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Hekate

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64. I don't think anyone even needed to spend much money on it; iirc it was Military Surplus....

Sat May 22, 2021, 04:36 PM

May 2021

Our Sheriff got himself a fancy helicopter, which at least makes a little sense because it’s a geographically large county. Other places have gotten tanks, for gods’ sake.

It made me angry then, on the basis of “what could possibly go wrong with this plan?!” And it makes me furious now.

I didn’t even know about the extracurricular motivational classes until recently, so I don’t know how long they’ve been going on and becoming real popular. But everything I’ve heard about the values and attitudes they inculcate tells me they are totally contrary to the work I used to do with my county’s Affirmative Action Commission (I was on it for 13 years, half that time as chair, and only left when Californians decided we didn’t need AA any more). If I’d heard about any such thing in those long-ago days, I and my fellow commissioners would have gone very publicly ballistic.

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The police killed an unarmed, prone woman. Lied. And now they're taking a damn POLL. We can help. [View all] pnwmom May 2021 OP

Yikes! It's up to 88%!!! I voted - We definitely need to DU this poll Rhiannon12866 May 2021 #1

That news station needs to conduct its own statistically valid poll. hlthe2b May 2021 #2

They won't. It's a rightwing station now and I'm shocked they're the first TV station here pnwmom May 2021 #4

I just voted and it showed the current totals as 12% YES, 88% NO. WTF SunSeeker May 2021 #3

I actually tried and I couldn't vote more than once. So that's not what's happening. pnwmom May 2021 #5

Close, police unions. 5X May 2021 #6

Yeah, that's certainly possible. The argument they've been making is that Redmond, pnwmom May 2021 #7

I am able to vote more than once Yonnie3 May 2021 #18

Yes -- thank you! I tried switching browsers but couldn't figure out how to vote twice. pnwmom May 2021 #30

Voted, it's at 87% now happybird May 2021 #8

Still at 13 JT45242 May 2021 #9

They haven't released an autopsy or the weekly reports state law says they're supposed to. nt pnwmom May 2021 #23

Republican/Nazis don't need no stinking badges. They shoot and shut up. johnthewoodworker May 2021 #10

Does nobody else have a problem with the fact she was unarmed... diverdownjt May 2021 #11

And before any of you go off on me... diverdownjt May 2021 #12

What a scary, scary story! I'm so glad you stayed calm and didn't set that guy off. pnwmom May 2021 #22

Of course diverdownnjt! It's outrageous. Thank you for reading about what happened. pnwmom May 2021 #21

Well, now it's down to 86% dhol82 May 2021 #13

14 yes vs 86 no right now, 7:00 am KS Toronado May 2021 #14

The same numbers at 8:16am EST. nt JanMichael May 2021 #15

The only information provided about the program is the cost. rgbecker May 2021 #16

Sounds like a hit job. What did this poor woman have on the police? Baitball Blogger May 2021 #17

75% Now BeerBarrelPolka May 2021 #19

Interesting! I tried but I couldn't, even on a different browser. nt pnwmom May 2021 #20

Just BeerBarrelPolka May 2021 #29

66% THANK YOU, EVERYONE! It is making a difference! We have till Sunday! pnwmom May 2021 #24

Kick dalton99a May 2021 #25

Thank you! pnwmom May 2021 #26

Even if we don't succeed in turning their NO, into a YES, our numbers will help prove pnwmom May 2021 #27

63%! And 15K votes we know didn't come from Redmond people pnwmom May 2021 #28

I voted. Metatron May 2021 #31

It's at 63% now. Mosby May 2021 #32

Yes! I'd just edited my post when I saw you got there first. I knew DU could help on this! pnwmom May 2021 #33

There are only 33K registered voters in Redmond, and half that number now appear pnwmom May 2021 #34

I m so tired of police killing citizens malaise May 2021 #35

I know, malaise. And the militarization of the police. A friend was pointing out pnwmom May 2021 #36

Apparently a lot of them think they are an occupying army, not a CIVILIAN force. ... Hekate May 2021 #58

Thanks for the reminder, Hekate. I'd forgotten that 911 was when we had that major transition pnwmom May 2021 #61

I don't think anyone even needed to spend much money on it; iirc it was Military Surplus.... Hekate May 2021 #64

Kick! pnwmom May 2021 #37

Geez, it's 60% against. ananda May 2021 #38

In just a few hours it moved from 88% against. Yonnie3 May 2021 #39

That's actually progress. It was 88% a few hours ago. This is obviously a scam pnwmom May 2021 #40

YOU GUYS ARE GREAT! The no's are down to 58% now, with 18K votes. pnwmom May 2021 #41

Try voting with a different browser (I have 3) and then on different computers. Nictuku May 2021 #42

That poll was at 94% approval a couple of days ago. Yonnie3 May 2021 #43

Yes -- and it says it was one of the most successful polls ever, with 1400 participating. pnwmom May 2021 #44

The article seems to paint Chief Lowe as supporting the cameras Yonnie3 May 2021 #45

Maybe he did. Or maybe that was an act he was putting on for the cameras. pnwmom May 2021 #51

politics with a little p is likely in this instance Yonnie3 May 2021 #55

I agree. The wording of the poll shows this wasn't an honest attempt to survey the public. pnwmom May 2021 #56

If they collect IP's from the votes they will see people voting from out of district. cayugafalls May 2021 #46

Right. But if they'd gotten the results they wanted, when there were 11K participants pnwmom May 2021 #60

Done. Yes 43%. No 57%. Total votes 19547 ... Hekate May 2021 #47

Just voted Sur Zobra May 2021 #48

K&R Solly Mack May 2021 #49

Done Prairie_Seagull May 2021 #50

Done and done vercetti2021 May 2021 #52

THANK YOU! I'm so glad I thought of DU to help with this. n/t pnwmom May 2021 #54

DU- you're doing GREAT. The NO's have plummeted from 88 to 55 --- and the 27K votes, pnwmom May 2021 #53

Just voted. 46 yes, 54 no. scipan May 2021 #57

They're down to 53% NO votes now, with over 32K participants, in a town with 33K registered voters. pnwmom May 2021 #59

we don't need no stinkin' polls IcyPeas May 2021 #62

Thank you, IcyPeas. You helped to get it down to 52% opposed now! nt pnwmom May 2021 #63

35,949 votes: not bad for a town that size ;) Yes vs No almost even just now Hekate May 2021 #65

I'm getting "CLOSED: This quick poll has concluded. " Yonnie3 May 2021 #66

Damn. I wish I'd taken a screen shot. n/t pnwmom May 2021 #67

did you check? Yonnie3 May 2021 #68

No, I looked from more than one site, too. A couple local sites had links to it, pnwmom May 2021 #70

The closed message is gone now for me. Yonnie3 May 2021 #71

Thank you for helping! pnwmom May 2021 #72

GREAT JOB, DU! You made them shut down their garbage poll, which was set to go on thru Sunday. pnwmom May 2021 #69