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bobclark86

(1,415 posts)
7. So... cops kill about 600 a year
Tue Sep 17, 2013, 12:57 AM
Sep 2013

including justifiable homicides (about 400 of those).

Criminals kill about 20,000.

Yup, cops are more dangerous.

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this just gets more depressing by the day niyad Sep 2013 #1
Figures damnedifIknow Sep 2013 #3
I've never had a cop put a gun to my neck while he emptied my pockets. Skip Intro Sep 2013 #2
Someting has to be done about police brutality damnedifIknow Sep 2013 #5
Bad cops should be shown the door, prosecuted if warranted. But, Skip Intro Sep 2013 #9
We have a serious problem with the culture of policing in this country. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2013 #16
Not that risky of a job, TV has fooled you! nt Logical Sep 2013 #24
ALL cops are bad tazkcmo Sep 2013 #41
In NYC, you may get a gun to the neck while a cop pats you down and empties your pockets.. X_Digger Sep 2013 #29
+1 Supersedeas Sep 2013 #30
Listen, I'm about as anti-police as they come but cops, as a body, are not as dangerous... Gravitycollapse Sep 2013 #4
THAT...... A HERETIC I AM Sep 2013 #6
cops didnt Niceguy1 Sep 2013 #10
So... cops kill about 600 a year bobclark86 Sep 2013 #7
Actually, they are: The Straight Story Sep 2013 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author Orrex Sep 2013 #33
The statistics you cite aren't relevant to bobclark86's post Orrex Sep 2013 #34
20,000? Link to stats please! nt Logical Sep 2013 #25
"police forces attract people who enjoy hurting people and tyrannizing them" jsr Sep 2013 #8
Now I get it DonCoquixote Sep 2013 #11
Rightwing libertarian nutjob Paul Craig Roberts at hysterical pseudo-leftist Counterpunch. Nuff said struggle4progress Sep 2013 #13
Part of the problem or part of the solution? damnedifIknow Sep 2013 #18
Go learn about Roberts background: he's a rightwing libertarian. Then ask yourself struggle4progress Sep 2013 #19
Looks like in your face truth to me damnedifIknow Sep 2013 #20
PCR is a tool and the co-author of Reaganomics maddezmom Sep 2013 #21
so it accords with your preconceptions, and you like it mainly for that reason, despite struggle4progress Sep 2013 #23
I reads the article thinking there might have been some supporting data there bhikkhu Sep 2013 #14
Read the book "Rise of the Warrior Cop" davidn3600 Sep 2013 #15
After the NYPD this past Saturday managed to shoot two bystanders in Times Square... markpkessinger Sep 2013 #17
IMO Mr Dixon Sep 2013 #22
a lot of police are trained by para-military companies. madrchsod Sep 2013 #26
The 99% of good cops don't do anything to get rid of the 1% bad cops tularetom Sep 2013 #27
It's just that simple sorefeet Sep 2013 #28
PCR is a white nationalist asshat... SidDithers Sep 2013 #31
Strike a nerve Sid? damnedifIknow Sep 2013 #36
You're the one giving legitimacy to a racist shitbag... SidDithers Sep 2013 #37
The article Sid damnedifIknow Sep 2013 #38
The author is a racist shitbag... SidDithers Sep 2013 #40
the OP has already posted Duff as I am sure you remember maddezmom Sep 2013 #43
Shocked. Shocked I am... SidDithers Sep 2013 #45
PCR singing the praises of hate site VDARE... SidDithers Sep 2013 #32
Stupid quote DonCoquixote Sep 2013 #35
Wow, what an incredibly stupid article. tritsofme Sep 2013 #39
Whatever your personal feelings are about the author damnedifIknow Sep 2013 #42
really... sarisataka Sep 2013 #44
Jeez, what is it with you and racist shitbag sources?... SidDithers Sep 2013 #46
Here are a few more maddezmom Sep 2013 #47
I'd forgotten about those... SidDithers Sep 2013 #49
Oh I see damnedifIknow Sep 2013 #50
If you're not, you certainly like to read material from racists, and bring your reading to DU... SidDithers Sep 2013 #51
Truth kentuck Sep 2013 #48
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