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17. This police brutality is a direct symptom of too much KKK in law enforcement

Wed Aug 24, 2016, 11:42 PM

Aug 2016

The lame of the KKK in law enforcement needs to be addressed. You can't "educate" or rehab this bullshit away.

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Police brutality: too much militarization or a lack of education? [View all] HerrKarlMarx Aug 2016 OP

Steroids SecularMotion Aug 2016 #1

There's very little accountability when police behave badly. closeupready Aug 2016 #2

I would think its related to the perception of lethal threats. jmg257 Aug 2016 #3

Do the police hire a lot of ex-military and veterans? Calculating Aug 2016 #4

Good point treestar Aug 2016 #5

Stop trying to bring facts into an argument mostly driven by emotion! Lurks Often Aug 2016 #18

No, the anti-cop bias and bigotry is strong here Lee-Lee Aug 2016 #19

I agree with you Lurks Often Aug 2016 #20

There have been cases of police recruits in the USA who were denied jobs... Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #9

Both plus a penchant for hiring sociopaths. GeorgeGist Aug 2016 #10

Elephant in the room WestIndianArchie Aug 2016 #12

A combination of factors meow2u3 Aug 2016 #13

The police have been like this forever. Philly-Union-Man Aug 2016 #14

All that +steroids as mentioned above. Kingofalldems Aug 2016 #15

Read or get an audio copy of Radley Balko's "Rise of the Warrior Cop" A HERETIC I AM Aug 2016 #16

This police brutality is a direct symptom of too much KKK in law enforcement AgadorSparticus Aug 2016 #17