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Originally posted by truthseeka
Well, you're smarter than me. I'm more in the top 3% range.
And, I'd bet WITH you that there are not too many cops within that intelligence range.
Originally posted by drconfused
but I wonder what do you do about it other than just bein on the guard? Do you contact the IA or the officers superiors about these issues?
Originally posted by truthseeka
Originally posted by jsobecky
Every claim of police brutality that I have seen here has been accompanied by the words "Officer arrested". There are bad apples, and they are held accountable.
Sure, becky.
And how many of these cases end with "officer acquitted?"
Originally posted by Rasobasi420
Originally posted by jsobecky
Don't walk too quickly away from an officer - see above"?
Where does that happen in America?
Jso, if anything this should show you that there is a distinct difference in your America and mine. Refusing to acknowledge the facts in my America doesn't make them go away. This is a good starting point for us to see the genuinely troubled situation this country is in.
Originally posted by jsobecky
What I don't agree with is blaming it on racism. That is too simplistic an answer.
Originally posted by Rasobasi420
Jso,
you're right. A black man who has been repeatedly, and unjustly beaten by the police would have a different perception of them than a white man who has not. Hence the reason behind this thread.
And, in regards to 2% of police being geniuses, I doubt it considering that applicants are turned away from being officers if their IQ is too high.
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Originally posted by drconfused
I dont make the claim that officers are more trained than the average civilian on the basis of cop mantra, I make this through an educated assumption and having looked at some of law enforcement training.
And Ras thanks for clarifying that the difference of an average civilian to someone who encounters these problems daily, but I wonder what do you do about it other than just bein on the guard? Do you contact the IA or the officers superiors about these issues?
Originally posted by phoenixhasrisin
Originally posted by jsobecky
What I don't agree with is blaming it on racism. That is too simplistic an answer.
I must have missed that.
Could you point out where that happened in this thread?
Thanks
[edit on 9-3-2007 by phoenixhasrisin]
Had police been better trained in policing a community through community action, and community support, there would be no need for the average black person to fear the police.
Originally posted by jsobecky
Geez, I dont know, truthceeca. Are you asking me to do your homework for you? You're supposedly so smart, in the top 3 percentile, it seems like you could do you own homework.
No, it's the same America. It's our perception of reality that is different, Ras.
Originally posted by tsloan
The whole A.I. issue has always made me wonder. Cause to me A.I. is kinda ...well...Like the government investigating the government? My point kinda covers government employee's across the board. I feel they have to many investigations and hearings and board of appeals. If I screwed up on a medical device for a doctor..That would be it he would use another lab. The only good these days I hate to say it are lawyers. At lest now you can sue anyone for anything. And in those terms a bad cop you can bring under a civil suite for just about anything.
Originally posted by truthseeka
I wasn't asking you to answer; it was a rhetorical question. Off the dome though, the Rodney King ass whooping and the African immigrant murder in New York are 2 examples. Sure, two of the po pos were convicted of violating King's civil rights, but ALL FOUR were acquitted of whooping his ass, despite the ENTIRE COUNTRY seeing them do it.
As for the immigrant, those penelopes were acquitted of murder.
No, it's the same America. It's our perception of reality that is different, Ras.
Ha. I've already shown in my white privilege thread that this is CLEARLY not the case.
Originally posted by Rasobasi420
You must understand that it's not easy to differentiate the "bad apples" when every boy in blue shows the same attitude, anger, and flat out racism towards a populous.
Originally posted by truthseeka
I've NEVER had a good experience with the po pos.
Originally posted by Rasobasi420
No doubt there are some police who are Muslim, but that's not the same as being a klansman. And police who are involved with the modern Black Panther party are not necessarily black supremacists. Whereas white officers who are not undercover, but members of, or supporters of the KKK are white supremecists.
Originally posted by phoenixhasrisin
Yes I hate cops, as do many people, and we have a damned good reason to!
I don't know where you live, or how you operate, as I do realize that not all cops are the same. I do know this though, birds of a feather flock together...
Originally posted by phoenixhasrisin
How long before a pattern is acknowledged?
Originally posted by Rasobasi420
The police assault innocent people, and that's a fact of life.