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In reply to the discussion: Couple arrested for dancing while waiting for the train in New York. [View all]jtuck004
(15,882 posts)93. Exactly.
Get those down to commodity prices, put tens of thousands around on undisclosed locations, people carrying them, etc.
I think it would result in a lot more humane policing.
Thanks for that.
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Isn't this the same city that doesn't want people to be fat, so they are taking away the big cup
midnight
Jul 2012
#1
It's those scary Jew couples gay couples and everthing else Y'oud understand if you you were there.
DCKit
Jul 2012
#54
Wow, that's freaking ridiculous. So there was someone playing music, they started
IndyJones
Jul 2012
#9
Suspicions were raised when, without warning, they did a "terrorist ass-bump" during the Charleston.
jtuck004
Jul 2012
#11
Really, police brutality, or overzealous actions by police/military in general, is
DLnyc
Jul 2012
#16
In many areas, law states you must carry ID, and present to police upon demand
Hugabear
Jul 2012
#51
Worse, NYPD can "stop and frisk" anyone, provided they're "scary" - young, non-white, and not rich.
leveymg
Jul 2012
#79
"I'm a dentist and I'm 55" sorry he got abused and arrested but there is elitism in his statement
Liberal_in_LA
Jul 2012
#24
I think you mean "apologists". Apologists are people. Apologetics is the discipline of
yellowcanine
Jul 2012
#74
More disturbing were the "suggested stories" linked at the bottom of the page...
Beartracks
Jul 2012
#25
So the charge was reportedly "disorderly conduct "to prevent the flow of traffic.""
redqueen
Jul 2012
#31
It's not whether we might be better off without police -- they are a necessary evil -- but
coalition_unwilling
Jul 2012
#53
Filing in the "Somebody somewhere might be having fun and we must stop that at all cost." file.
yellowcanine
Jul 2012
#41
There will always be testosterone cowboys prowling around out there in cop suits.
Fridays Child
Jul 2012
#52
I guess we really don't know how often honest cops have tried to blow the whistle.
Fridays Child
Jul 2012
#116
Please... impeding the flow of traffic around midnight (3 people) not valid reason for arrest.
Tigress DEM
Jul 2012
#96
well my goodness someone had to stop them.What if this caught on and people started dancing, singing
Douglas Carpenter
Jul 2012
#97