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In reply to the discussion: Do the police think that they are gods? [View all]LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)104. ntractable dogmas deny room for anything else...
I suppose it's either Authoritarians or the Fuck-The-Policers.
Intractable dogmas deny possibility for anything else...
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Actually the politicians and Plutocrats who armed and metaphorically roided up these cops
Zalatix
May 2012
#13
My points are all documented. There is no conspiratorial fear mongering there at all. Just facts.
Zalatix
May 2012
#15
Ah, so that's why Randy Weaver's wife deserved to die while holding a baby in her arms.
Zalatix
May 2012
#86
That doesn't excuse a law enforcement agent shooting an unarmed woman with a baby in her arms.
Zalatix
May 2012
#88
Gotcha, your argument contained sympathy for the mother and the kid she was holding.
Zalatix
May 2012
#99
Please note this video of a man being threatened and arrested for attempting to file a complaint
Fire Walk With Me
May 2012
#12
All I know is what we can see there. Perhaps if you backtrack to the youtube page
Fire Walk With Me
May 2012
#106
And don't miss this goldmine of examples of undercover cops caught causing trouble:
Fire Walk With Me
May 2012
#14
Just the fact that he felt comfortable doing it is an indictment of our police forces..
Fumesucker
May 2012
#27
When those who are sworn and tasked to uphold the law deliberately break it..
Fumesucker
May 2012
#33
It wasn't a legal act yet many police officers watched it done and never lifted a finger..
Fumesucker
May 2012
#128
There is no evidence that the protesters in the Davis case were breaking the law..
Fumesucker
May 2012
#129
Wow. You probably believe that "police brutality" was a word invented by Oliver Stone.
Zalatix
May 2012
#30
Well, I have not talked to a cop that didn't admit it. Maybe 100 of them in my lifetime of asking..
Logical
May 2012
#52
No it is not good reason. It is actually False Arrest 90% of the time. Are you gullible....
Logical
May 2012
#55
Sorry, he's too busy defending cops who shoot unarmed women with babies in their arms
Zalatix
May 2012
#100
OK, I have no choice but to put you on Ignore for insinuating that
coalition_unwilling
May 2012
#136
The only reason the police have more firepower is because more firepower is available to the public.
baldguy
May 2012
#26
I don't know if you're deliberately missing the point, or if you're just too dim to get it.
baldguy
May 2012
#77
Your "argument" - such as it is - doesn't bear the slightest resembance to reality.
baldguy
May 2012
#83
Temper, temper. You're getting absolutely nowhere here except making your case look very bad.
Zalatix
May 2012
#110
You're getting your talking points & tactics directly from Faux Snooze & FreeRepublic.
baldguy
May 2012
#145
"Do you deny the rampant nature of police brutality against Occupy protesters? "
NCTraveler
May 2012
#107
They are part of the new religion of America: the cult of the Blue servants of Robber Baron Capitali
lonestarnot
May 2012
#61
You are far along the path to fucked as soon as you have law enforcement instead of peace officers
TheKentuckian
May 2012
#75