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Comrade Grumpy

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7. This country is going to blow up over this shit one of these days.

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Mon Jul 15, 2013, 01:42 PM

Jul 2013

Again. Incidents of police brutality are almost always the precipitating factor in urban unrest. Too many thug cops get away with too many acts of brutality too often, and one day you wake up and your city is on fire.

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Yay, Cops! Iggo Jul 2013 #1

Beat me to it nt MrScorpio Jul 2013 #5

Just imagine, for once, that there are countries where such things are simply unheard of. nt Democracyinkind Jul 2013 #2

That's pretty fucked up. Go Vols Jul 2013 #3

"knuckle-rub"? Common Sense Party Jul 2013 #4

Only in America where cops and robber are indistinguishable Blackford Jul 2013 #6

This country is going to blow up over this shit one of these days. Comrade Grumpy Jul 2013 #7

We are hearing about this sort of police sadism on a regular basis. Seems that nothing ever ladjf Jul 2013 #8

They get suspended ... with pay. Downwinder Jul 2013 #9

Well, what ever it is, there seems to be a noticeable trend in unwarranted police violence ladjf Jul 2013 #10

+1 woo me with science Jul 2013 #12

So, let me get this straight... SwissTony Jul 2013 #11

Moral of the story, don't ever trust a cop to help you. Rex Jul 2013 #13

fuck da police datasuspect Jul 2013 #14

Serving and protecting SomethingFishy Jul 2013 #15

He should have just accepted the milk they were delivering. Egalitarian Thug Jul 2013 #16