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DLevine

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69. They are thugs, getting paid to do what they enjoy.

Sat May 11, 2013, 10:24 AM

May 2013

They are getting away with it because the powers that be like a populace that is afraid to challenge authority. We're in a scary place, & I only see it getting worse.

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California dad 'begged for his life' as police beat him to death - witnesses [View all] damnedifIknow May 2013 OP

People who capture pics or video need to instantly send it others. NYC_SKP May 2013 #1

More informative link damnedifIknow May 2013 #2

Just fyi, I did not read you link at all, but searched for Bakersfield local stories Bluenorthwest May 2013 #3

I did a similar search for the victim's name and Bakersfield. NYC_SKP May 2013 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author newmember May 2013 #7

What are you trying to say with this? BainsBane May 2013 #12

got milk newmember May 2013 #22

how does that relate to this story? BainsBane May 2013 #24

dropbox.. frylock May 2013 #18

True... defacto7 May 2013 #55

Very few do. Xithras May 2013 #62

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2013 #51

police are never your friends nt msongs May 2013 #4

Damned if I know damnedifIknow May 2013 #5

Those clearly weren't police. lpbk2713 May 2013 #28

Are you serious? mimi85 May 2013 #79

kick Liberal_in_LA May 2013 #8

As the Iraq War dragged on, one of my fears.... Junkdrawer May 2013 #9

Was there something in the article... Pelican May 2013 #58

Your criticism isn't invalid sibelian May 2013 #70

Seeing as how the article had nothing to do with veterans... Pelican May 2013 #72

Exactly right. mimi85 May 2013 #77

Any wagers on the likelihood of these killer cops being convicted of anything? Comrade Grumpy May 2013 #10

That's horrendous BainsBane May 2013 #11

I don't trust this "Rebellious News" source. Archae May 2013 #13

Unfortunately, the story has other sources progressoid May 2013 #14

Based on those two articles... Archae May 2013 #15

Agreed. There are a lot of questionable sources out there. progressoid May 2013 #20

You don't have to trust it. there's plenty of other sources saying exactly the same thing. cali May 2013 #65

fuck tha police frylock May 2013 #16

Fucking pigs this is the way almost all cops act gopiscrap May 2013 #17

. cyberswede May 2013 #26

Ever think it was the situations in which you were meeting them? Pelican May 2013 #52

Maybe but DON'Tcross the thin blue line if you're even a good cop newmember May 2013 #53

I have not had much business interaction with cops gopiscrap May 2013 #73

no it's not. I just had an encounter with a state cop who couldn't have been nicer cali May 2013 #66

Most Cops are bullies. And most are cowards. n-t Logical May 2013 #19

I could spend the rest of the night posting 1000's of links newmember May 2013 #21

They teach you that in school. Brainwashed. Also, google Radley Balko. Good writer. n-t Logical May 2013 #25

They are more dangerous than the drug dealers around here, always have been Dragonfli May 2013 #76

Agreed that most cops are bullies. But most are cowards? I've never seen one that was. AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #30

"They attack in packs, but that doesn't make them cowards." Occulus May 2013 #42

That's easy Scootaloo May 2013 #49

The fact that they conficated cameras after the beating..... blackspade May 2013 #23

Coppers should not be permitted to take cameras or phones from witnesses. RedCappedBandit May 2013 #27

WTF is up with the password prompt that I get when I click on this thread? Orrex May 2013 #29

I got that too. No idea. JEB May 2013 #32

yeah, that was weird. nt. druidity33 May 2013 #33

just happened to me newmember May 2013 #36

Just happened to me too NYFlip May 2013 #41

It's because of an image link you put in post #7. Warren DeMontague May 2013 #44

I've gotten it several times and not just on this thread Fumesucker May 2013 #38

It was caused by an image posted by newmember Occulus May 2013 #45

I just deleted the pic I had in this thread , lets see if it stops it newmember May 2013 #46

That did it. Occulus May 2013 #47

No problem newmember May 2013 #48

Oh, no doubt. Occulus May 2013 #50

Thanks for taking it out. Warren DeMontague May 2013 #61

i got that too, didn't realize it was this until i saw your post JI7 May 2013 #39

It's the image in post 7. kristopher May 2013 #56

Isn't confiscating cameras and such during police action against the law? BlueCaliDem May 2013 #31

Another news story on this damnedifIknow May 2013 #34

Kern County = Republican stronghold. BlueCaliDem May 2013 #37

I agree damnedifIknow May 2013 #40

That can't be happening. That would happen in a police state kenny blankenship May 2013 #43

+1 nt Earth_First May 2013 #64

Evidently, the penalty for being *allegedly* intoxicated in public, in Kern County, is summary villager May 2013 #35

I'll go one better , don't hold a golf club when you are sleeping and you door is kicked in newmember May 2013 #54

This is nothing but wholesale murder. Th1onein May 2013 #57

it won't end until chickenshit mayors, etc., agree to start bringing these uniformed murderers up villager May 2013 #59

Which they will never do because they know that their poorly paid thugs are all Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #74

Posts like this are so damned depressing. Shrike47 May 2013 #60

looks like a job for anonymous. \n Phillip McCleod May 2013 #63

Horrifying, but not surprising. This is happening more often. DLevine May 2013 #67

I'd love to know what these so called cops are thinking damnedifIknow May 2013 #68

They are thugs, getting paid to do what they enjoy. DLevine May 2013 #69

This^^ mimi85 May 2013 #78

This should be an episode of COPS Generic Other May 2013 #71

Unreal damnedifIknow May 2013 #75

I wonder if 911 will send cops to stop the cops kudzu22 May 2013 #80

Do you think that people with cell phones avebury May 2013 #81

This is just horrifying! smirkymonkey May 2013 #82

You have the right not to be killed. SwankyXomb May 2013 #83