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Some members of Oakland PD, who were removed years ago, being bad does not mean that Oakland does not deserve the rule of law now. You're part of the problem.

Some members of Oakland PD, who were removed years ago, being bad does not mean that Oakland does not deserve the rule of law now. You're part of the problem. I moved away from the Bay Area to get away from people like you.

inferiorhuman 7y ago
Some members of Oakland PD, who were removed years ago, being bad does not mean that Oakland does not deserve the rule of law now. Removed years ago? We're talking 14 OPD officers alone (Guap was used by a variety of bay area police departments), maybe 2-3 years ago, not yonks. If you want to talk eons ago, let's talk about the Oakland Riders. OPD is under federal receivership not because the citizens of Oakland "don't deserve the rule of law" but because the federal government thought that the Oakland police department was simply that fucked up. For a brief moment in time OPD had a chief (Batts) that was reform oriented and did engage the community. He got thrown under the bus and landed at a research gig at Harvard. Now we're back to this utterly dichotomous rhetoric that police simply can't do anything wrong. But if you'd like to talk about Guap, let's. The chief resigned and one of the cops committed suicide. As more evidence came to light one candidate for chief decided to remain at the rank of captain instead of seeking a promotion to chief. By 2018 charges against all but three of the officers implicated were dropped. OPD did not clean house. The rule of law does not mean that you simply give carte-blanche to the cops. As long as you've got structural issues exempting the police from oversight you don't have rule of law. And as long as you shut down any discourse that isn't in lockstep with the police, you don't even have a facade of rule of law. Police aren't the (only) problem, but they are very much part of the problem. You're part of the problem. I moved away from the Bay Area to get away from people like you. You're certainly welcome to move wherever you want for whatever reason. But, please, let's not pretend that not wanting police officers to pimp out a teenager is some dog whistle for agitating against the rule of law (or against law enforcement in general). Lemme guess tho. In your free time you post blue lives matter nonsense to facebook?
- thrway239043 7y ago
  I don't even have Facebook, I deleted my account years ago.
  - inferiorhuman 7y ago
    There you go again conflating police oversight and accountability with disdain for law enforcement. With that attitude it's not surprising you bailed on the Bay Area.
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inferiorhuman 7y ago

Some members of Oakland PD, who were removed years ago, being bad does not mean that Oakland does not deserve the rule of law now. Removed years ago? We're talking 14 OPD officers alone (Guap was used by a variety of bay area police departments), maybe 2-3 years ago, not yonks. If you want to talk eons ago, let's talk about the Oakland Riders. OPD is under federal receivership not because the citizens of Oakland "don't deserve the rule of law" but because the federal government thought that the Oakland police department was simply that fucked up. For a brief moment in time OPD had a chief (Batts) that was reform oriented and did engage the community. He got thrown under the bus and landed at a research gig at Harvard. Now we're back to this utterly dichotomous rhetoric that police simply can't do anything wrong. But if you'd like to talk about Guap, let's. The chief resigned and one of the cops committed suicide. As more evidence came to light one candidate for chief decided to remain at the rank of captain instead of seeking a promotion to chief. By 2018 charges against all but three of the officers implicated were dropped. OPD did not clean house. The rule of law does not mean that you simply give carte-blanche to the cops. As long as you've got structural issues exempting the police from oversight you don't have rule of law. And as long as you shut down any discourse that isn't in lockstep with the police, you don't even have a facade of rule of law. Police aren't the (only) problem, but they are very much part of the problem. You're part of the problem. I moved away from the Bay Area to get away from people like you. You're certainly welcome to move wherever you want for whatever reason. But, please, let's not pretend that not wanting police officers to pimp out a teenager is some dog whistle for agitating against the rule of law (or against law enforcement in general). Lemme guess tho. In your free time you post blue lives matter nonsense to facebook?

thrway239043 7y ago
I don't even have Facebook, I deleted my account years ago.
- inferiorhuman 7y ago
  There you go again conflating police oversight and accountability with disdain for law enforcement. With that attitude it's not surprising you bailed on the Bay Area.
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