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In reply to the discussion: 'Defund the police' is not the policy of the Democratic Party, Pelosi says [View all]multigraincracker
(37,218 posts)21. I was married to a cop and hung around them for a few years.
There was also a private gym near where I lived that was owned by a cop and lots of his customers were LEOs.. It got closed down for sale of steroids.
I assume it is common, from my experience drug use by cops is the same as the general population.
I have been around those that use them and familiar with roid rage. Watch phone cam shots of cop brutality, it's pretty obvious to me. Plus they and their unions fight against drug test for a reason.
Be happy to see an experiment using one of the more violent departments, like Chicago or LA try it and then look at the data.
Why would they oppose it?
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'Defund the police' is not the policy of the Democratic Party, Pelosi says [View all]
brooklynite
Feb 2022
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She claims to have had at least 4 times her car was shot at. Did she ever call the police?
Budi
Feb 2022
#14
I suspect our illustrious press will mostly cover her views on this, instead of most Democrats views
JohnSJ
Feb 2022
#17
If it is called fiscally responsible cuts in the police budgets to return to...
Thomas Hurt
Feb 2022
#2
Thankfully Mayor Eric Adams doesn't believe in any of that "defund" garbage. He knows first hand....
George II
Feb 2022
#16
Democrats: *Make any policy on police reform*. Republicans: It's defund the police
ck4829
Feb 2022
#4
No. A group of Democrats WERE calling it "Defund the police", and when asked if that meant...
George II
Feb 2022
#20
it matters because we need to move on from it and someone might try to use it in a primary
cadoman
Feb 2022
#45
To those millions of citizens & their communities who cannot afford a $70,000 private security
Budi
Feb 2022
#11
What evidence has there been that shootings by police are correlated to drug use?
brooklynite
Feb 2022
#15
