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In reply to the discussion: That time when the NAACP and ACLU sued Martin O'Malley over thousands of illegal arrests [View all]FSogol
(47,666 posts)45. Why not just admit that you have no idea how the board works or what it does?
Blather on! Let the nonsense flow, Toast. blah-blah-blah.....
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That time when the NAACP and ACLU sued Martin O'Malley over thousands of illegal arrests [View all]
Cheese Sandwich
Jul 2015
OP
NAACP & ACLU cited thousands of false arrests and systemic police abuse as the reason for suing
Cheese Sandwich
Jul 2015
#14
There you go again with the dismissive attitude, as if the lives of thousands of people don't matter
Cheese Sandwich
Jul 2015
#20
You get negative a billion for ignoring tens of thousands of black lives destroyed by
Cheese Sandwich
Jul 2015
#22
O'Malley was reelected with 87% of the vote by the people you are claiming hated him
FSogol
Jul 2015
#25
Does that mean you are giving this thread up? It didn't really turn out the way you wanted.
FSogol
Jul 2015
#27
Why so casually dismissive toward the thousands whose lives were destroyed by O'Malley's policies?
Cheese Sandwich
Jul 2015
#15
Thanks, I had narrowed then time search too much... Didn't think it would take 4 years
4139
Jul 2015
#10
But note the NAACP & ACLU said their motive for suing was the effects on tens of thousands of people
Cheese Sandwich
Jul 2015
#58
How many people died resulting from O'Malley's abusive "zero-tolerance" policing?
Cheese Sandwich
Jul 2015
#7
And how many lives improved when he got rid of open air drug markets, doubled the dollars
FSogol
Jul 2015
#8
Baltimore, a majority African American city, reelected him mayor with 87% of the vote.
Koinos
Jul 2015
#28
But who is responsible for the abuses of the police against the citizens?
Cheese Sandwich
Jul 2015
#29
Except in this case it was his policies that created a pattern of false arrests and abuse
Cheese Sandwich
Jul 2015
#31
And other mayors all over the country (including New York) who tried the same strategies?
Koinos
Jul 2015
#32
They do. Thanks to O'Malley. They have a civilian review board and community offiicers.
FSogol
Jul 2015
#40
You said black neighborhoods in Baltimore have community control of their police, thanks to O'Malley
Cheese Sandwich
Jul 2015
#46
No I didn't, they have a civilian review board that gives them oversight over the police.
FSogol
Jul 2015
#47
it's just a cheap way of providing noise in the way of more positive O'Malley posts
bigtree
Jul 2015
#53
Cheap?! Sorry but O'Malley's cops harassed, abused and falsely arrested thousands of people
Cheese Sandwich
Jul 2015
#56