http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/01/us/illinois-police-officer-shot/index.html

Quote :

"Illinois police officer shot and killed; hunt on for 3 suspects"

Sure two of the three suspects are white, yet we wonder why cops get so trigger happy.....

#CopsLivesMatter

9/1/2015 2:22:18 PM

saying "cops' lives matter" is like saying "the sky is blue"

of course they matter - the whole fucking system is built in a way that tells us that cops' lives are the ONLY thing that matter

it's not even in the the top 10 most dangerous jobs yet these pussy ass pigs are empowered to fire their weapons anytime they get a little scared

fuck these pussy cops, fuck the shady cops, and fuck the "good" cops that protect the bad ones

9/1/2015 2:29:57 PM

Im just sick of police, and police advocates treating the issue as some sort of a zero sum game.

Like either you can support Black Lives Matter, or you can support the police. There is no room for both.

Or like, you can decy abuse by police, or you can support the police. There is no way for the police to do their jobs correctly without the unfettered ability to do whatever they want without being held accountable.

Or like, you can believe that certain groups are systemically targeted for profiling, arrest, and incarceration; or you can believe that all police tell the truth at all times and operate entirely within the constrainsts of the law. You absolutely have to believe everything that leaves a cops mouth, because he said so....anything else is supporting the death of all cops.



It is fucking ridiculous

9/1/2015 3:32:51 PM

Are there still simple cookie cutter ass folks on here who think some rite of passage of getting older is going from saying fuck the police to trust the police? Guise, we're in our 30s. Not trusting the cops isn't cool anymore, GROW UP.

9/1/2015 3:43:55 PM

Where is the story of the cop who shot a guy who had his hands up?

9/1/2015 5:41:36 PM

^Turns out dude with his hands up said some ill ass shit.

And we all on the same page...he needed to get his ass shot.

So we're all good on that account.

9/1/2015 6:49:11 PM

yo momma froze

9/1/2015 9:58:14 PM

Cops go the wrong house, shoot the home owner, the dog, and each other....

http://bigstory.ap.org/4193a01768a34ee0bc1946328e5e04fe&utm_source=android_app&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=share#

9/1/2015 10:52:37 PM

I wish I was surprised

9/1/2015 10:58:40 PM

fuck the police

and teach your kids "fuck the police"

and police unions can fuck right off

9/1/2015 11:16:39 PM

I treat the nypd as a highly organized, tax payer funded, street gang that may help me or may murder someone I know by accident.

9/2/2015 12:32:26 AM

http://www.wral.com/report-on-ferguson-unrest-offers-lessons-in-what-not-to-do/14872915/

Quote :

"The police response to unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, last summer offers lessons in how not to handle mass demonstrations, according to a Justice Department report that warns such problems could happen in other places roiled by mistrust between law enforcement and the community. ... It details more flaws over the next two weeks, including the improper use of police dogs, armored vehicles and snipers to monitor crowds; the decision by some officers to remove their nameplates; arbitrary orders to demonstrators to keep moving after five seconds; and poor communication among agencies that led to confusion about which policy to follow and who was in charge. Even as rumors spread, police failed to use social media to distribute correct information that could have eased concerns, according to the report."

9/3/2015 12:39:24 PM

What about the response in Baltimore where the mayor and chief of police held back the national guard and the rioters still went around looting, pillaging, and burning down shit.

9/3/2015 2:03:47 PM

Shit would probably have gotten a lot worse if they reacted the same way in Baltimore that they did in Ferguson.

9/3/2015 2:48:31 PM

“The extent to which the co-operation of the public can be secured diminishes proportionately the necessity of the use of physical force and compulsion for achieving police objectives.”
-Robert Peel

Sorry cops, but, you didn’t get violent because I stopped respecting you. I stopped respecting you because you got violent.

From someone who's opinion I respect-

"Respect is earned. Act in a bad manor, and people will treat you as a thug. Police arrogance toward the public affects their attitude toward the Blue Line also. Individual fears of what a cop might do when he “just wants to talk to you” contribute, too. Fear leads to loathing. Arrogant, bad behavior cannot engender respect, though it will compel compliance through intimidation. One of the “myths” of American Policing is that “when a policeman tells you to do something, you must do it! This is the “Corporate” policeman exerting his (supposed) authority over the King’s subjects. However, there is little basis for this in statute, and none constitutionally. They have the power to detain/arrest you if they reasonably believe that you have committed a misdemeanor or felony (have you noticed that the list of felonies keeps expanding?) but have no authority to “tell you what to do” as they believe (and they would have the public also believe). Where they manage to win, is by charging you with “Obstruction of Justice” which gets plead down to “disturbing the peace” and results in a conviction because John Q. Citizen can’t afford the legal horsepower necessary to defeat the resources of “city hall." The ONLY body with CONSTITUTIONAL authority to maintain public order is the Militia (which, according to original intent We the People constitute): See Art I, Section 3, which lists three duties for which we are all responsible, but which we (in our sloth) have abrogated to a Professional Army and Professional Police."

9/3/2015 7:40:27 PM

^^that's debatable. The rioters here were comprised largely of school-aged children rebelling for a day. A police presence got shown the following day, and the riots stopped.

9/3/2015 10:08:46 PM

cops showed up in riot gear and stopped kids from leaving the mall before any rioting took place

9/3/2015 11:14:05 PM

this is from a year ago, but i just came across it

http://www.mintpressnews.com/man-shot-point-blank-after-complying-with-officers-request-to-produce-his-drivers-license/196947/



WTF????

9/4/2015 8:15:35 AM

Fortunately that cop was just as incompetent at aiming as he was at making decisions and reactions.

9/4/2015 11:16:25 AM

9/5/2015 9:45:27 PM

http://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/5-facts-exposing-the-medias-lies-about-police-shootings

9/9/2015 1:54:38 AM

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/09/us/baltimore-freddie-gray/index.html

Quote :

"Baltimore approves $6.4 million settlement for Freddie Gray's family"

Being a thug pays off!!! At least for one's beneficiaries!

I can see a wild block party with plenty of Purple Drank in the near future for Freddie's family.

I would rather have seen a settlement at 1/3 of this amount with the other 2/3 being money ear-marked for community enrichment programs to improve living conditions, provide education opportunities, and other social services to the members of Baltimore's blighted neighborhoods.

Every Baltimore tax-payer is the loser with this settlement.

9/9/2015 10:56:36 AM

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"http://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/5-facts-exposing-the-medias-lies-about-police-shootings"

Quote :

"2. Bartending is far more dangerous than being a police officer."

I feel like this is kinda a skewed statistic. I'd be interested in seeing the fatal injuries per 100,000 of police within "inner-city" areas versus bartenders. For every cop patrolling the streets in Baltimore there is probably 5 cops in suburbia/small_townUSA/rural area

9/9/2015 11:38:27 AM

What is this alleged "false narrative" and "lies by the media" regarding cops getting killed? I would love to see an article/example.

The entire thing seems to be attacking a "Cops are getting massacred" straw man (In response to the news reporting a few dead cops I guess?).

Comparing "Killings by Police" to "Killings of Police" is a stupid comparison. It should be "Unjustified killings by police" if you want to compare and start the "us vs them" narrative.

I'm still trying to decipher what in the fuck the author was trying to say with #3 on that list, they tried to bring race into it but there is zero logic behind that section, I'm not even sure what they are trying to argue.

9/9/2015 12:17:44 PM

9/9/2015 12:41:02 PM

Quote :

"I feel like this is kinda a skewed statistic. I'd be interested in seeing the fatal injuries per 100,000 of police within "inner-city" areas versus bartenders."

Quote :

"I feel like this is kinda a skewed statistic. Let me skew the statistic to fit my racist shitbag narrative. "

9/9/2015 12:55:10 PM

knuckledragger, racism, cops hate black people rawr rawr rawr this message brought to you by synapse

9/9/2015 12:59:07 PM

The last police officer to have a non-accidental fatal injury in Detroit, the most dangerous city in the US, was in 2012 (well one was 2013 for "related illness" but I don't know what that means).

9/9/2015 1:01:04 PM

Quote :

"knuckledragger, racism, HUR hates black people rawr rawr rawr"

9/9/2015 1:05:03 PM

I wonder how the 6.1 Million will be spent?

-New Benz with Chrome Rims
-Making it Rain at the Strip Club
-Purple Drank

OR

- A responsible investment into the families 401K and 529 account to save for the families youth's college tuition

9/9/2015 4:35:13 PM

You're boring

9/9/2015 4:39:18 PM

Niggas going to nig, right?

9/9/2015 4:39:32 PM

http://money.cnn.com/2015/09/09/news/georgia-lawsuit-bail-reform/index.html?iid=hp-stack-dom

Quote :

"The city of Calhoun, Georgia, is under fire for jailing people too poor to pay bail for minor traffic tickets and other misdemeanor offenses... ore than $1,000 for driving with a suspended license"

Poor people are exempt from obeying the laws if they can't afford to pay the fine, AM I RITE

9/9/2015 8:29:12 PM

Are you not bitching about CEO pay outs in another thread? I think you're a sociopath.

9/9/2015 10:23:13 PM

^ I don't get it? Why can't I bitch about both

9/10/2015 1:41:55 AM

http://www.wbtv.com/story/30036846/surf-city-police-chief-retires-following-emergency-meeting

Quote :

"Open letter from a Police Chief , this Black Lives Matter group is nothing more than an American born terrorist group brought on by the lie of the hands up don't shoot during the criminal thug Michael Brown incident. The FBI and other Government Law Enforcement groups need to step up and put a stop to this. The Government and blacks would not tolerate the White Supremacist group to march through the streets and call for the murders of a race of people and a group of public servants. I agree there is a race problem in this country. It is not brought on by police officer doing their sworn duty, it is brought on by the government, the President and his cronies Al Sharpton, who is a criminal tax evader (but has the support of our so called President), Jessi Jackson, Eric Holder and that ignorant S.O.B. Farrakhan who should be charged with solicitation for murder, lord knows a white man would be arrested for the same actions of idiot Farakhan. I am sure there are many hard working Black people who will agree with me. I have been a Police Officer for 35 years. I do not judge anyone by the color of their skin, but by there actions. A criminal is a criminal whether a police officer or any other profession. I will not state statistics because black lives matter do not care or believe proven statistics. I put allot of the blame for these cop murders on the media and the way they report police related shootings. There is no need to list or even state the race of a person shot by the police. It is more important to wait for the facts and report those. But and a big but that does not make money for these greedy media ass holes. When a black thug is killed by the police they are all over it as is Mr. Barack Obama. However when a police officer white, black or any race is murdered for doing his job the media is short with it's reporting or not at all. When a white person is killed by a black officer you hear nothing. Has our so called President spoke publicly about these murders of police officers by blacks, HELL NO he has not. Step up Mr. President, or step down because we do not need you. Has our Attorney General spoke against these murders, no of course not because she was appointed by Barack Obama. Now let me say this, and this is not a threat but common knowledge. I have instructed my officers to be vigilant, if threatened take appropriate action. If that means shoot a thug, then do it and answer for it while you are still alive not dead. Law Enforcement is fed up with this murderous society who want to take out those who protect and serve. Imagine if all law enforcement shut down for just 1 day. There would be murders, rapes, robberies, you name it. America wake up, all of you black, white, Mexican whatever you need the police, we do not need you. End this Black Lives Matter bull shit and start a movement that all lives matter. As for the New Black Panther movement who wants to kill whites and cops, go for it, we are ready for you. You take one of us and there will be 100 who will step up and end you. This letter is not meant to offend anyone, just the feelings of a man who has spent the last 35 years of his life serving and protecting, for what so a thug can take it or to be treated as a criminal by the very people I swore to protect. Let's get this around folks so maybe our President and the media will get a wake up call. Be safe all of my Brothers and Sisters in blue, not white, black, yellow or brown BLUE."

Quote :

""I want to thank you all for your support. I was forced to retire or be terminated. I had to beg for a 60 day severance to feed my family. That was the thanks I got from those I thought were family, I was thrown under the bus for expressing my 1st amendment rights and speaking the truth and concerns for law enforcement. I want to thank all of the folks in Surf City for your support. It was my pleasure to serve you. Thank you to my officers for your dedication, I will miss everyone of you. I would like to apologize to my family for letting you down. I also apologize to those I have offended, that was not my intent. I have served proudly for 35 years without a blemish. I guess to some Surf City Leaders that has no meaning. I guess I will learn to eat beanie wienies for a few months. I love you all.""

9/16/2015 11:40:41 AM

I just saw that on waspo

I think it is pretty far flung to characterize BLM as terrorist, akin to white supremacists or others with a long history of violent intolerence. But mostly, it is kind of funny to see a police officer get smacked down by his employer for posting shit on social media which might cast the employer in a bad light (like what could happen to literally anyone in this country), and then cry about how his first amendment rights were violated.

9/16/2015 11:46:45 AM

Quote :

"march through the streets and call for the murders of a race of people and a group of public servants"

LOL

9/16/2015 11:57:00 AM

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/gwinnett-sheriff-issues-scathing-statement-all-liv/nnfjz/

love Shaun King's response

9/16/2015 11:58:40 AM

Quote :

"I think it is pretty far flung to characterize BLM as terrorist, akin to white supremacists "

I still maintain that many in the BLM camp are actually racist themselves (against white people), that many truly only care about black lives, and that the actions of BLM is counter-productive in many cases (for example the people that shut down the Bernie Sanders rally in Seattle then called everyone there a bunch of white progressive priviledged liberal racists). Yet comparing BLM to terrorists is a bit of a stretch.

#AllLivesMatter

9/16/2015 12:05:59 PM

We know, HUR...we know what you think. You have shown time after time that you are an idiot. We havent forgotten.

9/16/2015 12:08:23 PM

Quote :

"I still maintain"

lol, no one gives a shit

9/16/2015 12:10:37 PM

Quote :

" End this Black Lives Matter bull shit and start a movement that all lives matter"

Or just stop the divisive semantic hashtag bullshit altogether. A bunch of clowns yelling common-sense phrases at each other thinking it justifies being assholes is not very productive.

9/16/2015 12:16:06 PM

I dont know man.... its hard to say it is not productive when the movement has gained national attention, started a national conversation, very well may be addressed in the 2016 elections, and has already caught the attention of the DOJ -- directly impacting police department policy in places like Ferguson, MO.

9/16/2015 12:20:13 PM

it's effective, why should they stop it?

9/16/2015 12:20:29 PM

Quote :

"He put that information out, that was intended for his friends and colleagues and peers, but it was a public statement and there are people that were offended"

ZOMG SOMEONE WAS OFFENDED

When are people going to put on their big boy or big girl panties and stop getting bent out of shape over everything.

Quote :

" its hard to say it is not productive when the movement has gained national attention"

Yes since calling everyone "white, privileged, liberal racists" during a Bernie Sanders rally, "screaming burn this bitch down" after the grand jury acquitted the Michael Brown shooter, and razing dozens of blocks in Baltimore is just the sort of thing that helps mend racial tensions, reduce police brutality, and bring harmony to the land.

9/16/2015 12:40:10 PM

Quote :

"Then he described how he and some Bloods had stood in front of black-owned stores to protect them from looting or vandalism. He said they had made sure no black children, or reporters, were hit by rioters. They pointed them toward Chinese- and Arab-owned stores. Charles said Mr. Gray had brought gangs together."

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/28/us/amid-violence-factions-and-messages-converge-in-a-weary-and-unsettled-baltimore.html?_r=0

Nope they are not racist, just frustrated African Americans fighting oppression

9/16/2015 12:57:27 PM

lol, nice....the only way for you to address the productivity examples that i spelled out in my sentence is to not quote them, ignore them, then change the subject.

Man, I bet we could make your ability to argue much easier if we gave you mod powers, allowing you to actually edit other users' posts directly! !1

[Edited on September 16, 2015 at 12:59 PM. Reason : And rioters + gang members are conveniently part of BLM now, eh?]

9/16/2015 12:57:28 PM

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"Then he described how he and some Bloods had stood in front of black-owned stores"

WHOA, the Bloods joined the BLM movement? Oh wait, no, they didnt. Their actions are not representative of the movement. Please stop lumping all black people together.

[Edited on September 16, 2015 at 1:48 PM. Reason : a]

9/16/2015 1:47:38 PM

Quote :

"Please stop lumping all black people together."

I wonder why he has such a propensity to do this?

9/16/2015 1:58:20 PM