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In reply to the discussion: "Fuck Your Breath" [View all]arcane1
(38,613 posts)77. Finally watched the video. Even the TASER was excessive, if you ask me.
When you're on the ground and 5 guys are roughing you up, a taser is excessive force.
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Not 'just' a symptom, but I take your point. During Occupy Los Angeles, we
KingCharlemagne
Apr 2015
#7
When the power holder in any group gives a bullyboy someone to bully, he cements
tblue37
Apr 2015
#28
You may have zeroed in on a very, very important dynamic. "... occupied some special status
GoneFishin
Apr 2015
#46
Back in December, Matt Taibbi published a little-noticed op-ed piece in Rolling Stone that
KingCharlemagne
Apr 2015
#53
OT, but I teach English as a Second Language so, of course, I'm thinking about how I would teach
KingCharlemagne
Apr 2015
#64
'scheming guttersnipes' is good. Even "scheming" by itself is pretty versatile when discussing
GoneFishin
Apr 2015
#69
Some of my Socialist comrades refer to this same cadre as the "Labor Aristocrats," workers given
KingCharlemagne
Apr 2015
#61
Ah, I had forgotten Mr. London's contributions to our understanding of the class struggle. I find
KingCharlemagne
Apr 2015
#109
Here is some information about why some cops have the same mindset of criminals
Maraya1969
Apr 2015
#72
We need to deal with this on a national level. Local authorities seem to have lost control.
marble falls
Apr 2015
#5
Have they 'lost control' or are the police merely executing (npi) their actual
KingCharlemagne
Apr 2015
#8
Either way its detrimental to all citizens: disproportionally so if the executed is black, male...
marble falls
Apr 2015
#25
And detrimental to the notion of a 'republic,' I think. What do you think President
KingCharlemagne
Apr 2015
#37
absolutely, positively donot want a national police force on the streets.....
marble falls
Apr 2015
#74
Agreed. Just the thought he'd be nominated in 2008 drove some people crazy and there were racist
freshwest
Apr 2015
#19
May I humbly suggest the words "cretins or troglodytes or bigots" as labels for
libdem4life
Apr 2015
#34
Again, thank you. I get similar lessons from the young 'uns myself and keep on learning.
libdem4life
Apr 2015
#90
That seems to have happened in some quarters, aided and abetted by big money.
freshwest
Apr 2015
#84
I think you are completely right. If you are cop and a raging racist under the surface,
GoneFishin
Apr 2015
#47
I can assure you this backlash is real and takes place in business too, the story I could tell
NoJusticeNoPeace
Apr 2015
#55
Some of it is also the general fear of black people getting "uppity"....
Spitfire of ATJ
Apr 2015
#87
"who "said he" accidentally pulled his gun"< Just wanted to add a necessary correction. n/t
jtuck004
Apr 2015
#16
Thanks. I am too deaf to understand words on videos, so I wouldn't be able to tell
tblue37
Apr 2015
#35
You mean treating a black man like a piece of spoiled meat? Or the "accident". ?
jtuck004
Apr 2015
#44
I'm aghast that they were using a 73 year old retired officer on the street
TorchTheWitch
Apr 2015
#101
But he gave them lots of shiny toys, so he can play cop now, and shoot people, too!
hatrack
Apr 2015
#30
How is the officer's sentiments toward the man different from that of the Nazi SS?
Enthusiast
Apr 2015
#42
Just replace the uniforms, use black & white film, and substitute "you have a tail light out" with
GoneFishin
Apr 2015
#52
Just watched the video...that's it, something WILL be done otherwise there is
NoJusticeNoPeace
Apr 2015
#59
Exactly, I marched in seattle for "I cant breathe" but I dont know what else to do
NoJusticeNoPeace
Apr 2015
#68
Kick for Police training where fatally wounded suspects get nothing but a knee on their head.
Octafish
Apr 2015
#65
the use of a taser at the moment it was fired (as a gun) did not appear necessary
tomm2thumbs
Apr 2015
#89
Same wtih Oscar Grant: when face-down and cuffed, a taser is nothing but torture.
arcane1
Apr 2015
#91
How the fuck does Oklahoma or any other place let untrained volunteers wield a gun and Taser?
Mayberry Machiavelli
Apr 2015
#79
There is something seriously wrong with the recruiting, hiring, firing and determination of
JDPriestly
Apr 2015
#88
More cell phones and normal citizens who are brave enough to send it to a news outlet.
libdem4life
Apr 2015
#93
Cold.. Callus Murder... The cop will get a medal, he will be praised and given time off with pay
uponit7771
Apr 2015
#100