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In reply to the discussion: ALL HOLY HELL HAS BROKEN OUT IN OAKLAND. This Is What It Has Come To... [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)because she knows the reputation of the police in her town over decades of abuse of civilians?
What democracy would not have dealt with the brutality of the Oakland PD way, way before they nearly killed two Iraq War veterans?
If I lived in Oakland I would be afraid to take my kids anywhere, or in NYC where mothers have to warn their kids that even though they are just walking to school, they will most likely be harassed by the NYPD and that if it happens to do nothing that might give the cops a reason to become violent?
What kind of country has turned a blind eye to the systemic violence of the police for this long?
And in what democracy is it necessary to send out heavily armed robo cops from various areas of the country against unarmed citizens exercising their Constitutional rights?
I guess that mother did not want to risk her child becoming a victim of a PD that has earned a reputation around the world for its brutality towards unarmed civilians.
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