Thug is the new Nigg**!!

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420. Well, I'm wondering if maybe we defeat the whole "thug" thing by spreading it around.

Using it to refer to the cops and this maddening trend of ridiculous, obscene overkill. Their behavior that I have seen in these videos - certainly qualifies them to be called thugs. If it's used to refer to the police as well, then maybe that might blunt the immediate attempt to focus its reference directly toward African American males. Call it what it is. These police "officers" are THUGS. I think they've earned that description, openly and on the record. Theirs is very clearly thuggish behavior - from what we've seen.

Some officer driving a police wagon and deliberately slamming on the brakes or taking curves or turns recklessly, so the person in custody in the back, who's also restrained, cuffed, ankle-shackled, CANNOT brace themselves OR grab for something to steady themselves in a wild ride, especially if it's deliberate and extreme - IS BEING A THUG.

I think we have to take back that word, too. The way we've had to start taking back the word "Liberal." The way we've had to start taking back the word "Feminist." Let's be accurate. A thug is an overzealous white cop, too - as the videos prove.