(September 2, 2015 at 2:14 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: Cops have always been agents of oppression used by the majority against the minority population in every country in the world. Police departments in America have been especially racist in the origanization, recruitment, and enforcement of the law. They are essentially nothing but organized gangs of thugs that act like the old slave patrols. A common example is the NYPD which went all Jim Crow under the Jewish mayor with the stop and frisk BS. That should be insulting to every decent American who values freedom and equal protection of the law.
When hispanics, Asians, and whites get tired of cops blowing away their friends and family members they will get off of their butts and demonstrate in their own movements as well. Right now a lot of them participate in the BLM protests but tens of millions of people of all kinds should be demanding reform changes in the justice system. It's a serious mistake to think that you are exempt from police brutality just because you are white and love cops. One day you or one of your family members will find that out.
Not all cops are bad, neither are the systems that govern them. Not even the majority of cops are bad, if they were, we would see widespread chaos. As it is, most cops don't act like a malitia or hired thugs, remember we only hear cases of extreme events with cops, and almost all the time, they are bad events. No body ever cares when a cop does his job correctly, it's just what is expected and I don't think people appreciate that what is expected of them is difficult. Cops are held to very high standards- as they should be- but they are human beings just like us, most of them aren't evil or malevolent, they react to stress and frightning scenarious in much the same way that we do. And don't for a second twist this into me sympathysing and defending these cops that kill people because I know that somebody will go there.
I think that saying that all cops are 'agents of oppression' because of an increase in police brutality and the like, is like calling all catholic preists paedophiles. It's simply not true.
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'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
