For the FTP's amongst us

The comment below may not be as adamant about the progress as you want, but just on this same page alone....

I fully acknowledge that things are better in today's world where we can watch the police and as we as a society have progressed our thinking on race. I also don't need the media "today" to tell me shit. I've had enough first person experience with police to form my own opinions and also am quite aware of how statistics work. No different than the hysteria I ignore about how someone is watching my child 24/7 waiting to kidnap them.

There are still people alive who were direct recipients of that policing and others who administered it.

 

LOL, ohhh so you're one of those Liberal mind readers, who know what I meant.....Gotcha! And you INSIST on making IQ jokes on people who oppose your liberal views? LOL! I don't know how old you are but keep up the good work, one day, you might actually achieve a gold star from other elitist Liberals who know it all too.

"Do 'I' really believe there isn't a history of racial violence from police"??? Do you make all this shit up in your own head??? I mean TWICE in one posting you THINK you know what I'm saying which always seems to be contrary to the words I've already typed in here on the subject. That's a special kind of something....no?

So let me be clear again for you, NO I didn't nor ever did say or suggest that. But what I find even more amusing is your insistence that even back when I started my LE career that racial violence was running rampant during that time too, is that what you're saying/suggesting/insinuating??? Because if it is, just tell me now so I can start ignoring your stupid BS posts again.....LOL!

" I was likely trained by racists"..... Fucking nitwit......please tell me again how I was WRONG in defining you to being a white apologist?

 

I have painted no one with a broad brush aside from mentioning the police being the action arm of an openly racist past.

However, when it comes to cops, they do not get any pass from me as being "mostly good". That will never be good enough and every cop should be outraged by the bad ones. You say the thin blue line isn't what it used to be...I believe that is true in it being less all-encompassing, but it is still very present and works very well when they want it to. I will never forget the video of a nearly 275 lbs off duty police officer curb stomping a 22 year old female bartender for cutting him off - then walking. I will not forget the off-duty police officer driving the wrong way on 90/94 at 2am and killing two teenagers - and walking. I will not forget how ~10 police officers allowed the city to cover up (for 2 years) the cowboy cop who showed up and immediately emptied more than an entire clip into Laquan McDonald.

What other groups do is not worthy of the same level of scrutiny or punishment because other groups are not given power and authority to abuse or hide behind.

 

Wow, he's not even bright enough to see his own bias, while it's still fresh in his head.

 

Dude, when did a say i supported the cop?

 

I don't understand the obsession with comparing police officers to gangbangers. You're not the only one to do it and this isn't the only place that shows up. I will never expect criminals to operate with the same honor, character or restraint, as I would expect from a police officer.

Ok, what that means, genius, is that while I recognize that the vast majority of people working in law enforcement are good people, in my opinion, the institution will never be allowed to say that being "mostly good" is an acceptable place to rest.

 

Guess you caught me.

No, i do not support the cop.

You win a gold star. Congrats!!!

 

Isn't that what the Dungeon for, to bitch and complain about anything and everything?

It works both ways. You guys bitch and complain about the left, do we are doing what the Dungeon is designed for. Even though it leans way right.

 

This post is but yet another example of why you should really avoid denigrating others who disagree with your police biases.

I call BS to your recognizing the vast majority of LE personnel being "good people", if that were the case you wouldn't agree or support the BS narrative that has taken over the topic regarding racism in LE. I mean how in Fck can a person rationalize in one breath that the vast majority are good folk then in the next support that there is rampant racism in LE??? Talk about circular arguments.

And let me clear up your "mostly good" script, it's far better than that and we have the numbers to prove it. The institution will never be allowed to accept those facts because of race baiting hustlers and untruths being regurgitated to our inner city folks.

 

Yeah, never even slightly insinuated this, ever.

Ooooh, I have a special soapbox just for unions and the incompetence they protect and promote.

Normal posts are negative toward cops just like there aren't positive teacher posts in that thread nor are there a whole lot of news articles about a priest who just said mass and didn't touch any kids. I believe 99% of cops are honest people. I believe 99% of cops will do their duty trying to interject as little prejudice as possible for a human. I also believe (at the same time) that more than 1% of cops are racist - unless every single one of those bastards in the years I sat in an SCCA safety truck just happened to be in a 1%. I absolutely quit volunteering because I couldn't take another day listening to guys with mustaches entertain each other with racist jokes.

 

Very true and that was my SCCA story in a nutshell ~2010. They weren't even witty jokes, just the straight racist punchline stuff I heard from the back of the school bus in the early 80's - felt surreal.

 

Lets see how this plays out

https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/n...rose/465-84cebd9a-e39e-4731-9e3e-8a2912c9662a