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napkinz

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Reply to Triana (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2014, 01:19 PM

Dec 2014

Andray @AndrayDomise
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I really want people to remember that Bill de Blasio was blamed for police deaths by virtue of being a responsible parent to a black son.
5:13 PM - 20 Dec 2014 1,862 Retweets 1,369 favorites

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What deBlasio said. This is "Racist"? How? [View all] Triana Dec 2014 OP

The amazing response by NYPD supporters even here: "He didn't praise the NYPD in that statement!" alcibiades_mystery Dec 2014 #1

NYPD's narcissism needn't take top billing in every speech or conversaion Triana Dec 2014 #3

Does the police union speak for the majority of the police folk? I question that in the wake of Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #5

Yes, there was a vote. jeff47 Dec 2014 #7

When was that vote? SoapBox Dec 2014 #12

Can't find google yourself? jeff47 Dec 2014 #16

Obviously they don't. However, Triana Dec 2014 #9

I like that.... Stellar Dec 2014 #18

Yep. It's like the "requirement" that any reference to the US must include the descriptor "great." tblue37 Dec 2014 #15

Imagine being stopped by the NYC police union head Pat Lynch brush Dec 2014 #2

I agree. He hasn't helped them a bit. Quite the contrary. Triana Dec 2014 #4

Frankly, just as with the Phelps clan, Lynch is actually doing us some good, though obviously tblue37 Dec 2014 #17

This part of what DiBlasio said . . . JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #6

ie: No. We're not a "post-racial" society. Triana Dec 2014 #11

It took guts for the Mayor to talk from the heart like that... TreasonousBastard Dec 2014 #8

I would add LGBT people to the 'non whites and women' materials, particularly when speaking of Bluenorthwest Dec 2014 #10

I have lost all ann--- Dec 2014 #13

... napkinz Dec 2014 #14

And I have had this same conversation with my son as well... blackspade Dec 2014 #19

I appreciate excellent ProPublica link but here's a detail which may negate sloppy DB editorializing proverbialwisdom Dec 2014 #20

K&R napkinz Dec 2014 #21