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In reply to the discussion: My nephew is a 29 year cop said this about Ferguson. [View all]Response to Cosmocat (Reply #85)
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Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown are "d-bags"? Do you think Zimmerman was ok in shooting
uppityperson
Nov 2014
#55
What is this with rw'er a and their obsession with alpha. Really says something not
seabeyond
Dec 2014
#76
there are cops in my family and prison guards and I am one semester away from a bachelors
roguevalley
Nov 2014
#30
I've wondered off and on whether the gloating boast of that shitstain Ancuna
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#70
I recommended a previous thread of yours where you said Wilson is guilty of bad police work.
John1956PA
Nov 2014
#11
it's actually very relevant that he can't tell if the confrontation was necessarily racial,
MisterP
Nov 2014
#12
Doctors are mot sued for making "stupid" choices, however, they may be liable for "negligence."
branford
Nov 2014
#21
Johnnie Cochran made his name and got rich over the repeated negligence of the LAPD
kwassa
Nov 2014
#67
I certainly understand the frustration, particularly in a case like the Brown shooting.
branford
Nov 2014
#25
"5- If all of this was in accordance to Wilson's training, an idiot trained him." I've read in this
Cal33
Nov 2014
#22
No disrespect to the nephew but he is demonstrating what must be baseline wisdom for the position.
TheKentuckian
Nov 2014
#33
Great post. I think my FIL - 25+ years in law enforcement, 23 more in military - would say similar.
Hoyt
Nov 2014
#31
Like the King beating. Even if every word the cops said initially was true, it should have
brewens
Nov 2014
#39
I remember my dad, a cop for 30 years, being disgusted and horrified by what those LAPD cops did to
catbyte
Nov 2014
#40
The right wing yahoos seem to think Wilson was required by law to chase and stop him.
Hoyt
Nov 2014
#44
Your nephew sounds like a decent human being and competent law enforcement officer,
Enthusiast
Nov 2014
#46
Plausible interpretation. A cowardly scumbag starting shit instead of defusing it.
True Blue Door
Nov 2014
#49
This is why I support hugely increasing cop pay and hiring fewer of them.
True Blue Door
Nov 2014
#60
Agree, I do not understand why Wilson and others can't just walk away. Grow up already I say!
OrwellwasRight
Dec 2014
#103
Your nephew sounds like a police officer with lots of commone sense and good training
TxVietVet
Dec 2014
#86