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WatermelonRat

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16. Does anyone know of historical statistics for police brutality?

Reply to WilliamPitt (Original post)

Fri Apr 25, 2014, 07:09 PM

Apr 2014

I rather strongly suspect that what we have isn't so much an "eruption of police violence, of police malevolence" as an explosion of awareness thanks to the internet and cell phone cameras. That doesn't make it any better, of course, but it's important to understand the nature of the problem and that it's not something that's just suddenly happening now.

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Weaponized Cops and the Future of Freedom [View all] WilliamPitt Apr 2014 OP

My SIL is Marine (not active, but there and no ex- Marines) flamin lib Apr 2014 #1

I wish all of America could have seen what was going in the streets of merrily Apr 2014 #5

Up WilliamPitt Apr 2014 #2

Take away assault rifles and fighting vehicles won't be necessary Auggie Apr 2014 #3

Not really. Lizzie Poppet Apr 2014 #4

I have made my share criticisms of cops. merrily Apr 2014 #6

Good points. Lizzie Poppet Apr 2014 #9

Thanks. Yours as well. merrily Apr 2014 #12

Dupe. Duh. Deleted. merrily Apr 2014 #13

Question, and it's probably a silly one. Savannahmann Apr 2014 #14

Good questions, all, but I have no clue. merrily Apr 2014 #15

Part of it is the image of "manly" or Macho. Savannahmann Apr 2014 #19

You have obviously put a lot of studying into this and also merrily Apr 2014 #20

Haven't hunting rifles been around for years? Auggie Apr 2014 #7

Yep. Lizzie Poppet Apr 2014 #8

Let's not Brown Coat Apr 2014 #10

The fighting vehicles are needed to quell the revolt when it comes. The oligarchs rhett o rick Apr 2014 #17

The cops in my neck-o-the-woods bullsnarfle Apr 2014 #11

Does anyone know of historical statistics for police brutality? WatermelonRat Apr 2014 #16

I agree that it's probably an increase in awareness. JoeyT Apr 2014 #18