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90s Solo Cup: Feb 22, 2011; To understand the cup
He must become the cup

ChairMaster posted:

Jesus fuckin christ, do people still think that there's a nonviolent solution to this problem?

How is it that the people of the most well-armed nation on Earth can manage to fuckin get slaughtered every single day by the people who are supposedly there to protect them and literally nothing ever comes of it? In certain cities all black people should be carrying guns at any time and they should all be travelling in groups of 4 or more. Yea, cops are gonna use that as an excuse to attack you, but they were gonna do that anyways. Create an actual danger of them being hurt or killed and maybe they'll start thinking twice.

It really can't get much worse and definitely isn't gonna get any better any time soon.

Because at the end of the day, people just want to go about their lives in relative peace. The possibility of America's minority population going IRA on the police is pretty loving remote at this point in time.

Besides, a group like that (especially in the mold of the original Black Panthers) would get infiltrated and neutralized real quick.

# ¿ Sep 1, 2014 09:52

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# ¿ May 16, 2024 04:30

90s Solo Cup: Feb 22, 2011; To understand the cup
He must become the cup

Trabisnikof posted:

Let me explain how his face tattoos justify the police illegally ordering him to the hospital then using force to gain compliance.

And then let's park a police cruiser next to his place to remind him we can beat the living poo poo out of him again, if need be.

# ¿ Sep 2, 2014 05:26

90s Solo Cup: Feb 22, 2011; To understand the cup
He must become the cup

Megaman's Jockstrap posted:

Cop stuff:

Here's a rising star cop in Baltimore that reported police brutality and was run off the force for it:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ex-baltimore-labeled-rat-police-brutality-claim-article-1.2077632

Here's cool, fun footage of the police rolling up to a crowd of celebrating college kids who are in the street and indiscriminately dousing them with pepper-spray and tear-gassing them (in full camo military gear) to get them to leave:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDHuQ8pylmA

My reaction can be summed up this way: http://mic.com/articles/108372/one-tweet-shows-the-hypocrisy-of-america-s-reaction-to-white-people-rioting-at-ohio-state

So yeah, a crowd of white people getting pepper-sprayed and flashbanged no longer tugs on my hardened heartstrings.

Oh hey, let's talk about this instead: Right Wing Nut Job Shoots Oklahoma Police Chief Three Times � Lives, Won�t Be Charged

quote:

Sentinel Oklahoma police chief, Louis Ross, was shot three times by a man whom neighbors describe as a �gun enthusiast� and �survivalist�. Strangely, the man was not killed. Not only that, but he wasn�t even arrested or charged with a crime.

According to local media reports, police went to the man�s home after being notified of a bomb threat, targeting the Sentinel Community Action Building. The Community building houses the Head Start program, among other programs. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol Bomb Squad, the suspect called 911, stating that a bomb had been planted in the building and identifying himself to authorities. Police were also able to verify the location that the call was made from.

Police arrived at the home at about 6 am, and officers proceeded to enter. Oklahoma�s News 9 reports that a man by the name Dallas Horton shot Chief Ross as he entered one of the rooms in the home.

But here's the kicker:

quote:

Officers entered the home and cleared the first room. But as they entered the second room, a man identified as Dallas Horton shot Chief Ross three times, twice in his bullet proof vest and once in the arm. OSBI said the chief actually borrowed the bullet proof vest from one of the deputies just before entering the home.

After firing numerous shots, Horton surrendered himself to the officers. OSBI officials said no officers fired their weapons during the incident. Horton and his wife were taken into custody for questioning.

No charges, no arrests. White male right-wing gun nuts are a protected class in this country.

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# ¿ Jan 16, 2015 23:46

90s Solo Cup: Feb 22, 2011; To understand the cup
He must become the cup

Intel&Sebastian posted:

That's a sin that should, at worst, get you roughed up on your way to a squad car. Not executed. This isn't Stalin's soviet state unless you're a black man, then it's pretty much fair game on your rear end for even existing.

I'm still looking for the Black Panther "break out the guns, we are at war with these people" response.

On the other hand, here's this: Man arrested after tackling shopper carrying gun

White guy sees black guy with gun and plays hero. Turns out black guy's packing legally. White guy gets a charge, goes to jail.

# ¿ Jan 22, 2015 01:13

90s Solo Cup: Feb 22, 2011; To understand the cup
He must become the cup

snorch posted:

Sure, but is castration really a viable solution?

Please, we've had enough of that in the "to catch a predator" thread.

# ¿ Jan 23, 2015 12:19

90s Solo Cup: Feb 22, 2011; To understand the cup
He must become the cup

Condiv posted:

why? was he going to snipe his girlfriend from a cornfield? what part of picking up the handgun and running again constitutes a threat that just having the handgun before did not?

So, what's gonna happen once the cop catches up with the suspect and the suspect decides to finally turn around and fire shots?

I hate it had to end that way, but the moment he picked that gun up was the moment he was fair game. This isn't a case where the suspect stopped, dropped the gun as ordered and still got pumped full of lead because the cop was nervous as hell (or just a plain rear end in a top hat).

# ¿ Jan 26, 2015 01:30

90s Solo Cup: Feb 22, 2011; To understand the cup
He must become the cup

Sometimes goons need to learn when to shut the gently caress up and move on from an argument.

Speaking of moving on, having a snowball fight while black is now a suspicious event worth drawing a gun over.

# ¿ Feb 2, 2015 05:05

90s Solo Cup: Feb 22, 2011; To understand the cup
He must become the cup

Jarmak posted:

This forum is full of people who think it perfectly fine to disregard the law anytime they disagree with it, for moral reasons. Do you even think for a loving second that there isn't an equal or greater amount of people who think they are justified in disregarding the law for moral reasons that would seem (and for the most part are) morally abhorrent to posters here?

"The law is the law and it must not be broken, no matter how morally unacceptable it seems to some." -Average white person circa 1955

But less about pedantic circle-jerking over nebulous arguments and more about the police being naturally poo poo.

# ¿ Feb 3, 2015 08:01

90s Solo Cup: Feb 22, 2011; To understand the cup
He must become the cup

ImAMinister posted:

Did they pull him over? When I watched that video, it looked to me like they hit him with their car.

They did.

Those two cops have that "serial killer" look to them. I wouldn't be surprised if someone stumbled upon a body or three.

# ¿ Feb 8, 2015 02:30

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# ¿ May 16, 2024 04:30

90s Solo Cup: Feb 22, 2011; To understand the cup
He must become the cup

MattO posted:

http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2015/02/indian_citizen_stopped_by_madi.html

Grandfather visiting Alabama from India stopped by police while taking walk, left partly paralyzed

Madison police last week roughed up a 57-year-old Indian citizen who was walking on the sidewalk outside his son's home, leaving the older man temporarily paralyzed and hospitalized with fused vertebrae.

"He was just walking on the sidewalk as he does all the time," said his son, Chirag Patel, this morning. "They put him to the ground."

No crime had been committed. Madison Police on Monday issued a statement saying the department had suspended the officer and were investigating the use of force in this case. The police statement wished the man a "speedy recovery."

I bet one of the neighborhood nit-wits called in about a "suspicious-looking black guy" pacing up and down their block. If he had been black, you probably wouldn't see this:

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MADISON, Ala. (WHNT) � Madison Police Chief Larry Muncey says he has recommended one of his officers be terminated after an incident last week that left a 57-year-old Indian man severely injured. The officer has also been charged with third-degree assault.

Chief Muncey spoke at a news conference Thursday afternoon, discussing the department�s use of force investigation into the incident. Police showed video and audio of officers� encounter with the man. Afterward, Chief Muncey said the actions of Officer Eric Parker did not meet the standards of the Madison Police Department.

�I sincerely apologize to Mr. Patel, Mr. Patel�s family and our community. We strive to exceed expectations,� said Chief Muncey. He said he has proposed Officer Parker be terminated, and he has also been arrested for third-degree assault. Parker turned himself in on the charge.

http://whnt.com/2015/02/12/madison-police-to-hold-news-conference-today-support-coming-for-indian-man-badly-injured/

Madison's the suburb of a tech town (Huntsville) and those Indian IT guys are their golden calves. No wonder they're throwing that cop to the wind instead of creating some BS cover story.

# ¿ Feb 13, 2015 02:34

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