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In reply to the discussion: A Neutral Look At Police Brutality [View all]SwampG8r
(10,287 posts)12. usually
i read what you post
shake my head and hope you are not allowed in public unsupervised
but this...
i could eat a bowl of alphabet soup and crap out a more cogent statement
"good union workers" do NOT escort scabs across picket lines
i wont even bother with you trying to twist numbers as poorly as you try to twist facts
if you are not now prescribed meds see someone
if they have been prescribed previously then start taking them again
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According to that chart 93.4% of all policemen have a great record with ZERO complaints
graham4anything
Apr 2013
#1
Get rid of the bad ones. The problem is-the bad police have guns(aka Dorner).
graham4anything
Apr 2013
#3
You don't do a service to good cops by not acknowledging they are 93.4%.
graham4anything
Apr 2013
#13
I would rather have a policeman 100% of the time than a Zimmerman even once.
graham4anything
Apr 2013
#23
Wrong. The chart does not show "93.4% of all policemen have a great record with ZERO complaints"
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#11
Wrong. You falsely equated the stats for the pool of cops for one year with all cops.
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#16
Stereotyping all policemen as a single unit is like stereotyping any race or religion
graham4anything
Apr 2013
#29
What percent of the population file a complaint against a police officer per year? ever?
FarCenter
Apr 2013
#30
Considering their frequent contact with anti-social behaviors, it is an astonishingly low rate
FarCenter
Apr 2013
#33
'compliant' attitude? They are our employees. If eg, you are a minority in NY and you are
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#42
Well, perhaps you haven't caught on to the fact that the NYPD harasses citizens routinely…
MrScorpio
Apr 2013
#43
Anti-social behaviors like walking down the street being the wrong color.
Comrade Grumpy
Apr 2013
#44