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In reply to the discussion: Texas cops refused to send escort to Biden bus [View all]OldBaldy1701E
(11,392 posts)13. That may backfire in a very deadly way
Texans look for any excuse to pretend they are still in the Wild West, so having the police shirking their duty will just get more incidents of dead people laying just inside the door (remember, drag them inside if you shoot them, to make sure you are within your rights). Turning neighborhoods into combat zones will certainly get people motivated, but it may not be in the way the rethugs want. We will see, I guess.
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It's been a part of their overall grand scheme for sure -- police depts, school boards,
KPN
Oct 2021
#22
And it's working, too, because few Dems in power ever address it. And it'll work because
Nay
Oct 2021
#35
Were they not protecting elected or campaign officials? Or someone else? Or property? Or...?
ancianita
Oct 2021
#41
Sorry, I don't follow. What specifically did they not do that caused harm like TX cops?
ancianita
Oct 2021
#51
Hmm, Arizona is a state i've been through numerous times in the past & no issues whatsoever.
lark
Oct 2021
#30
I've been going there since my in laws moved from California to the Phoenix area in 1993
kimbutgar
Oct 2021
#33
It probably goes way back...Green Bay was on it's way to becoming a major midwest transport hub
LeftInTX
Oct 2021
#71
They don't do anything because they will be threatened and run out of a job/career.
Dustlawyer
Oct 2021
#32
Okay. Well, here's an idea: It's true, as Irish_Dem says, "Still open season on Dems in Texas"
ancianita
Oct 2021
#72
Here in Austin, police are refusing to respond to property crimes in residential neighborhoods.
Lonestarblue
Oct 2021
#10
Unless more dead, & derelict cops are trying to foment a civil war. Then that's what rethugs want.
ancianita
Oct 2021
#76
This is everywhere at this point. My cop friend and I have discussions and he said "I can't talk
Evolve Dammit
Oct 2021
#12
Also, last year the San Marcos police fucking lied and told the FBI they "weren't able
Wingus Dingus
Oct 2021
#21
Every lawyer defending a client arrested by SMPD should use the 'they lied to the FBI, can we trust
ZonkerHarris
Oct 2021
#49
Common thread to this kind of police fascism is fascist police unions.
Alexander Of Assyria
Oct 2021
#34