #66
That's not what the the local CBS news affiliate reported. Where did you read/hear that? N/T lapucelle Nov 2020 #42
The LEO's actions were at minimum assault seeing none of them are denying they punched Bennet. Too uponit7771 Nov 2020 #31
Why delete then??? USALiberal Nov 2020 #72
The post was an excerpt from Spectrum News 1 that consisted of two direct quotes from Mr. Bennett. lapucelle Nov 2020 #73
I guess if he was black, they would have shot him Bayard Nov 2020 #6
+1 uponit7771 Nov 2020 #36
I guess they needed the extra police PatSeg Nov 2020 #8
I used to dispatch. xmas74 Nov 2020 #24
I think that PatSeg Nov 2020 #37
At the time of Eric Garner's death, local news reported that it was the NYPD Chief of the Department lapucelle Nov 2020 #43
Okay, that's pathetic PatSeg Nov 2020 #44
Not only did so many cops show up, the precinct sergeant was at the scene as a supervising officer. lapucelle Nov 2020 #56
A loss of 20 vacation days? PatSeg Nov 2020 #63
The Garner family was furious with that outcome, and rightfully so. N/T lapucelle Nov 2020 #65
Yes, it is heartbreaking PatSeg Nov 2020 #67
Two weeks ago I went to the corner store by my house before work. Dustlawyer Nov 2020 #9
+1, and I bet good money the person what white. Anyone of color would've been shot for having a gun uponit7771 Nov 2020 #32
And 12 year old Tamir Rice PatSeg Nov 2020 #46
You should go to a reporter at trusted local news source and blow the whistle on the story. N/T lapucelle Nov 2020 #41
That cop just lost his job. Baitball Blogger Nov 2020 #10
Good MustLoveBeagles Nov 2020 #15
He'll have a glowing recommendation xmas74 Nov 2020 #25
I agree with you. Baitball Blogger Nov 2020 #27
but will be rehired in the next MAGA PD district, this is the issue we have with policing in America uponit7771 Nov 2020 #28
You have a link for that? Renew Deal Nov 2020 #64
No sir. I didn't state it as a fact. I stated it as a forgone conclusion. Baitball Blogger Nov 2020 #69
I get what you mean but... Renew Deal Nov 2020 #70
Got distracted by a lot of spoken truth. Baitball Blogger Nov 2020 #71
There ought to be a national violent cop registry just as we have sex offender registries. hunter Nov 2020 #47
I think the violent cop registry is an excellent idea DFW Nov 2020 #49
THIS !!! uponit7771 Nov 2020 #55
How many lawyers have lined up outside Joe Bennett's house offering to represent him in the lawsuit? Vinca Nov 2020 #52
Many cops are unqualified thin-skinned crybabies radius777 Nov 2020 #68
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