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Baitball Blogger

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17. That's always the case, isn't it?
Wed Jan 15, 2014, 01:35 PM
Jan 2014

You have to spend your own money for civil justice, while the police uses your tax money to defend their heinous behavior.

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True heros! nt Logical Jan 2014 #1
*facepalm* Dash87 Jan 2014 #2
Oh for crying out loud!!!! tblue Jan 2014 #3
"First strike with the least provocation." TroglodyteScholar Jan 2014 #9
Thugs with badges. ellie Jan 2014 #43
So sad! peace13 Jan 2014 #4
"under the care of law enforcement?" Really? Brigid Jan 2014 #5
Sadly, this is nothing new KamaAina Jan 2014 #6
Obviously a lawsuit is coming. Baitball Blogger Jan 2014 #7
Is it really "the police department" that loses?... Hulk Jan 2014 #12
That's always the case, isn't it? Baitball Blogger Jan 2014 #17
you are missing nothing LiberalLovinLug Jan 2014 #25
The taxpayer since Kelvin Mace Jan 2014 #30
Jail time for those responsible is often missing. merrily Jan 2014 #67
The "Police Department" loses NOTHING. bvar22 Jan 2014 #13
Maybe it's time to do just that. Baitball Blogger Jan 2014 #18
Long past. n/t Mojo Electro Jan 2014 #56
Agreed PeoViejo Jan 2014 #20
I think that ANY law broken by anyone involved in the "justice" system obxhead Jan 2014 #58
When big brother fosters militarism of the police, the troops will treat citizens as indepat Jan 2014 #8
Well put TroglodyteScholar Jan 2014 #10
Pearl’s own son is a police officer; his son-in-law is a deputy sheriff? rocktivity Jan 2014 #11
Something RobinA Jan 2014 #54
This is something I worry about. lpbk2713 Jan 2014 #14
I would keep a big sign saying "HEARING IMPAIRED" in my car and my home merrily Jan 2014 #69
I can see one reason why he got beat to shit by LEO's. Ikonoklast Jan 2014 #15
That's what I was thinking gaspee Jan 2014 #16
There should be a rule in law enforcement; that they refuse to hire base animals Rex Jan 2014 #19
There is a rule. It is exactly the opposite. Shoedogg Jan 2014 #36
... Arcanetrance Jan 2014 #21
I like this! oldandhappy Jan 2014 #52
Living while black malaise Jan 2014 #22
But the officers responded according to their training. jsr Jan 2014 #23
That will teach him. Savannahmann Jan 2014 #24
The perps need to be tried, fined, fired and jailed DFW Jan 2014 #26
Lord have mercy shenmue Jan 2014 #27
fuck tha police.. frylock Jan 2014 #28
Day after day, week after week, these stories roll in, and the bodies pile up hatrack Jan 2014 #74
I think about stories christx30 Jan 2014 #29
still upset handmade34 Jan 2014 #31
To many deaf means you just need to yell abelenkpe Jan 2014 #32
Why does this happen? Kelvin Mace Jan 2014 #33
Oh no! gollygee Jan 2014 #34
More On The Circumstances DallasNE Jan 2014 #35
Allegedly... BklnDem75 Jan 2014 #45
Thats just awful. mstinamotorcity2 Jan 2014 #37
Seattle cop kills partially deaf man for not responding, then turning to look. RIP John Williams uppityperson Jan 2014 #38
Wow, the cop just swaggers off camera and shoots the guy. Rex Jan 2014 #41
He never ID'd himself, just yelled "hey, drop the knife" to someone walking away in the city. uppityperson Jan 2014 #42
Horrible. Rex Jan 2014 #46
I counted five shots. Did he miss once? tclambert Jan 2014 #44
I don't recall how many exactly, sorry. Uncalled for though. If I was walking in big city and heard uppityperson Jan 2014 #47
I am partially deaf in my left ear. Ikonoklast Jan 2014 #55
:( BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2014 #50
Holy shit. LAGC Jan 2014 #60
Thank you for posting that! countryjake Jan 2014 #64
Reading about it at the time was bad, wondered wtf had happened. Then they released the uppityperson Jan 2014 #65
Brave police officers Dopers_Greed Jan 2014 #39
There is an old joke around these part.... AnneD Jan 2014 #40
"protect and serve" . . . you did mean that as a joke, right??? OldRedneck Jan 2014 #48
just ..... silent.....I feel sick at this.... BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2014 #49
We have a major gestapo problem (NT) The Wizard Jan 2014 #51
kick Liberal_in_LA Jan 2014 #53
Oh...but we are not a police state to some in here davidn3600 Jan 2014 #57
There can be one new horrible story like this each and every day... Silent3 Jan 2014 #77
The occupying military forces dispenses with some more one-size-fits-all "enforcement" Scootaloo Jan 2014 #59
Yay cops! I feel so much safer. 99Forever Jan 2014 #61
DWB. WinkyDink Jan 2014 #62
He is not white... awoke_in_2003 Jan 2014 #63
This is what happens when we lower the standards Live and Learn Jan 2014 #66
Shoulder cams on all police would solve everything... go west young man Jan 2014 #68
While I have been slow to bash police across the board, I agree with everything you say. Hoyt Jan 2014 #76
I am tired of bourgeois "solutions" to racist, police brutality TomClash Jan 2014 #70
They were just punishing the man... nikto Jan 2014 #71
The filthy cops were suspended, hell they should be in jail! Why B Calm Jan 2014 #72
No Words cer7711 Jan 2014 #73
The only thing that is ever going to stop this sufrommich Jan 2014 #75
Seems like enough apples to bake a rather large pie... Earth_First Jan 2014 #78
I have a profound loss azureblue Jan 2014 #79
Yep. Cops are the worst gang in the US right now. nt ZombieHorde Jan 2014 #80
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