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Evolve Dammit

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6. The police state has been building for decades. Many are vets that needed jobs; trained to kill.

Reply to KWR65 (Original post)

Sun Nov 10, 2019, 08:34 PM

Nov 2019

And they have almost blanket immunity and support from superiors. An officer I met said, "after a while you either just fill the uniform, or you administer street justice." Long gone are the days when most cops would at least talk before tasing or shooting. Not a good trajectory for us.

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Arrested and convicted of crimes, but still on the force [View all] KWR65 Nov 2019 OP

The Reveal investigation story earlier this year is even worse. Different degress but coast to coast Kurt V. Nov 2019 #1

THat episode was aired today... 2naSalit Nov 2019 #2

I'm glad they're replaying it. i played a tiny roll in the story which i didn't really Kurt V. Nov 2019 #4

Same here 2naSalit Nov 2019 #5

And completely ignores Cartaphelius Nov 2019 #11

"Virtually all hiring and firing decisions are up to local chiefs and sheriffs" dalton99a Nov 2019 #3

The police state has been building for decades. Many are vets that needed jobs; trained to kill. Evolve Dammit Nov 2019 #6

This is why I don't buy into the whole "good cop" meme EarthFirst Nov 2019 #7

Have a good friend who is a liberal officer. Almost the only one on the force; can't say much. Evolve Dammit Nov 2019 #13

There's a Youtuber named John Masters who focuses on police misconduct OnlinePoker Nov 2019 #8

Thanks. Clearly at least one officer is lying. Glad someone is tracking all these and compiling. Evolve Dammit Nov 2019 #12

The thick blue line sakabatou Nov 2019 #9

You would think they would be in jail rockfordfile Nov 2019 #10

"Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses" RATM LiberalLovinLug Nov 2019 #14