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the peoples summit

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9. Until people starting controlling THEMSELVES

Reply to Zalatix (Reply #4)

Sat May 12, 2012, 12:53 PM

May 2012

(being conscious when conceiving and choosing a partner, not dropping out of high school, etc.), what can or will change? Expecting cops to act as social workers is ludicrous. Cops=brute force. Another thing: I can see how cops assigned to tough beats would become very jaded very quickly. Are you implying that there is zero savage behavior out there on the mean streets? Last night in Chicago at least 20 people were shot and two killed!

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