How stupid do you have to be to do this when there's a strong movement to defund your police department? I expect there will be lawsuits (or at least small claims court actions) over this. What a needless waste of money for the city of Minneapolis.AunBear89 said:BearChemist said:
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This is what happens when you aren't used to facing consequences.Eastern Oregon Bear said:How stupid do you have to be to do this when there's a strong movement to defund your police department? I expect there will be lawsuits (or at least small claims court actions) over this. What a needless waste of money for the city of Minneapolis.AunBear89 said:BearChemist said:
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I don't think they pay cops enough," Rock, who last week joined New York Governor Andrew Cuomo for his daily press briefing, quips in the video.
"And you get what you pay for. Here's the thing, man. Whenever the cops gun down an innocent black man, they always say the same thing: 'Well, it's not most cops. It's just a few bad apples. It's just a few bad apples.'"
Rock continued: "Bad apple? That's a lovely name for murderer. That almost sounds nice. I've had a bad apple. It was tart, but it didn't choke me out. Here's the thing. Here's the thing. I know being a cop is hard. I know that ****'s dangerous. I know it is, okay? But some jobs can't have bad apples."
"Some jobs, everybody gotta be good. Like pilots. Ya know, American Airlines can't be like, 'Most of our pilots like to land. We just got a few bad apples that like to crash into mountains. Please bear with us.'"
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Instead of wasting time with minor tweaks, I recommend exploring the following ideas:
- No more qualified immunity. Police officers should be personally liable for all decisions they make in the line of duty.
- No more civil asset forfeiture. Did you know that every year, citizens like you lose more cash and property to unaccountable civil asset forfeiture than to all burglaries combined? The police can steal your stuff without charging you with a crime and it makes some police departments very rich.
- Break the power of police unions. Police unions make it nearly impossible to fire bad cops and incentivize protecting them to protect the power of the union. A police union is not a labor union; police officers are powerful state agents, not exploited workers.
- Require malpractice insurance. Doctors must pay for insurance in case they botch a surgery, police officers should do the same for botching a police raid or other use of force. If human decency won't motivate police to respect human life, perhaps hitting their wallet might.
- Defund, demilitarize, and disarm cops. Thousands of police departments own assault rifles, armored personnel carriers, and stuff you'd see in a warzone. Police officers have grants and huge budgets to spend on guns, ammo, body armor, and combat training. 99% of calls for service require no armed response, yet when all you have is a gun, every problem feels like target practice. Cities are not safer when unaccountable bullies have a monopoly on state violence and the equipment to execute that monopoly.
kelly09 said:HowAunBear89 said:BearChemist said:
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Way to miss the point entirely, and from a highly educated black man as well. lol Let me guess, he's an Uncle Tom?dimitrig said:kelly09 said:HowAunBear89 said:BearChemist said:
BI lockstep Right Wingers - please try to defend thisabout this, Ms. Antifa
George Floyd wouldn't have ended up in his ER either.
BancroftBear93 said:Way to miss the point entirely, and from a highly educated black man as well. lol Let me guess, he's an Uncle Tom?dimitrig said:kelly09 said:HowAunBear89 said:BearChemist said:
BI lockstep Right Wingers - please try to defend thisabout this, Ms. Antifa
George Floyd wouldn't have ended up in his ER either.
Could be. His stats are definitely white.okaydo said:BancroftBear93 said:Way to miss the point entirely, and from a highly educated black man as well. lol Let me guess, he's an Uncle Tom?dimitrig said:kelly09 said:HowAunBear89 said:BearChemist said:
BI lockstep Right Wingers - please try to defend thisabout this, Ms. Antifa
George Floyd wouldn't have ended up in his ER either.
He's white.
Why kelly09 is always the one relaying falsehood from fake accounts and pretended experts? You would think one would have become more cautious after a few embarrassments.Eastern Oregon Bear said:Even though this twitter account is apparently a fake, I'll still ask how this is a justification for the police vandalizing dozens of parked cars.kelly09 said:HowAunBear89 said:BearChemist said:
BI lockstep Right Wingers - please try to defend thisabout this, Ms. Antifa