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(1,142 posts) Fri Jul 8, 2016, 02:20 PM Jul 2016

It pains me to say this, but what the hell did they expect? [View all]

So many killings with no one held accountable and later justified for wanton killings/executions....

The pressure has been building for years now and it's time to address the reasons behind the anger that took lives in Dallas last night.

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It pains me to say this, but what the hell did they expect? [View all] Photographer Jul 2016 OP

Unfortunately for the innocent Dallas cops, but the justice system can't just keep . . . brush Jul 2016 #1

"Innocent cops"... n/t leeroysphitz Jul 2016 #3

fucked up reply, they were innocent Demonaut Jul 2016 #7

Those cops in Dallas were. I do know that "innocent cops" is usually an oxymoron. brush Jul 2016 #11

Maybe they were and maybe they weren't innocent. Nitram Jul 2016 #67

No they don't. You're awful. Action_Patrol Jul 2016 #77

There is truth in the post... just not a broad brush truth. Hoppy Jul 2016 #102

Agreed. 840high Jul 2016 #115

That's the harsh and brutal truth. puffy socks Jul 2016 #81

Dallas Officer-Involved Shootings Have Rapidly Declined In Recent Years baldguy Jul 2016 #111

Yes. Sooner or later LuvNewcastle Jul 2016 #88

I'm guessing they expected to protect the peaceful BLM assembly Dreamer Tatum Jul 2016 #2

OP has a point. At some point, the legal system fails (ie people lose faith in it). We can argue MillennialDem Jul 2016 #6

Sounds like those Dallas cops should have turned their guns on themselves. Dreamer Tatum Jul 2016 #12

Wow, nice strawman and red herring all in one. MillennialDem Jul 2016 #25

It's just the logical extension of the argument that the cops had it coming. Dreamer Tatum Jul 2016 #27

No, it isn't but nice try. I never said cops had it coming, I said OP had a point that MillennialDem Jul 2016 #29

No ... No ... No ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #40

Unfortunate, but true. smirkymonkey Jul 2016 #106

I wonder ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #33

I would guess the latter as that's what their main function is........ socialist_n_TN Jul 2016 #39

I agree; but, when has their function EVER been differently focused? 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #43

True. From their inception as "slave patrols" protecting the ....... socialist_n_TN Jul 2016 #49

I believe there was even a Supreme Court case that discussed this. white_wolf Jul 2016 #55

^^This^^ passiveporcupine Jul 2016 #78

Someone on television said that protestors can't be allowed to behave adigal Jul 2016 #118

+1000 Chemisse Jul 2016 #92

I expect you are right. 840high Jul 2016 #116

uh, no. This was a very unstable person who decided to randomly shoot police, that most likely still_one Jul 2016 #4

They were targeted just the way black men are passiveporcupine Jul 2016 #89

I agree. This is the pushback you get for killing people.......... socialist_n_TN Jul 2016 #5

Oh, well, if TROTSKY said it... Dreamer Tatum Jul 2016 #15

Well if you knew anything about Trotsky, you would know....... socialist_n_TN Jul 2016 #30

There is absolutely no justification to what happened in Dallas, just as there is no justification still_one Jul 2016 #31

Trotsky in 1932: KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #22

Yep. Which means that cops don't belong in the labor movement......... socialist_n_TN Jul 2016 #28

All anyone needed to do was go to an Occupy camp to see this principle on KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #32

Well ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #48

That's exactly the point that Socialist_n-TN is making: the cops in today's society KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #51

Yep, you've got it KC. And as I said above....... socialist_n_TN Jul 2016 #58

That was also my point. 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #61

what are you saying, police were first create to catch escaped slaves? that is the frankieallen Jul 2016 #69

You should research it. There's some truth to that. brush Jul 2016 #98

they created "slave patrols" to chase down runaways. frankieallen Jul 2016 #99

You must not have read all the way through brush Jul 2016 #103

This message was self-deleted by its author frankieallen Jul 2016 #84

this^^^^^^^ AntiBank Jul 2016 #35

+1 ... the violence just serves to deflect the cause and excuse the response. 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #45

As Trotsky noted in this short piece in 1909........ socialist_n_TN Jul 2016 #56

I recall reading that. ChairmanAgnostic Jul 2016 #60

Indeed malaise Jul 2016 #93

That is the problem. What happened in Dallas may now distract from the still_one Jul 2016 #59

The problem is ... that is all bullshit ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #63

Well if past history is any prediction of future events, then you are correct still_one Jul 2016 #68

I have no reason to think, or even hope, that ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #90

gosh that's depressing still_one Jul 2016 #100

Yes ... I know. But, it is par for the course. 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #108

It's not "may." It's "is." Scootaloo Jul 2016 #75

That was my concern of what would happen still_one Jul 2016 #86

I don't think it pains you melman Jul 2016 #8

Exactly. Whether it is the cold blooded murder of an African American for just being black, still_one Jul 2016 #10

Did you post the same thing for the Baton Rouge and Minnesoto murderers? brush Jul 2016 #14

Yes, it does. The killings of five people last night in Dallas was terrible. Photographer Jul 2016 #18

You implicitly excuse the murderer. You ABSOLUTELY do. Dreamer Tatum Jul 2016 #26

No, I don't. The murderer should have been prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law Photographer Jul 2016 #36

Give it a rest. You can't keep killing people year after year and no cop gets punished . . . brush Jul 2016 #41

Some will understand what is being /has been said ... others will work hard to not understand ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #53

This! smirkymonkey Jul 2016 #107

What has happened? ... Simple ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #113

of course there are reasons. Coppers are murdering people, especially AntiBank Jul 2016 #44

What justified the Zebra killings in the Bay Area in the seventies? still_one Jul 2016 #62

you seem to think I am calling the killings justified. I am not. AntiBank Jul 2016 #64

ok. Then I would suggest a qualification, that SOME police are killing and abusing African still_one Jul 2016 #66

I never said ACAB AntiBank Jul 2016 #74

Then I read it wrong, and obviously misrepresented it in my exchange with you. Appreciate the still_one Jul 2016 #85

Cause and effect. Springslips Jul 2016 #121

I think this view is really short sighted mythology Jul 2016 #79

I do not recall such sophistry in the analysis of Dylann Roof. Dreamer Tatum Jul 2016 #82

This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel Jul 2016 #112

"they"? rollin74 Jul 2016 #9

absolutely. That is the same mind set the racists use when they abuse people of color. still_one Jul 2016 #13

I guess I used "they" as a collective "we" as in American society. Photographer Jul 2016 #19

"All oppression breeds resistance." ~Mao - nt KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #16

Mao, a real humanitarian. The Cultural Revolution was a wonderful idea still_one Jul 2016 #37

the statement is still true, regardless of the sourcing AntiBank Jul 2016 #50

I know, right? B2G Jul 2016 #17

Pls see reply 19 above. Photographer Jul 2016 #21

I take exception to your assertion that we were protesting their existence Ash_F Jul 2016 #24

Nobody was protesting Police existence rbrnmw Jul 2016 #47

they were protesting racially targeted murder-by-cop AntiBank Jul 2016 #54

While DPD has serious problems, it is not like a lot of police forces that end up on the news Ash_F Jul 2016 #20

I think it goes way beyond bullsnarfle Jul 2016 #23

^^TRUTH^^ - nt KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #34

Of course then there are these guys: jonno99 Jul 2016 #57

Amazing - and heartwarming n/t Chemisse Jul 2016 #94

Yes. Sadly I think situations like this would be more the norm except for lack of trust jonno99 Jul 2016 #97

Yeah, unfortunately it is kind of inevitabile Bradical79 Jul 2016 #38

spot on. Photographer Jul 2016 #42

Christopher Dorner was prologue and prophetic. - nt KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #52

Agreed. MuttLikeMe Jul 2016 #110

The killing of black people has been coco77 Jul 2016 #46

This message was self-deleted by its author Th1onein Jul 2016 #65

Reminds me if the Israelis vs the Palestinians. Nitram Jul 2016 #70

Dallas was one of the places trying to get it right... JCMach1 Jul 2016 #71

Exactly! lark Jul 2016 #72

Predictably the "Two Wrongs Make a Right" contingent is out in force today. Sad. Really sad. WillowTree Jul 2016 #73

Very sad. Bodies barely cold. 840high Jul 2016 #117

'They' who? elleng Jul 2016 #76

Psychotic asshole cowards who wanted to "kill white people", especially white officers. frankieallen Jul 2016 #80

murder is murder YOHABLO Jul 2016 #83

It's possible to be horrified loyalsister Jul 2016 #87

thank you annabanana Jul 2016 #96

Blowback Dworkin Jul 2016 #105

I assume you're operating with a literal definition? loyalsister Jul 2016 #109

White supremacistswith badges and weapons The Wizard Jul 2016 #91

As Van Jones just said on CNN you do not blame all Christians for what applegrove Jul 2016 #95

Not all cops are bad. liberalmuse Jul 2016 #101

The President's 2014 task force bucolic_frolic Jul 2016 #104

nice stereotyping Skittles Jul 2016 #114

What? Who was stereotyped here? Photographer Jul 2016 #120

Just another false flag operation to condemn the protesters. Matt_R Jul 2016 #119