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treestar

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12. Agreed. If Ferguson is black, the cops should be black, mostly

Reply to Nye Bevan (Reply #6)

Sat Apr 11, 2015, 11:14 AM

Apr 2015

The cops should come from the place they live in.

A lot more women on the force would do a lot of good too. Somehow they never seem to be the ones in on the shootings. Until we can defeat the macho mindset in men. Situations escalate rather than get defused.

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When we talk about white privilege, we're talking about institutional racism [View all] cali Apr 2015 OP

Disarm the cops and bring them under directly democratic community control Cheese Sandwich Apr 2015 #1

thanks for thinking about the OP and adding your suggestions. cali Apr 2015 #2

That system is so open for abuse it'd be immediately exploited I'm afraid. Calista241 Apr 2015 #10

Makes sense. I can't think of any scenarios a cop would need more than rubber bullets. RealityAdvocate Apr 2015 #13

A couple... ScreamingMeemie Apr 2015 #3

Good suggestions- particularly the one about psych testing cali Apr 2015 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author bigtree Apr 2015 #4

While I am not normally a big proponent of affirmative action, Nye Bevan Apr 2015 #6

Agreed. If Ferguson is black, the cops should be black, mostly treestar Apr 2015 #12

I advocate for "The Purge" NM_Birder Apr 2015 #7

So, you're going to stick with snark when it comes to dis cussing racial matters. bettyellen Apr 2015 #8

Drug testing. Lars39 Apr 2015 #9

Now that is spot on!!! nt kelliekat44 Apr 2015 #11

Interesting how threads like this one, which actually seek to discuss ways to help end racism, Nye Bevan Apr 2015 #14

I find it depressing. cali Apr 2015 #15