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In reply to the discussion: What I've Learned from Two Years Collecting Data on Police Killings [View all]truedelphi
(32,324 posts)39. Keep trying and trying.
At times, modern day life breaks your heart. But it is important to keep trying.
I lose hope and then some innocuous post on a website rekindles my hope. When I read some years back that Malia asked the Prsident what he was doing about the massive BP oil leak into the ocean, that gave me hope. Go Malia!
And remember to give yourself a break occasionally from the mess that is the outer world. If you stay focused on the outer world, you don't see that 8 yr old kid doing somersaults in the first winter's snow. Or the middle aged volunteer coming into the elder home and reading Christmas stories to the clients there.
In any event,
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What I've Learned from Two Years Collecting Data on Police Killings [View all]
Hissyspit
Dec 2014
OP
Right, that's a good question. In the case of NYC, de Blasio has been major just 11 months.
eomer
Dec 2014
#42
Sounds like a job Congress COULD DO. I didn't say would do because we all know that they won't.
Dustlawyer
Dec 2014
#17
Thanks for the link (and the prod). Bookmarked for review later today. I don't have
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#21
They are not the only ones who have learned that there is no data on the murder of US Citizens
sabrina 1
Dec 2014
#26
Last about the last paragraph - the reason your locat news says things like "Police were forced to .
Liberal_in_LA
Dec 2014
#37