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In reply to the discussion: The Seamy Underbelly Of Ferguson Starts To Appear (Updated) [View all]BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)48. You can't fix loony
And that's some loony tunes right there.
Many keep saying that Blue Dogs are hurting Democrats nationally, but then we are told to shut up because we're supporting Republicans. But if you have a Democrat that does everything like a Republican (except spew the racist/mysoginist/hateful rhetoric) in the end, many people are hurt. There needs to be some other solution than pulling the party far right and dealing with Liebermans, DiFis and Blanche Lincolns.
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Minor correction: "4,000 animals" (not 400), which makes the comment all the more telling, imo.
VanGoghRocks
Aug 2014
#39
Has Rachel Maddow touched on this yet? The huge number of violations in proportion to population?
KittyWampus
Aug 2014
#5
The underlying problem may be that cities, whether Detroit or Ferguson or some small town in the
JDPriestly
Aug 2014
#25
I have had some tea-party friends beating on me that all Democrats are racist
LiberalArkie
Aug 2014
#47
All those Dixiecrat racists were Democrats. Some evolved, and the rest became Republicans.
Zen Democrat
Aug 2014
#56
When I drove a "poorer-looking" car, the LAPD was much freer about stopping me for chickenshit
villager
Aug 2014
#55
K&R And once again, the problem leads back to corporate corruption.
woo me with science
Aug 2014
#12
Hmm a militarized country using excessive force in other countries has a militarized police force...
L0oniX
Aug 2014
#18
I posted this thread a few nights ago very late and it dropped off the radar (as
VanGoghRocks
Aug 2014
#41
I also see signs of an attempt to make the police department financially self-sustaining.
Baitball Blogger
Aug 2014
#23
Here in Richmond, VA., we have Henrico County officers who target Richmond citizens.
WCLinolVir
Aug 2014
#43
You may be right, I hadn't thought of part timers, but still doesn't seem like much. n/t
A Simple Game
Aug 2014
#58
As I said in another thread this is easily fixed if the MO legislature and Governer will act
Lee-Lee
Aug 2014
#51
I think this is a real under-reported aspect of poverty and policing in this country
JCMach1
Aug 2014
#63