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CanSocDem

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9. In the episode I'm referring to...

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Reply #8)

Sun Jul 10, 2016, 12:38 PM

Jul 2016

...the whole family got together to talk 'Christopher?' out of drinking and doing drugs. What was at the same time funny and sad, was that everybody there had a drug and alcohol problem and Christopher knew it. It didn't take long for some to start throwing punches....which is the exact opposite of what Intervention is supposed to do.

Getting BLM and police forces together to discuss why they hate each other would, in my humble opinion, end up the same way. That's all...

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The president should hold a BLM -police town hall [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 OP

+1 (nt) LongtimeAZDem Jul 2016 #1

Talking to one another instead of at one another would be a good start. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #2

Absolutely right. The internet has made is very easy to wrap ourselves in a blanket of groupthink LongtimeAZDem Jul 2016 #4

Everybody wants to feel safe; safe from the bad citizens and safe from bad cops. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #5

And eveyone instantly has a theory about what happened, long before facts are known (nt) LongtimeAZDem Jul 2016 #11

Indeed iandhr Jul 2016 #25

I have asked President Obama cilla4progress Jul 2016 #3

Its unfair but...they should have PSA's bdwker Jul 2016 #6

Please read this to understand how wrong and overpriced such advice is. jtuck004 Jul 2016 #13

I can't help but think... CanSocDem Jul 2016 #7

I have seen every episode, some multiple times. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #8

In the episode I'm referring to... CanSocDem Jul 2016 #9

I remember that episode DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #10

So if we are comparing that episode with the OP's suggestion, which of the Sopranos Bluenorthwest Jul 2016 #12

I think he did say as former POTUS treestar Jul 2016 #14

Who will you get for security that everyone trusts? n/t jtuck004 Jul 2016 #15

The high optics reconciliation effort is good, but locally, off-cam, the same KKK crap will ancianita Jul 2016 #16

#2 would thrown out immediately SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2016 #17

Why. It can be a non-negotiable with police unions as a condition of hiring. The public's ancianita Jul 2016 #18

No union worth a damn would go for that SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2016 #20

Obviously you niggle. Professional standards already exist for complaints' validity. ancianita Jul 2016 #21

No SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2016 #22

You think a civilian review board of lawyers can't sort out the frivolous? Puh-lease. ancianita Jul 2016 #23

That would be interesting. Very good idea. Across the nation, too. Nt seabeyond Jul 2016 #19

Here's something to consider sangfroid Jul 2016 #24

I would find any group working on the same cause, but I Exilednight Jul 2016 #26

Stop killing citizens! It's not rocket science and shouldn't require a town hall. ecstatic Jul 2016 #27