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23. becoming? (n/t)

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Fri Nov 8, 2013, 02:57 AM

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Looks Like The Police Are Becoming The Enemy [View all] TheMastersNemesis Nov 2013 OP

I disagree Lifelong Dem Nov 2013 #1

Heh n/t TroglodyteScholar Nov 2013 #2

I'll agree with you. Savannahmann Nov 2013 #18

x2 AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2013 #22

They also willingly and regularly lie under oath. Find a person who has never heard "testilying" AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2013 #25

Earlier this evening we had 3 police officers with flashlights looking around our back yard DJ13 Nov 2013 #3

a couple of weeks ago hfojvt Nov 2013 #10

Are you kidding? Savannahmann Nov 2013 #19

They have always been the enemy. Deep13 Nov 2013 #4

too many incidents? hfojvt Nov 2013 #5

The big game changer has been camera phones, which shine daylight on the dirty work of policing...nt Jesus Malverde Nov 2013 #7

According to your site, Savannahmann Nov 2013 #20

If you can find a single cop like Serpico who is willing to be honest and report illegal actions of AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2013 #26

a couple questions for you hfojvt Nov 2013 #29

Ah, a diversion. (1) Obviously no. (2) Cops are public employees who owe a duty to the public. AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2013 #38

DAs do it all the time - and in Calif its illegal to take action against BAD Cops FreakinDJ Nov 2013 #33

Your link doesn't support your assertions. AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2013 #39

Well said Egnever Nov 2013 #28

Did any of those hero cops testify against their criminal cohorts? EOTE Nov 2013 #32

Well said, but your post will drop like a stone here on police-hating DU. n/t FSogol Nov 2013 #35

Police get "hated" for what they do... 99Forever Nov 2013 #36

All the stories about terrible police interactions represent 0.000001% of everyday FSogol Nov 2013 #37

0.000001% ? 99Forever Nov 2013 #40

Use some common sense. Even in a small town police department, FSogol Nov 2013 #43

"Common sense" my ass. 99Forever Nov 2013 #45

Whatever dude. If you can't tell an obvious guess-timate from a fact, FSogol Nov 2013 #47

What I can "tell" dooooood... 99Forever Nov 2013 #50

+1 1000words Nov 2013 #63

That may be true... sendero Nov 2013 #41

Never happened? Don't you mean "never reported"? FSogol Nov 2013 #48

0.000001%? ronnie624 Nov 2013 #46

You posted this AFTER I said it was a estimate. FSogol Nov 2013 #49

What conclusions am I supposed to draw from your questions? ronnie624 Nov 2013 #55

that 5,900 is NOT a lot of incidents hfojvt Nov 2013 #61

Careful. Your estimate needs to be a published study or this crowd will discount it. FSogol Nov 2013 #67

Your "analysis" is balderdash. ronnie624 Nov 2013 #70

It's cultural cop hate. Not much different than the Islamaphobes. geek tragedy Nov 2013 #66

I think there is a little bit more logic to it than that hfojvt Nov 2013 #71

You are welcome to post such stories if you like. In the meantime... Comrade Grumpy Nov 2013 #57

sorta proves my point hfojvt Nov 2013 #59

Harping about police deaths to excuse police criminality is absurd Taitertots Nov 2013 #68

I disagree they are "a poorer quality person for our police" Jesus Malverde Nov 2013 #6

A well trained military can distinguish those who are enemies from those who are not. AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2013 #27

I for one, love Sting, Stewart Copeland, and Andy Summers YoungDemCA Nov 2013 #8

They are coming for you: freshwest Nov 2013 #16

Here's the opposition... L0oniX Nov 2013 #42

i think it's all where you live, honestly. in my neighborhood, you'll see some officers in 7-11 dionysus Nov 2013 #9

speaking of towns where I grew up though hfojvt Nov 2013 #13

I think so, too. My experience where I live now, although urban in a blue state, is very different freshwest Nov 2013 #21

Police departments are what they've always been. The career destination of bullies. Gravitycollapse Nov 2013 #11

Way too easy to become one ... Iwasthere Nov 2013 #12

Better pay means nothing. In my hometown, cops make 90 to 100K a year with overtime. Gravitycollapse Nov 2013 #15

. blkmusclmachine Nov 2013 #14

You have to go by statistics. gulliver Nov 2013 #17

Cops are dead set against ending the drug war Fumesucker Nov 2013 #24

If the vast majority of cops aren't bad, then why aren't they testifying against the bad ones? EOTE Nov 2013 #34

becoming? (n/t) a2liberal Nov 2013 #23

Not a single day goes by without the Shooting of an Unarmed Citizen in this country FreakinDJ Nov 2013 #30

It's called worshiping the gun. From wars to the shooting ranges. We train people to kill and kelliekat44 Nov 2013 #31

You know what policing was like before the Miranda Warning? Jeff In Milwaukee Nov 2013 #44

Higher standards as well as Advisory Committees, Civilian Review Boards, Internal Affairs, etc. FSogol Nov 2013 #51

+1. Only thing is, if the voters are all gloom and doom, they'll get away with it. freshwest Nov 2013 #60

I would also add: Live in the type of community that reflects your values. FSogol Nov 2013 #64

I do live in that community. It's the one Michio Kaku said we should have from 0:51 to 1:26: freshwest Nov 2013 #69

+1-- police have ALWAYS been thugs for the 1%.... mike_c Nov 2013 #53

Hence the reason WI Gov. Walker exempted police... KansDem Nov 2013 #58

that's the biggest problem gopiscrap Nov 2013 #52

Police back up the bad cops because they will need their help someday DiverDave Nov 2013 #54

The Police are becoming Public Enemy? KamaAina Nov 2013 #56

Too young for Andy Griffith One_Life_To_Give Nov 2013 #62

My SOP is to avoid dealing with the cops as much as possible MrScorpio Nov 2013 #65

The beating death of Kelly Thomas woke me up to police abuse damnedifIknow Nov 2013 #72