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LuvNewcastle

(17,748 posts)
17. That's how the poor and powerless are treated in this country.
Fri Nov 22, 2013, 09:09 AM
Nov 2013

Just as bullies on the playground look for the smallest guy who they know won't retaliate, the cops look for people they can push around and assert their dominance over them. They behave much like gorillas; too many people in society behave like gorillas and don't even realize it. Gorillas shouldn't have power in human society.

Police are supposed to take psychological evaluations before they're allowed to be cops, but apparently they screen for the wrong things because the gorilla behavior is much too common among them. I guess the government must want gorillas. They might make them detectives if they're judged to be chimps.

I wish they would choose humans to be cops; even neanderthals would be better. They would have a smaller pool of choices if they chose only humans instead, but maybe we don't need so many damn cops. Let's try having some more quality and less quantity.

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'Being Black' seems to be a crime in the United States of America johnlucas Nov 2013 #1
A lot of white people don't trust the police either. avebury Nov 2013 #7
Count me in on the trust part too. mwooldri Nov 2013 #13
Did you read the story? Renew Deal Nov 2013 #16
I really hope... CSStrowbridge Nov 2013 #2
Good god... sakabatou Nov 2013 #3
We are 'THEM' and, by god, they are gonna show us who's the boss DiverDave Nov 2013 #4
du rec. xchrom Nov 2013 #5
What is the incentive for the cops to behave this way? HereSince1628 Nov 2013 #6
It's a power trip and it's ingrained into the system. hobbit709 Nov 2013 #8
What is ingrained? I think that's where the incentive may be found HereSince1628 Nov 2013 #9
There was a story a while back about a cop in the "Bed-Sty" area of Brooklyn NY that recorded Javaman Nov 2013 #18
Police have become the enforcement arm of the mobsters who run the country. fasttense Nov 2013 #10
Friggen' police. Android3.14 Nov 2013 #11
Now that is what you call excellent journalism Android3.14 Nov 2013 #12
K&R. myrna minx Nov 2013 #14
Official Misconduct. Abuse of Police Power. Civil Rights Violations. DeSwiss Nov 2013 #15
That's how the poor and powerless are treated in this country. LuvNewcastle Nov 2013 #17
Still enforcing the Fugitive Slave Laws huh? An unshackled black man must be an escaped slave! freshwest Nov 2013 #19
this can't be said enough: fuck tha police frylock Nov 2013 #20
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