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We certainly need to also

trkingmomoe — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 21:06:11 +0000

In reply to More Police Brutality--Victoria, texas.

We certainly need to also hold the Departments that hire these rouge cops accountable and fire the Chief too. These fools need to wake up to the fact that everyone is carrying a phone these days that can record several minutes of video. People are becoming more apt to record these types of incidents as their civic duty.

Fixed!

Michael Wolraich — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 04:36:22 +0000

In reply to Hello Mike...

Fixed!

No Godwin doesn't have a 'all

NCD — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 03:43:14 +0000

In reply to Does Godwin's Law still apply

No Godwin doesn't have a 'all internet threads wind up with the NKVD' Law.

The GOP seems very Stalinist to me these days, as I have posted. Out of control law enforcement goes right along with that meme.

As far as Hitler goes, we did have a Nuremberg prosecutor say GWBush violated the same international laws that Nazi Germany did and should be put on trial. Perhaps in his smug 'it could never happen here' blather Godwin would dismiss the import of that opinion.

Resistance, was that a funny?

Oxy Mora — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 03:31:48 +0000

In reply to Maybe the officer thought he

Resistance, was that a funny? Right on, man.

Maybe the officer thought he

Resistance — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 02:41:00 +0000

In reply to I didn't see a cool

Maybe the officer thought he saw one of the Mexican mafia's henchmen and decided to pull Vasquez over to investigate for his registration and license?

Maybe one of Whitey Bulger's old buddies?

Born: September 3, 1929 (age 85) Whitey Bulger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Proving what does age have to do with this call?

Or maybe the officer wasn't going to chase Vasquez, into the shop, to be pounced upon by a piece of muffler pipe, or that Vasquez's buddy, seen in the video, wouldn't gang up on the officer, inside the garage?

I think this is the root

ocean-kat — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 02:33:07 +0000

In reply to I didn't see a cool

I think this is the root cause of most police abuse. Racism plays a part but I think it's less hatred of blacks than the cop's knowledge that if they target people of color they will more likely get away with it. Blacks just bear the brunt of it because of their lack of power. Some cops want more than common courtesy or respect. They want total submissiveness and they want it right now. For some, many? cops there is only one answer to any order.

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While white people experience this as well abusive cops are usually a bit more careful. During the 60's white long haired hippies were acceptable targets for police abuse. But that changed pretty quickly and long hair and pony tails on men became acceptable. Cause the white dudes had them and you could never tell who that young white dude's dad or uncle or grandpa might be. And a sufficient number of the white majority were at least a little sympathetic to the young white dude.They could see how he might be their son.

All of us have to deal with a little disrespect now and then. I don't get to beat someone up just because they got a little smart mouthed with me. I'm able to control my temper and my fists. At most maybe I'll get a bit sarcastic or insulting back. Cops should be more capable of dealing with a little back talk than the average citizen. They should be able to handle it without smashing people in the face or against the pavement, without using a taser, or without killing them.

Thanks.

Oxy Mora — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 02:30:31 +0000

In reply to No need to overthink it, Oxy.

Thanks.

Does Godwin's Law still apply

Resistance — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 02:21:10 +0000

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Does Godwin's Law still apply if you use the KGB or the NKVD?

Godwin's law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I'm seeing what you don't see

NCD — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 01:00:22 +0000

In reply to I didn't see a cool

I'm seeing what you don't see 'cuz of my recent reading list (see above).

The really cool calculating NKVD types didn't work at the slave camps as guards, it was a hard life in a remote region. They hired low education level enforcer guys for camps, not all were brutes many did it for the extra pay.

No need to overthink it, Oxy.

barefooted — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 00:55:12 +0000

In reply to Thanks, Barefooted. I'm

No need to overthink it, Oxy. You're clearly not suggesting that violence should be redirected, and I don't see anyone taking it that way. But if it's nagging at you, do some editing - your call.