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In reply to the discussion: The Seamy Underbelly Of Ferguson Starts To Appear (Updated) [View all]El Shaman
(583 posts)65. No wonder
the necessity for all that military gear!!!
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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