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In reply to the discussion: [NYPD] we have.....become a ‘wartime’ police department. We will act according [View all]Jesus Malverde
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[NYPD] we have.....become a ‘wartime’ police department. We will act according [View all]
Jesus Malverde
Dec 2014
OP
All police unions have to go, and I am the biggest union supporter I know...the reasons are obvious
NoJusticeNoPeace
Dec 2014
#121
How calm were they when RW hate killed officers in Las Vegas and Pennsylvania recently?
blm
Dec 2014
#49
Do the police give a shit about when cops beat the shit out of people? No, they 100% defend them. nt
Logical
Dec 2014
#57
The NYPD did not say this. An NYPD union did. (It's not the only NYPD union, btw)
Raine1967
Dec 2014
#16
My question is does the writer understand the word 'literally'? Because, what he is saying
kelly1mm
Dec 2014
#56
If it's a 'wartime department,' then it's time to send in the 101st Airborne,
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#20
Exactly. De Blasio is in a position to show the country how civilians retake command of militarists.
ancianita
Dec 2014
#28
Whether it's De Blasio, Cuomo or Obama matters little. Police are not allowed to issue
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#33
Seriously? When have any of us ever seen that happen? And how? I'd love to read any links you have.
ancianita
Dec 2014
#43
What you said police aren't allowed to do -- issue veiled threats against the public or leaders and
ancianita
Dec 2014
#72
Holy shit, that's pretty brazen. The family of Mike Brown has issued a statement unequivocally
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#62
Well, my Dad got a sucking chest wound at Inchon with the USMC but that
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#158
If I were de Blasio, I think I might check out getting a people's militia.......
socialist_n_TN
Dec 2014
#128
Thanks. It's like fingernails scraping down a chalkboard, isn't it? Drives
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#35
Actually, it sounds like they might just start performing their jobs correctly.
Live and Learn
Dec 2014
#90
These guys absolutely must be broken, the respect for civilians and civilian command are so tenuous
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#60
Ha, so when the police slow down, they only arrest people when necessary?
Live and Learn
Dec 2014
#124
When you declare war on someone, better be prepare for them to declare war on you.
Katashi_itto
Dec 2014
#77
This is the kind of thing that happens when a department loses confidence in its leadership
Lee-Lee
Dec 2014
#79
I will gladly suffer all of your examples over police murdering people. nt
Live and Learn
Dec 2014
#125
The police reduce crime by enforcing the law- the threat the enforcement is what dissuades more
Lee-Lee
Dec 2014
#132
Blaming the mayor for this is a chicknS**t way if denying their on culpability in behaviors that
kelliekat44
Dec 2014
#113
Obama send in Federal troops, disarm the entire police department, right now.
NoJusticeNoPeace
Dec 2014
#120
The details of this shooting have nothing to do with massive police abuse and
NoJusticeNoPeace
Dec 2014
#138
Now police will pay the trainers to practice, the fast shoot anyone who approaches their car.
Sunlei
Dec 2014
#129
It aparently does not occur to them that they are the ones who turned their "Wartime tactics" on
jwirr
Dec 2014
#141