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30. Lots of cops are afraid but they could never admit this publicly

Reply to kwassa (Original post)

Fri Dec 5, 2014, 12:57 PM

Dec 2014

Wouldn't fit their carefully crafted macho badass image ya know.

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Connie Rice interviewed hundreds of cops .... she was on NPR this morning [View all] kwassa Dec 2014 OP

Don't tell me NPR is doing their job randr Dec 2014 #1

well, some are so far left everything is a right wing tool. kwassa Dec 2014 #2

That's my favorite tool...slip joint pliers. zeemike Dec 2014 #12

Have always called them channel lock pliers. joshdawg Dec 2014 #20

The Aggie knurling tool. cloudbase Dec 2014 #24

+1. bemildred Dec 2014 #28

It does it now and then. Xyzse Dec 2014 #5

If they are afraid... sendero Dec 2014 #3

That's not very empathetic ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #33

In no job that I know of.. sendero Dec 2014 #37

Don't get me wrong ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #40

I can't wait for NPR to reveal all the dirt on the Koch roaches. L0oniX Dec 2014 #4

The Koch roaches own NPR and PBS?? randr Dec 2014 #7

5 seconds of Google.... L0oniX Dec 2014 #9

I will not argue whether the Koch's have weaseled their way into every corner of our world or not randr Dec 2014 #11

I can't deal with their slant and their "experts" Tsiyu Dec 2014 #8

That interview was an excellent exposure of Right wing lunacy randr Dec 2014 #10

Wasn't it? Tsiyu Dec 2014 #23

That's really not a problem... sendero Dec 2014 #39

Ironically corporate political campaign contributions are also not a problem... L0oniX Dec 2014 #47

The rightwing 24/7 hate machine marions ghost Dec 2014 #6

I'm not buying the sulphurdunn Dec 2014 #13

I completely believe it ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #34

Historically, that is why LAPD became a militaristic police force .... kwassa Dec 2014 #35

Maybe, I romanticize; but, ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #38

my teen years were way out in the country ... kwassa Dec 2014 #41

You, too? ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #42

National propaganda radio at it again. blackspade Dec 2014 #14

And I think it's the emphasis on policing has changed since the Bush mis-administration... joeybee12 Dec 2014 #15

They are afraid of black men...wonder why? Couldn't be that parents, teachers, and media teach them kelliekat44 Dec 2014 #16

Disarm America. Disarm the citizens and the police of unneeded weaponry. A gun should be feared, all Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #17

I agree LeftInTX Dec 2014 #43

Is this a Koch joke? Oilwellian Dec 2014 #18

It would be stupidity for a cop to not be afraid demwing Dec 2014 #19

People tend to not make good decisions when they are afraid. logosoco Dec 2014 #21

logosoco, people with guns in their hand in general make some really bad decisions cstanleytech Dec 2014 #25

Yes, and I would imagine someone commiting a crime is experiencing fear logosoco Dec 2014 #27

This is what happens when you have politicians weissmam Dec 2014 #22

I like NPR interviews, they have good interviews all the time. Sunlei Dec 2014 #26

Ms Rice is well known in LA and always worth listening to. nt bemildred Dec 2014 #29

Yes, I remember her from many years ago ... kwassa Dec 2014 #36

Lots of cops are afraid but they could never admit this publicly tularetom Dec 2014 #30

Community Policing works, sure did in our town . . FairWinds Dec 2014 #31

there is something heaven05 Dec 2014 #32

This is fascinating and very believable Doctor_J Dec 2014 #44

Those scared cops are the reason that they need psychiatric examinations a couple time a year and jwirr Dec 2014 #45

Blue Wash.... typical of NPR. bvar22 Dec 2014 #46