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In reply to the discussion: What I Did After Police Killed My Son [View all]Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)18. Certainly they are genuine and serious problems which a civilized society needs to address
I would even go so far as to say an aggressive and overly militarized police force is a real potential threat to democracy.
When police forces are being used to further partisan politician goals, then you have a police state.
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Certainly they are genuine and serious problems which a civilized society needs to address
Major Nikon
Dec 2014
#18
Yes, a police state is being constructed around us. And yes, it's used to further political goals
woo me with science
Dec 2014
#28
Ah, this goes hand in hand with sexism = women's fault / what we want or deserve....
bettyellen
Dec 2014
#39
That was like the Death Star of posts! Blasting away at the bullshit with an unimaginable magnitude
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#49
more here ...yea that's right ...I saved this stuff ...I think it was one of your posts.
L0oniX
Mar 2015
#60
the same people will tell you sexism is not an issue because we're not Saudi Arabia, LOL.
bettyellen
Dec 2014
#38
no need for hyperbole, when so many women have no access to reproductive choice, but thanks
bettyellen
Dec 2014
#56
Very few of us are legal experts in here, except for those with law degrees, but we all
world wide wally
Dec 2014
#5
I think it is of value to recognize that black men are the majority of the people target because
jwirr
Dec 2014
#9
Our Government has placed the police above the law. That is what we have learned
sabrina 1
Dec 2014
#11
"IF they do this to one person they can do this to any one of us" gets blank stares
mulsh
Dec 2014
#19
Yes, conservatives as a matter of course just make shit up and distort what isn't whole cloth.
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#50
A man who went into the wrong house after a night of drinking was killed by a cop
undeterred
Dec 2014
#46