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43. Amen! n/t

Reply to christx30 (Reply #28)

Sun Aug 17, 2014, 08:09 PM

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Can you remember when cops were called "pigs"? [View all] kentuck Aug 2014 OP

I see a lot of similarity between those "pigs" and the ones today who are killing too many unarmed jwirr Aug 2014 #1

Definitely IMO there is a mental health question with today's cops. I think RKP5637 Aug 2014 #14

They give them... ReRe Aug 2014 #37

Probably --- a psycho cop will just do as ordered, no thought, no questions. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2014 #45

Yeah... ReRe Aug 2014 #47

I think it may have an "Animal Farm " reference. alphafemale Aug 2014 #2

What you mean when? hobbit709 Aug 2014 #3

Hahaha In_The_Wind Aug 2014 #4

60s, 70s. Iggo Aug 2014 #5

Me, either. I heard it in the 70's a LOT. Today, not at all. eom BlueCaliDem Aug 2014 #26

Just checked my references csziggy Aug 2014 #6

I thought it was because of the gas masks riot police wore elias49 Aug 2014 #7

Bingo.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #32

Just like it was yesterday... TeeYiYi Aug 2014 #8

I still call them that (nt) bigwillq Aug 2014 #9

I haven't stopped calling them that... RoccoR5955 Aug 2014 #11

Cobra. Action_Patrol Aug 2014 #10

Sure do! PearliePoo2 Aug 2014 #12

I remember being told that it stood for Police-In-General... likesmountains 52 Aug 2014 #13

Yes, that level of contempt for the cops was common among some groups in the '60s and '70s. Igel Aug 2014 #15

And if those in authority have a gun and a badge and military hardware... kentuck Aug 2014 #16

Don't think it wasn't pervasive. Curmudgeoness Aug 2014 #31

Sure. 1. Kent State (OK that was Nat'l Guard) no_hypocrisy Aug 2014 #17

According to The Straight Dope, the usage goes back for centuries. CBGLuthier Aug 2014 #18

Thank you! ReRe Aug 2014 #40

Yup and it was for a VERY good reason Gman Aug 2014 #19

Oh, yeah...Apparently, in the present, at least, it's use isn't limited to the USA whathehell Aug 2014 #20

From the White Album kentuck Aug 2014 #21

Will never forget that one. ReRe Aug 2014 #41

In the 60s, it was more often "fuzz" starroute Aug 2014 #22

According to this book... ReRe Aug 2014 #42

According to Wikipedia, Fuzz was first used in the 1920s and pig in the 19th century. Uncle Joe Aug 2014 #52

"Pig"... ReRe Aug 2014 #55

Pigs, Fuzz, and the heat PasadenaTrudy Aug 2014 #23

Pigs and fuzz GP6971 Aug 2014 #27

Seems to have originally been associated with the Black Panther Party starroute Aug 2014 #24

Yes. DinahMoeHum Aug 2014 #25

I think the first step in christx30 Aug 2014 #28

Amen! n/t ReRe Aug 2014 #43

Good luck getting anyone to take that job. Michigander_Life Aug 2014 #46

They still need to be held christx30 Aug 2014 #48

Remember it? Mr.Bill Aug 2014 #29

Just want to be clear on this. cwydro Aug 2014 #30

Only the abusive cops are pigs meow2u3 Aug 2014 #35

Never understood why "pigs".... Helen Borg Aug 2014 #33

I remember rickyhall Aug 2014 #34

I'd always assumed that was the meaning bvf Aug 2014 #36

Alas. I cannot remember when they weren't. Demeter Aug 2014 #38

I think it gained currency during the 1968 Chicago Dem Convention Jackpine Radical Aug 2014 #39

Si, Senor(a) ReRe Aug 2014 #44

"Mayor Daley, that porcomorph" starroute Aug 2014 #49

The most evil thing just popped into my head mindwalker_i Aug 2014 #50

Yeah, pigs or fuzz. nt valerief Aug 2014 #51

I prefer the term Jack-boot Thugs, Kalidurga Aug 2014 #53

As a kid in the 50's JEB Aug 2014 #54

Yes, I still do call them that sometimes, Blue_In_AK Aug 2014 #56