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1StrongBlackMan

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34. I completely believe it ...

Fri Dec 5, 2014, 02:32 PM

Dec 2014

Cops on duty are not your friend. They shouldn't be, but they shouldn't be your enemy either.

I am old enough to remember REAL community policing, where the cop spent his (her) career in a single district, patrolling a set of blocks. These cops knew a lot about everyone in their area ... they knew our parents and our schools; they knew they "responsible" parents and those that weren't. They knew the criminally inclined and the just plain stupid. And they used this knowledge to maintain peace/control of their block ... they knew in order to do their job (actually, in order to survive), they had to respect the people within their area. They knew that doing their jobs (and their survival) was not based on brute force; but, trust ... as such, they knew (learned) that when they cracked someone's skull today, they had to deal with their victim (and the rest of the community) the following day. They knew, cutting someone a break for doing something stupid, enabled them to come down on someone "out of line."

On the other hand, police forces did anyway with that model because it also enabled corruption.

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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