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(52,190 posts)
Tue Oct 10, 2017, 11:29 PM Oct 2017

here's my complicated, controversial solution to get the nfl back to just playing football:

it's a wacky and wild and crazy idea.

and i know it's a fantasy that will never be turned into a reality.

at least not in my lifetime.

but here it is.


ready?



hold on to your hats because it's a really out-there nutso idea...



ok, here goes:



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*******************stop police shooting black people*******************
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here's my complicated, controversial solution to get the nfl back to just playing football: (Original Post) unblock Oct 2017 OP
Brilliant MaryMagdaline Oct 2017 #1
i may not have all the answers, but at least i'm trying to stay on the right question. unblock Oct 2017 #3
But when it does happen, aggressively prosecute the cops who murder black people. GReedDiamond Oct 2017 #2
it's astounding that one could be happy just to have them fired. unblock Oct 2017 #4
Yes... this is really the solution. mountain grammy Oct 2017 #5
Even just stop police shooting *unarmed* black people would be a hell of an improvement. quakerboy Oct 2017 #6

GReedDiamond

(5,311 posts)
2. But when it does happen, aggressively prosecute the cops who murder black people.
Tue Oct 10, 2017, 11:40 PM
Oct 2017

When the evidence indicates, I think hate crimes should be tacked onto the charges against cops who kill black people (when murder charges are in rare instances pursued at all).

unblock

(52,190 posts)
4. it's astounding that one could be happy just to have them fired.
Tue Oct 10, 2017, 11:55 PM
Oct 2017

i mean, i agree that merely being fired isn't nearly enough, but usually it seems they don't even lose their jobs.

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