And I can see from your comment you have absolutely no idea what cadets in the academy have to go through to become a police officer. I also see that cussing denotes police brutality to you. That’s amazing. The guy was tough enough to commit tons of crime including home invasion, but he can’t take and F’bomb after he just tried to pass counterfeit money? I agree with SOME of your thoughts on the case, but the political side to this post is absolutely ridiculous.
Some Pretty horrible **** happens in the police academy, as these journalists found out. Their training included teachings from Hitler as Police were trained to brutalize POC.
You're an idiot. I'll have you know I worked for a daily newspaper and I covered the police beat. No self-respecting police officer would approach someone like this with f-bombs. Right there, you are escalating the situation. So, the man tried to pass a $20 bill. Such a terrible, violent crime. This is why people don't respect the police because they don't show respect to the people. You are so ignorant. And since when did he commits tons of crimes? You must be a bleeping racist. Figures, you're from Alabammy.
AmenSome Pretty horrible **** happens in the police academy, as these journalists found out. Their training included teachings from Hitler as Police were trained to brutalize POC.
Let’s not make our police to be these “knights in shining armor.” They’re absolutely not. Law and Order makes for good tv but it’s hardly the norm. Most are adrenaline junkies who couldn’t do anything else. They don’t need college degrees (something I think should be required). Many have military experience and have come home from the Middle East. They treat Americans as foreigners and cities needing occupation.
They get off on the power and benefits of being a cop. They receive a disproportionate amount of funding and are some of the best compensated public employees in the nation. If there’s a less accountable profession in our entire economy, I want to know what it is. Prosecutors, politicians, and the public don’t dare **** with them like they disparage educators on a daily basis. So altogether, the police have a pretty sweet gig. You need few qualifications, you’re ridiculously compensated, and you have complete immunity from almost any performance or action. No other occupation in the country operates with such impunity.
I just can’t imagine how one can look at the history of the American law enforcement and judicial system and not feel unparalleled shame and embarrassment. We incarcerate more than Russia and China. The police brutalize and extort entire communities. They confiscate property of others, even if they’re innocent, decimating families. The entire system is needing radical reform.
Protect and serve? More like harass and extort, that’s far more accurate. We only know about George floyd because of a recent invention called the camera phone. How many other Floyds have we missed? How many more will we have because we refuse to end the failed war on drugs and enact meaningful police reform?
These articles are eye-opening:
Opinion | The County Where Cops Call the Shots
Fiscal conservatives and liberal activists both want to curb the power of police unions in Suffolk County. Can they do it?www.nytimes.com
Just curious, has anyone here read “Just Mercy?”
Ah there you go with the stereotypes right out of the gate. Figures. I didn’t say they should have. Dropping f bombs. Wow big time police brutality. I also never said I didn’t think the cops should go to jail (he should), but you just couldn’t wait to try to bash me for calling your lack of knowledge out on the police side of things. The point I was trying to make was that he’d had run ins with the law before. And yes 9 times he was convicted of crimes. So yes I’d say that’s excessive.
“Best compensated” I wish you would have typed that first so I didn’t have to read the rest of that mess. You couldn’t walk a day in a cops shoes, but continue to spout off at the mouth behind a keyboard about something you know nothing about. I’d bet your job doesn’t require you to put your life on the line daily.Some Pretty horrible **** happens in the police academy, as these journalists found out. Their training included teachings from Hitler as Police were trained to brutalize POC.
Let’s not make our police to be these “knights in shining armor.” They’re absolutely not. Law and Order makes for good tv but it’s hardly the norm. Most are adrenaline junkies who couldn’t do anything else. They don’t need college degrees (something I think should be required). Many have military experience and have come home from the Middle East. They treat Americans as foreigners and cities needing occupation.
They get off on the power and benefits of being a cop. They receive a disproportionate amount of funding and are some of the best compensated public employees in the nation. If there’s a less accountable profession in our entire economy, I want to know what it is. Prosecutors, politicians, and the public don’t dare **** with them like they disparage educators on a daily basis. So altogether, the police have a pretty sweet gig. You need few qualifications, you’re ridiculously compensated, and you have complete immunity from almost any performance or action. No other occupation in the country operates with such impunity.
I just can’t imagine how one can look at the history of the American law enforcement and judicial system and not feel unparalleled shame and embarrassment. We incarcerate more than Russia and China. The police brutalize and extort entire communities. They confiscate property of others, even if they’re innocent, decimating families. The entire system is needing radical reform.
Protect and serve? More like harass and extort, that’s far more accurate. We only know about George floyd because of a recent invention called the camera phone. How many other Floyds have we missed? How many more will we have because we refuse to end the failed war on drugs and enact meaningful police reform?
These articles are eye-opening:
Opinion | The County Where Cops Call the Shots
Fiscal conservatives and liberal activists both want to curb the power of police unions in Suffolk County. Can they do it?
Just curious, has anyone here read “Just Mercy?”
Hey, A-hole, I just sent you a private message.
Petty crimes. Was he a violent person? So, you're suggesting the police had a motive in killing him, eh?
Ok, I looked up his record, He did spent time in prison, more than once, and it is mainly for cocaine possession, so he did have a drug problem. His record is as follows:
Rub, if you don't think the cops meant to kill this bloke, then you need to watch the video. Any moron who watched it would see that they had total disregard for Floyd's life. It was blatant and obvious.
