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[Helgoland]

I believe in you.

Most inspirational thing I've heard in the thread

This. Toady would probably be an awesome father.

[TamerVirus]

Surprised that Toady didn't drop the hammer on anyone yet.

Must be the festive cheer

[Morrigi]

Also strangely enough the fact that some of his supporters killed two cops was not immediately used as a way to try and discredit his movement.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/09/las-vegas-shooting-cliven-bundy_n_5473662.html

I can't remember any pro-Bundy people actually defending those two.

[SalmonGod]

Missed this story back in 2011, but just noticed it getting shared around a bit today...

Ex-NYPD officer admits in court that police routinely plant evidence to make their jobs easier.

[Morrigi]

NYPD

Well, it's not like we saw THAT one coming.

[Glowcat]

Police threaten to not do their jobs

Personally I feel good about them ignoring some of these things due to how enforcement tends to lopsidedly effect segments of the population more than others. I don't know enough about yearly enforcement rates to know if this is just a seasonal thing or NY police fighting back against accountability, though if it's the latter then they are incredibly.. incredibly.. tone deaf to public outcry. Or maybe they've officially decided that they're against the people they always claim to protect when justifying their actions.

[Leafsnail]

Is the NYPD staffed by children?

[Bauglir]

No, children are capable of learning.

[Zangi]

Are they still getting paid?

[Frumple]

Of course. I'm not entirely sure city hall or whatever could curtail pay, even if they wanted to.

[scriver]

In before NY does just fine without the police.

Though then again, it is New York... Can they at least leave the traffic police active?

[Levi]

Its time for the NYC superheroes to step up their game!

Expecially Nyx.  She can cite me for public urination any day!

[Bohandas]

If I had to name a difference between present day white Americans and black Americans, it'd be that the former are being told to live their lives in fear of getting killed in a terrorist attack, while the latter are being told to live theirs in fear of getting killed by the police.   </sarcasm>

that didn't need the sarcasm tag. It is pretty spot on.

I imagine that the sarcasm lies somewhere in the general area of the fact that being killed in a terrorist attack is something with a negligable chance of happening regardless of race, and isn't something that anyone in the USA seriously needs to worry about, whereas being shot by a cop could conceivably happen if you're black.

You don't have to look back over a decade to find a noteworthy example of excessive force.

[Glowcat]

Meant to post this story yesterday. Luckily ran across it again and remembered.

Juror brings a suit against the Wilson indictment case (and McCulloch's presentation of it)

[smeeprocket]

yea I hope that works out, but I don't see much coming of it. It's the legal system potentially trying itself. Much like with the original Brown case.

"It's cool guys, we've investigated the matter, and cleared ourselves of all charges."