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justiceischeap

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41. The court system does not function the same for all individuals

Mon Dec 22, 2014, 07:17 AM

Dec 2014

And to deny that is sticking ones head in the sand.

There are cops out there that get away with illegal stuff all the time, look at the recently posted video of the 12 yr old in NYC that was handcuffed, bent over a car and an undercover cop ran up and started punching him in the back--all this while he was surrounded by 3 or 4 other cops who had the situation well in hand. What was the kid doing? Asking why he was being arrested. I guess that constitutes resisting arrest these days.

As far as Eric Garner is concerned, there has been no proof set forth that he was selling loosie cigarettes the day he was killed. So how can he be resisting arrest if no crime was being committed in the first place? He was being harassed because he was known to cell loosies and he was tired of the harassment. Where was his right to assert that he couldn't be unlawfully arrested?

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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