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In reply to the discussion: I hate you fucking cops for what you did to Kelly Thomas! You are heathens! Killers of the [View all]EmeraldCityGrl
(4,310 posts)71. Wish I could get my adult sons
out of this country, it's just not an option for us. I understand more
fully how people for over two centuries were willing to give up
everything they had to come here with nothing but the clothes on
their backs for the chance to live in a free society. Those days are over.
We live in a police state. Take care of each other.
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I hate you fucking cops for what you did to Kelly Thomas! You are heathens! Killers of the [View all]
lonestarnot
May 2012
OP
Does a normal human being have to be trained to know NOT TO BEAT SOMEBODY TO DEATH?
Bake
May 2012
#7
Agree. But it looks like that is fine with our society. That's the type of "hero" that
rhett o rick
May 2012
#44
Correct. This is why I am fully opposed to ANY union representation for law "enforcement".
Dawson Leery
May 2012
#75
I'm sorry, but cops should not need a training class on how NOT to be a stone-cold murderer.
stranger81
May 2012
#27
anyone who needs training to know what they did is not ok needs serious help and should never
JI7
May 2012
#69
One term to describe this behavior on behalf of the politicians is "lionizing".
Dawson Leery
May 2012
#36
well, they probably would have the same reaction they have toward rape victims
datasuspect
May 2012
#14
Would it be helpful if Attorney General Holder would prosecute a few of them?
AnotherMcIntosh
May 2012
#20
If you start looking at the video tapes that are pileing up as police brutality evidence...
W T F
May 2012
#33
I am more than tired of hearing cops complain about how hard their job is.
Dawson Leery
May 2012
#35
I honestly believe much of that sadistic police brutality is directly attributed
Uncle Joe
May 2012
#38
Link to youtube vid (incident starts ~ 15 min in) since OP vid didn't load for me....
uppityperson
May 2012
#40
these cops, listening to another human being pleading for their life, have lost their soul
newspeak
May 2012
#49
there are many out of work, can't find work and you're asking "who else would want to do the job?
newspeak
May 2012
#74
Wonder about that knowledge of "68 "Billyclub to the forehead" crap is similar in nature to Georgia.
lonestarnot
May 2012
#88