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pipoman

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7. Who do we replace them with

Reply to rock (Reply #6)

Mon Dec 15, 2014, 04:22 PM

Dec 2014

There just aren't that many people who want to be cops as it is. Take away allowances for error and add a new level of scrutiny to decisions which need immediate attention and nobody will want the risk. Prosecution brings the threshold of reasonable doubt which puts us right back where we began. Reasonable doubt is glaringly obvious in the Wilson case and was obviously present in the Zimmerman trial.

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is law enforcement change possible? [View all] pipoman Dec 2014 OP

I think you have a very generous view - on the blue side salin Dec 2014 #1

So what protections would it take for you pipoman Dec 2014 #5

If only one good apple could unspoil the whole bunch. iscooterliberally Dec 2014 #2

I agree with this...those things you mentioned pipoman Dec 2014 #3

It is possible. What it requires is electing people to MineralMan Dec 2014 #4

I agree, local and state pressure is most likely to pipoman Dec 2014 #8

A few remarks rock Dec 2014 #6

Who do we replace them with pipoman Dec 2014 #7

As I implied: It's a tough nut rock Dec 2014 #11

The fact remains that pipoman Dec 2014 #12

I believe you've got it rock Dec 2014 #13

White Supremacists have been infiltrating the police and the military for decades now. MohRokTah Dec 2014 #9

I'm not buying that pipoman Dec 2014 #10