Thug is the new Nigg**!!

[arikara]

120. I've always used that word to describe cops

the ones who taze, shoot and beat people up.

I'm fortunate to live in an area without racial tension. Mostly white but a very large native population, speckled with some black and Asian people as well. Many are intermarried. Lots of gay people, also many of which are married. Everybody gets along and gets to be themselves. We have the type of people in this community who build carts on wheels for the alcoholic bottle collector to push around, it not only holds his treasures but holds him up as he staggers up and down the street. Its his choice to live that way so we support him as much as possible.

My grandmother of German ethnic background was badly treated when she was a kid because of the war. She couldn't abide any type of bigotry and she would actually cry when someone used the n word. My aunt was able to come out 30 years ago and nobody in the family batted an eye.

So I respect the fact that particular word bothers you now, but it is going to take some getting used to. Because I thought it was the perfect word to describe how cops behave nowadays.

As for riots... if you dig deep enough most of them are caused by provocateurs not the kids. Cops. That word. If you take it away, you have to give me another one.