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W_HAMILTON

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17. For starters, conflating justified shootings with incidents like these is disingenuous.

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #16)

Fri Jan 27, 2023, 08:50 PM

Jan 2023

Next, do you think even a couple of decades ago, this incident would have unfolded the way it did? It would have probably been swept under the rug and you wouldn't have even heard about it. Now, with body cams and the extra (and rightful) scrutiny on such encounters, you have these officers fired and indicted on murder charges just a few weeks after the incident occurred.

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Media have seen it.............. Lovie777 Jan 2023 #1

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I know, and what the hell did they REALLY think they were doing??? a kennedy Jan 2023 #15

Eric Garner, George Floyd... IcyPeas Jan 2023 #3

Someone said in another thread Mr.Bill Jan 2023 #4

When are we going to start seeing change? WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2023 #5

I'm afraid I don't Mr.Bill Jan 2023 #6

I'm afraid I do have an answer. Irish_Dem Jan 2023 #8

We've been seeing change. W_HAMILTON Jan 2023 #9

Cops killing a recent high number of people last year is not progress, to me. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2023 #10

If you don't think progress has been made, you are shielding your eyes to it. W_HAMILTON Jan 2023 #11

How do you define progress? WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2023 #13

Progress improvements being made so that these incidents are less likely to occur... W_HAMILTON Jan 2023 #14

Yeah I guess what I'm asking for is specific examples of this progress. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2023 #16

For starters, conflating justified shootings with incidents like these is disingenuous. W_HAMILTON Jan 2023 #17

So what I hear you saying is that the improvement we've gotten from the past couple of WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2023 #18

We've had progress but still not adequate policing in one too many PDs. We need a national standard uponit7771 Jan 2023 #19

Yes in my mind I started seeing George Floyd being tortured and killed in cold blood. Irish_Dem Jan 2023 #7

Never ending wars with the militarization of the police. The US isn't a peaceful country. jalan48 Jan 2023 #12