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In reply to the discussion: AA Fem Officer Beaten & Loses Pension: Stopping Male Pale Cop Choking Handcuffed AA man [View all]BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)34. has a lot to do with gender, too.
Many women are heroic....but rarely get recognition.
Certainly not long term nor highly publicized admiration, held up as role models, figures of respect.
Historically, only a very few Black women who fought for abolition and later, Civil Rights come to mind as widely recognized. (Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, and Rosa Parks)
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AA Fem Officer Beaten & Loses Pension: Stopping Male Pale Cop Choking Handcuffed AA man [View all]
laserhaas
Dec 2014
OP
I suggest a quick fax to them all, especially if you live in that area. They have to account/record
Sunlei
Dec 2014
#46
Twitter works well also, to bring an issue into the light. Include a contact email or phone number.
Sunlei
Dec 2014
#51
America needs to define the word "hero", because it doesn't know one when we see one.
world wide wally
Dec 2014
#4
Sad, but true. In officer Wilson's case - REAL Bad precedent of being rewarded.
laserhaas
Dec 2014
#8
Being a good cop is punishable by loss of livelihood and pension being a rogue villian is rewarded
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#22
Shouldn't (at least in 2 by formation) there be black cops in black neighborhoods?
laserhaas
Dec 2014
#25
Can you imagine the devestation of losing our career of 19 years AND pension too
laserhaas
Dec 2014
#42