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Except that because of the 'Blue Shield', police are rarely ever charged with any misdoing. A cop is never wrong, unless there is more than a mountain of eviden
by mmanfrin 9y ago
Except that because of the 'Blue Shield', police are rarely ever charged with any misdoing. A cop is never wrong, unless there is more than a mountain of evidence against them, and that makes me see all police as complicit.
Those 'very upstanding citizens' are the same ones who sit by silently as hundreds of unarmed Americans are shot each year by police.
- freedomben 9y ago> and that makes me see all police as complicit. It took me about 5 seconds of Googling to prove you wrong: http://time.com/4503030/ohio-police-chief-tulsa-cops/ http://time.com/4503030/ohio-police-chief-tulsa-cops/ https://thegrapevine.theroot.com/black-female-police-officer-speaks-out-against-killer-c-1790888677 https://thegrapevine.theroot.com/black-female-police-officer... http://www.cleveland19.com/story/36401439/retired-african-american-cops-speak-out-against-euclid-officer-involved-in-viral-arrest http://www.cleveland19.com/story/36401439/retired-african-am... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkJUVrNrV5Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkJUVrNrV5Q If I was mugged by a person of a particular race, and some people of that same race didn't speak out, would I be justified in seeing all members of that race as complicit?
- brucephillips 9y agoHe never said all sit idly by. It's dangerous to assume a universal generalization that wasn't levied.
- freedomben 9y agoHe did (I edited my response to clarify): > and that makes me see all police as complicit.
- brucephillips 9y agoAh, I misread. My mistake.
- freedomben 9y agoTotally fine. I sometimes do read things that aren't there (even though I try hard not to), so it's never bad to double check
- likeclockwork 9y agoYou're equating 'members of a particular race' with members of an armed social order?