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katty
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Tue Mar-21-06 01:37 PM Original message |
Police increasingly resemble military teams |
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JohnnyRingo
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Tue Mar-21-06 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. Indeed, my vision of the near future includes being pulled over for a |
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400Years
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Tue Mar-21-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. most cops hate freedom |
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RazzleDazzle
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Tue Mar-21-06 09:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
69. Prevent crime -- or prevent the spread of disease? |
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maxsolomon
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Tue Mar-21-06 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. V for Vendetta is set in the wrong country |
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acmejack
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Tue Mar-21-06 01:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. The Uk is working hard on it as well. |
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norml
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Tue Mar-21-06 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. Ever harsher punishments for the riff raff, while placing those at the top |
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katty
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Tue Mar-21-06 02:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
34. they are the 'crusaders', their mission is what is has always been |
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quinnox
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Tue Mar-21-06 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. Sometimes they need the firepower |
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babylonsister
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Tue Mar-21-06 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. This is the first time I've heard of this, and again from the BBC. |
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katty
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Tue Mar-21-06 02:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. our media is DOA |
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Marie26
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Tue Mar-21-06 08:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
68. There was a Washington Post story |
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rpgamerd00d
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Tue Mar-21-06 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
7. God, this is such a non-issue. |
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reichstag911
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Tue Mar-21-06 02:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. The issue... |
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rpgamerd00d
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Tue Mar-21-06 02:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Again, the problem you describe has nothing whatsoever to do with... |
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reichstag911
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Tue Mar-21-06 02:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. No, the word "training"... |
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Mythsaje
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Tue Mar-21-06 02:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. That's my fear too... |
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the other one
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Tue Mar-21-06 02:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Better trained at peace-keeping, maybe... |
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rpgamerd00d
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Tue Mar-21-06 02:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I'm sorry, but that makes no sense. |
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Mythsaje
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Tue Mar-21-06 02:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. And maybe you're missing the whole point... |
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rpgamerd00d
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Tue Mar-21-06 02:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Im not missing the point, and you agree with me, you just dont realize it |
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Mythsaje
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Tue Mar-21-06 02:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I don't think anyone's arguing that better training is bad... |
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rpgamerd00d
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Tue Mar-21-06 02:28 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. What do you mean by "militarization" ? |
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Mythsaje
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Tue Mar-21-06 02:34 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. By militarization |
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rpgamerd00d
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Tue Mar-21-06 02:36 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. When you say "police", what do you mean? |
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Mythsaje
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Tue Mar-21-06 02:42 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Oh, c'mon... |
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rpgamerd00d
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Tue Mar-21-06 02:48 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. I know what you are saying, I just disagree. |
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Mythsaje
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Tue Mar-21-06 03:03 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Some are... |
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rpgamerd00d
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Tue Mar-21-06 03:04 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. 0%. None will shoot people, gimme a break. |
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Mythsaje
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Tue Mar-21-06 03:09 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. And my wife thinks I'M naive... |
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rpgamerd00d
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Tue Mar-21-06 03:13 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. I separate individual actions from officially sanctioned actions. |
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Mythsaje
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Tue Mar-21-06 03:40 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Technically a "bad cop" is a criminal with a badge... |
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MadHound
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Tue Mar-21-06 03:52 PM Response to Reply #41 |
53. Forty one shots, forty one bullets |
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TX-RAT
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Tue Mar-21-06 04:08 PM Response to Reply #53 |
61. Was that the guy in the SUV, running from the officers? |
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MadHound
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Tue Mar-21-06 04:19 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Wasn't in an SUV, was on foot, walking while black in NYC |
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IsItJustMe
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Tue Mar-21-06 03:52 PM Response to Reply #41 |
54. They already have. Many anti-war demonstrators have been beaten and |
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reichstag911
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Tue Mar-21-06 02:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. The use of SWAT is... |
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Catrina
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Tue Mar-21-06 02:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
39. If the training was proper, a person suspected of gambling wouldn't be |
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Marie26
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Tue Mar-21-06 02:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. The scary thing |
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Mythsaje
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Tue Mar-21-06 02:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. No, it is NOT a non-issue... |
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rpgamerd00d
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Tue Mar-21-06 02:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Then you agree with me. Their training is a non-issue. |
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Mythsaje
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Tue Mar-21-06 02:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. No, not really. |
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Occulus
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Tue Mar-21-06 02:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. If they're being trained to act in an unquestioning manner, |
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Iowa
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Tue Mar-21-06 03:44 PM Response to Reply #29 |
47. That's what's so great about DU... |
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the other one
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Tue Mar-21-06 03:47 PM Response to Reply #29 |
48. Well put. nt |
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Catrina
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Tue Mar-21-06 03:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
45. What training? You keep saying training. Training to gather together a |
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Mythsaje
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Tue Mar-21-06 03:50 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. Though we're more or less on the same page here |
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Solon
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Tue Mar-21-06 03:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
49. Depends on how there trained too... |
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IsItJustMe
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Tue Mar-21-06 03:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
50. Yeah, I'm sure Rodny King would agree with you. |
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EVDebs
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Tue Mar-21-06 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
9. Redefines "To protect and serve" n/t |
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sutz12
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Tue Mar-21-06 02:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
35. This is the problem.... |
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Iowa
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Tue Mar-21-06 05:04 PM Response to Reply #35 |
63. And another great thing about DU... |
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EVDebs
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Tue Mar-21-06 11:26 PM Response to Reply #35 |
70. Every city has an intelligence liason unit. In Denver CO for example |
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MadHound
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Tue Mar-21-06 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
22. Geez, as if this hasn't been obvious for the past twenty five years |
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Mythsaje
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Tue Mar-21-06 02:27 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. One of the reasons my wife (a former CO) |
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MadHound
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Tue Mar-21-06 02:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. My cousin is a police officer |
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Mythsaje
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Tue Mar-21-06 02:45 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. There are some great cops out there... |
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katty
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Tue Mar-21-06 04:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
59. agree-the 'open ward' defense/combat mentality |
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Mr_Jefferson_24
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Tue Mar-21-06 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
37. I've long thought... |
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Ufomammut
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Tue Mar-21-06 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
38. The militarization of the police has been an ongoing |
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RobinA
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Tue Mar-21-06 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
42. Not Being a Police Officer |
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Marie26
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Tue Mar-21-06 06:36 PM Response to Reply #42 |
65. And why is that? |
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TheBaldyMan
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Wed Mar-22-06 12:14 AM Response to Reply #65 |
72. An IED that cost a couple of hundred dollars could KO it instantly |
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Marie26
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Wed Mar-22-06 09:49 AM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Pretty much |
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Initech
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Tue Mar-21-06 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
52. The American gestapo is coming. Great. |
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Ufomammut
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Tue Mar-21-06 03:55 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. YES, run a search on it, it's part of the revised Patriot Act |
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katty
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Tue Mar-21-06 04:08 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. it sure is |
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Ufomammut
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Tue Mar-21-06 04:04 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. Section 605 in the revised Patriot Act: new federal gestapo |
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Initech
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Tue Mar-21-06 05:49 PM Response to Reply #58 |
64. "Bush could sieze absolute control of American government". |
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Marie26
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Wed Mar-22-06 12:01 AM Response to Reply #58 |
71. It's not that bad |
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anarch
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Tue Mar-21-06 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
55. meanwhile: President increasingly resembles some kind of monkey |
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Minnesota Libra
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Tue Mar-21-06 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
56. Why do I forsee troops in the streets before long?? nt |
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Trillo
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Tue Mar-21-06 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
66. Sounds like Murder. |
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mitchum
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Tue Mar-21-06 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
67. Army of the rich |
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