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In reply to the discussion: So much hatred [View all]Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)17. At some point the police are going to have to make a choice
I realize many are following orders they do not like in order to keep their jobs, benefits and pensions. But somewhere down the line they need to understand that the people who will fight for their union rights are the protestors and NOT their bosses and elected officials.
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Well, I was in chess club in High School. Does that count? :) - n/t
coalition_unwilling
May 2012
#58
Looks like someone in the back of the crowd starting pushing, One cop started swinging.
adigal
May 2012
#39
Fuck whom? The protesters? The police? And why "their families too"?
coalition_unwilling
May 2012
#104
So the cops' hatred for protesters and free speech doesn't bring tears to your eyes?
Zalatix
May 2012
#2
I've had traffic stops where the cop the was rude, overbearing, but thankfully not violent.
Bake
May 2012
#127
By my book New York City has had exactly two good cops in the past two generations.
backscatter712
May 2012
#29
I've found most police officers to be reasonable, level-headed, and open-minded, but only after...
slackmaster
May 2012
#9
The problem is that during these protests they good ones do not stop the bad ones
Marrah_G
May 2012
#80
No, really. Just look at Zappa's life, at his words. You're on the diametric opposite end of the
DisgustipatedinCA
May 2012
#114
Are you sure your numbers are right?? That would mean each state has 10000 police departments???
adigal
May 2012
#44
When the mission of cops transmogrifies into protecting the property of the 1%, we get Keystone Kops
WingDinger
May 2012
#26
Yes, so much hatred. Why do cops hate the people they are paid to protect so much?
sabrina 1
May 2012
#27
Ok so who will the Plutocrats rely on for defense if they keep cutting the cops?
Zalatix
May 2012
#117
"Plutocrats" can hire their own security, they don't need government to arrange it for them
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
May 2012
#131
They sure do and it works. Defunding the police would be orders of magnitude more successful
TheKentuckian
May 2012
#118
The UN estimates that about 10,000 people have been killed in the fighting in Syria since March 2011
RZM
May 2012
#72
I've been with and following the Occupy movement closely since its birth
Fire Walk With Me
May 2012
#144