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dsc

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26. why isn't it?

Sun Oct 31, 2021, 09:37 PM

Oct 2021

we are always out numbered, the kids can be armed, and we have to tell kids to do things they don't wish to do. I really do get a bit tired of hearing about people who are armed, often outnumber those they face, being excused for mowing down people in hails of gunfire.

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Why Many Police Traffic Stops Turn Deadly [View all] Nevilledog Oct 2021 OP

It's A wretched Business, Ma'am The Magistrate Oct 2021 #1

+1 ProfessorGAC Oct 2021 #8

And in the moment of confrontation, how is the cop supposed to know whether the person is armed? Jedi Guy Oct 2021 #11

Sad The Magistrate Oct 2021 #17

Whatever. N/T Jedi Guy Oct 2021 #18

Compare The Rates, Sweetheart The Magistrate Oct 2021 #19

Whatever, "sweetheart." I said no such thing. N/T Jedi Guy Oct 2021 #20

You Just Can't Defend It Wheh Called On It The Magistrate Oct 2021 #21

Oh please. Jedi Guy Oct 2021 #24

Flat Nonesense The Magistrate Nov 2021 #28

Thank you snowybirdie Oct 2021 #2

I was able to find some statistics from 2018 to help answer this question. Jedi Guy Oct 2021 #13

If teachers used force 3% of the time they came in contact with school children dsc Oct 2021 #23

Yes, because that's absolutely a valid comparison... N/T Jedi Guy Oct 2021 #25

why isn't it? dsc Oct 2021 #26

So you're honestly comparing kids breaking school rules to adults breaking laws? Jedi Guy Oct 2021 #27

Yeah but they've lost the benefit of the doubt on that "use of force" now and some are ... uponit7771 Nov 2021 #31

I still give the benefit of the doubt until the investigation is done. Jedi Guy Nov 2021 #36

Tell it to Tamir rice dsc Nov 2021 #32

Timothy Loehmann should never have been a cop to begin with. Jedi Guy Nov 2021 #37

Lol. Most of this thread strikes me as appallingly dishonest Hortensis Nov 2021 #34

Yeah, the anti-cop extremism on DU is something else, especially for a "reality based community." Jedi Guy Nov 2021 #38

I take it you've never had a personally terrifying encounter with the police... hunter Nov 2021 #39

You are incorrect. Jedi Guy Nov 2021 #40

I got away with a lot of shit when I was a wild young thing because I was white. hunter Nov 2021 #41

I didn't say anything about being respectful. Jedi Guy Nov 2021 #43

What's the term for when people have no way to answer Hortensis Nov 2021 #44

Making apologies for all those "good apples" sweeps the horrors under the rug. hunter Nov 2021 #45

We already know many police officers are MAGAts... Blue Owl Oct 2021 #3

they are hunters, and we are their prey stillcool Oct 2021 #4

It's their training. Cops are taught everyone presents a threat and all encounters are potentially sop Oct 2021 #5

I personally know 3 people who have left their police jobs. KentuckyWoman Oct 2021 #6

People need to stand up and make police depts accountable tulipsandroses Oct 2021 #7

Too many cops are the aggressors. LiberalFighter Oct 2021 #9

FTP. K&R. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2021 #10

K&R multigraincracker Oct 2021 #12

Why? Because police have guns but most of them don't have the temperament or wisdom... hunter Oct 2021 #14

One has to ask, how many cops are doing drug and slave traffic? PurgedVoter Oct 2021 #15

Covid has shown that the "feared for their lives" claim is completely bogus. Crunchy Frog Oct 2021 #16

THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾 1 million recs of this !! uponit7771 Nov 2021 #30

I'm convinced that of many them enjoy imposing... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2021 #22

K&R, "officer-created jeopardy" uponit7771 Nov 2021 #29

"contempt of cop"? More like weak-minded and insecure cops licking their wounds by killing those Solly Mack Nov 2021 #33

We all know police killings, including what amount to executions, Hortensis Nov 2021 #35

This is a must read Deminpenn Nov 2021 #42