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In reply to the discussion: Kaepernick: Abolish police, prisons [View all]intheflow
(28,462 posts)63. Thanks for calling me irrational.
Ill say it again: I agree with him. Prisons are needlessly punitive to most of their prisoners and also serve as advanced criminal training camps. Police are out of control (and spare me any not all police bs) and emotionally and intellectually incapable of handling most of what they encounter while protecting property rather than people. The system is beyond broken and needs to be dismantled to be reborn in a more humane, just, and restorative system.
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And then Harris and Biden and other democrats will be ask to comment which is
beachbumbob
Oct 2020
#4
What's the trap you speak of. All they have to say is that "This is one mans opinion and not ours.
Ferrets are Cool
Oct 2020
#5
I don't think he is supporting Biden . I don't think he is even registered to vote.
JI7
Oct 2020
#10
Of course he can't. And of course he shouldn't. But, he should at least propose something...
SKKY
Oct 2020
#45
While you certainly have the right to criticize anyone for anything you wish
Ferrets are Cool
Oct 2020
#13
2016: lesser of two evils "in the end, it's still evil." Hillary was evil, a liar, racist and it
betsuni
Oct 2020
#32
Well, that didnt answer his question. And the answer is YES. But money talks.
oldsoftie
Oct 2020
#24
I agree 100%. While I support Colin's right to say whatever he wants to say, I do wish he had
Ferrets are Cool
Oct 2020
#15
Not sure what is over the top here, Police were birthed out of a combination of slave patrols...
Humanist_Activist
Oct 2020
#29
I would like to see a major shift for our defense money actually and cut that by half and use that
cstanleytech
Oct 2020
#30
Glad to see white liberals have jumped on the anti-Kaepernick train.
ForgoTheConsequence
Oct 2020
#31