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TexasProgresive

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2. There may not have been such overt support of police in the past

Reply to Horse with no Name (Original post)

Thu Jul 23, 2015, 07:03 AM

Jul 2015

But the tendency of grand juries to "no bill" is as old as the state of Texas at least. As long as the cops kill and maimed the "undesirables" they were revered for "keeping the peace". I may be cynical about the police but I grew up in Houston where it was common for them to kill an unarmed person and leave a "throw down" gun by them to justify the shooting. This worked until one moronic cop used a gun traceable to the police property room.

Many white people believed and still believe that the duty of the police is to protect them from blacks, browns and white trash.

Disclaimer: I am a white male, and I know that I got privileges and advances in life for no other reason then that fact. To deny that is to refuse to face facts.

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Just curious.Historically, have we ever seen this fetishization of anything and everything LEO [View all] Horse with no Name Jul 2015 OP

Others have noticed this trend GreatGazoo Jul 2015 #1

There may not have been such overt support of police in the past TexasProgresive Jul 2015 #2

well said, TexasProgresive secondwind Jul 2015 #4

You speak for this Texan, too. marble falls Jul 2015 #15

You speak for this former Texan, too. Nt lostnfound Jul 2015 #24

K&R!-nt Anansi1171 Jul 2015 #26

+1 uponit7771 Jul 2015 #42

This case has chilled me to the bone, more than all the others . I can't stop thinking about it. secondwind Jul 2015 #3

I was driving around Dallas yesterday Horse with no Name Jul 2015 #5

Dunkin' Donuts was having a 3 for price of 1 sale yesterday. Hoppy Jul 2015 #7

Yep libodem Jul 2015 #21

and a strong black woman who reported on police brutality, part of blm. some part of me niyad Jul 2015 #30

You can argue about the prevalence, but the it's always been here. bemildred Jul 2015 #6

I agree authoritarianism has always been with us. zeemike Jul 2015 #13

It is a worrying trend. blackspade Jul 2015 #8

+1 snagglepuss Jul 2015 #10

k&r for later truth2power Jul 2015 #9

Historically... French occupation of Algeria, Apartheid... Taitertots Jul 2015 #11

I wouldn't say they are worse. They are equivalent. Nitram Jul 2015 #14

Not for a long time. mmonk Jul 2015 #12

None of the RWNJs were calling for national half-mast flags after the shooting in S.C. Roland99 Jul 2015 #16

Yep, the same in Indiana ... and it IS disturbing. Myrina Jul 2015 #17

This is what you get with pride, blind patriotism and policy wars. L0oniX Jul 2015 #18

Yep. nt awoke_in_2003 Jul 2015 #35

When have we not? jeff47 Jul 2015 #19

I'd say libodem Jul 2015 #20

It is this disturbing trend of militarization of everything in society by an authoritarian state. Rex Jul 2015 #22

They need to blow up that fraternity mentality d_legendary1 Jul 2015 #23

Yes nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #25

I am not familiar with the term LEO ibegurpard Jul 2015 #27

LEO ...Law Enforcement Officer. N/T truth2power Jul 2015 #43

In So. Florida they hold their Pharaoh-like police funerals in sports arenas... Scurrilous Jul 2015 #28

I wonder what Officer Henwood did nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #39

Remember after 9-11 the glorification of cops seemed to accelerate kimbutgar Jul 2015 #29

This has been happening ever since people started falling over each other... Iggo Jul 2015 #31

Yes. This is more the term I am looking for. Thank you. Horse with no Name Jul 2015 #33

Two key points you gave here nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #40

9/11 did change much. Dawson Leery Jul 2015 #34

Not in my lifetime. hifiguy Jul 2015 #32

What you are describing, Horse, is truth2power Jul 2015 #36

Thank you. Horse with no Name Jul 2015 #38

I find those massive police funeral scenes a really fascistic spectacle. Comrade Grumpy Jul 2015 #37

Only because they are meant to be just that. hifiguy Jul 2015 #41