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Mazeltov Cocktail

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9. At the Parkland mass shooting...

Reply to Humanist_Activist (Original post)

Mon May 24, 2021, 12:14 AM

May 2021

I remember seeing an actual tank rolling up to the school...it was totally unnecessary since the armed resource officer (Scott Peterson) was cowering outside during the massacre...but I'm sure the police thought it made them look strong.

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OK, is this really necessary? Police seem rather overfunded... [View all] Humanist_Activist May 2021 OP

If I got a huge military looking I_UndergroundPanther May 2021 #1

K&R, CPD has paid out what? 500 million in the last 30 years? How in the hell are they affording ... uponit7771 May 2021 #2

"Why are police acting and looking like an occupational force and not civilian law enforcement?" WhiskeyGrinder May 2021 #3

Remember when we called them "peace officers"? FakeNoose May 2021 #6

No. They've always been in the service of capital and white supremacy. WhiskeyGrinder May 2021 #7

True, it's an intersectionality between race and class.... Humanist_Activist May 2021 #11

The awful truth. 2naSalit May 2021 #8

Defund the police...everywhere...today...nt VarryOn May 2021 #4

America, where brute force solves all of our problems both domestically and internationally. Yavin4 May 2021 #5

+1, we have the hammer of military force and everything is a nail uponit7771 May 2021 #12

At the Parkland mass shooting... Mazeltov Cocktail May 2021 #9

+1, uponit7771 May 2021 #13

The biggest line item, by far, in my city's budget. Ron Green May 2021 #10

Your last line basically says it all... Wounded Bear May 2021 #14

They are very pro-escalation. nt RegularJam May 2021 #15

Police forces get military hand-me-downs. intheflow May 2021 #16