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Rex

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34. It's ridiculous to pretend some cops don't abuse their badge.

Reply to treestar (Reply #20)

Sun Dec 21, 2014, 11:55 PM

Dec 2014

Or DAs for that matter, but you already knew that.

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Cops have a very dangerous job at times, but let's be clear: [View all] apples and oranges Dec 2014 OP

Somehow I became FB "friends" with a cop...... socialist_n_TN Dec 2014 #1

Exactly. That's the rhetoric I've been hearing as well apples and oranges Dec 2014 #3

Exactly. brush Dec 2014 #30

Interesting. Savannahmann Dec 2014 #42

I don't disagree that he's an idiot...... socialist_n_TN Dec 2014 #44

It is very clear in my mind ... cops murdering / using exessive force is reprehensible .... etherealtruth Dec 2014 #2

Well said. nm rhett o rick Dec 2014 #4

Holy shit! Common sense. Action_Patrol Dec 2014 #11

Murdering cops has NEVER been tolerated!!! ret5hd Dec 2014 #26

+infinity. nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2014 #27

ditto. + Infinity nt ecstatic Dec 2014 #29

Perhaps if you reread ... you will see that I made the distinction .... etherealtruth Dec 2014 #40

EXACTLY!!! nt Raine Dec 2014 #43

I haven't had any interaction with police for several years. lpbk2713 Dec 2014 #5

They don't sign up to be killed though treestar Dec 2014 #6

Yes, great idea. F4lconF16 Dec 2014 #7

Go to court to assert your rights! treestar Dec 2014 #12

Oh you are SO right tkmorris Dec 2014 #24

The courts helped Trayvon, Jordan, Brown, Garner get justice... ecstatic Dec 2014 #28

Some people live in TV Land Tsiyu Dec 2014 #35

Really, are you paying attention? You blame all the victims for behaving incorrectly now? Classy.... Logical Dec 2014 #8

I was responding to the concept that cops "sign up for" getting shot treestar Dec 2014 #13

Well, sometimes when a cop is beating you you tend to instinctively defend yourself. Stu[id people. Logical Dec 2014 #16

Really so they beat people out of nowhere? treestar Dec 2014 #18

YOU are claiming they never do?? Seriously? nt Logical Dec 2014 #21

Ahem. NutmegYankee Dec 2014 #37

Dead people don't get to "assert their rights in court". You think Tamir Johnson was resisting in TheKentuckian Dec 2014 #17

Each case is different treestar Dec 2014 #19

But they DO sign up for a risky job...... Logical Dec 2014 #22

What of law? You are talking about rule of law enforcement and pretending it is the rule of law TheKentuckian Dec 2014 #25

The OP said cops sign up for a job that can at times be dangerous . . . brush Dec 2014 #31

Neither do convenience store clerks but do you support one saying it looked like he was helpmetohelpyou Dec 2014 #10

A clerk would get self defense there treestar Dec 2014 #14

because the court system is where you want to be lame54 Dec 2014 #15

It is ridiculous to throw the court system out entirely treestar Dec 2014 #20

It's ridiculous to pretend some cops don't abuse their badge. Rex Dec 2014 #34

Please . . . markpkessinger Dec 2014 #36

The court system does not function the same for all individuals justiceischeap Dec 2014 #41

Lol! Katashi_itto Dec 2014 #23

Yeah...not like all the other jobs that people do sign up to be killed. Right? Rex Dec 2014 #33

As long as the cop got home safely helpmetohelpyou Dec 2014 #9

Construction workers have much more dangerous job. nt U4ikLefty Dec 2014 #32

A lot of people do. LuvNewcastle Dec 2014 #38

For some reason cop deaths are more important than normal people deaths. Nt Logical Dec 2014 #45

Very well said. WhiteAndNerdy Dec 2014 #39