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Exactly. So issuing less citations would make MORE financial sense to a city than issuing more.
originally posted by: Kali74
a reply to: ScientificRailgun
Well you have to factor in a drop in lawsuits against the NYPD too.
originally posted by: ManBehindTheMask
Ok then.......if you guys dont like that example how bout this......
Ferguson/Black Lives/Police Protesters :
Group of people get together because they dont like they way they feel they are being treated.....
Gather in groups, burn buildings, loot stores, tear apart the city, turn over cop cars, stop traffic, interrupt travel, interrupt families during the Christmas season, storm universities and disrupt speaking engagements that have NOTHING to do with their situation, yell racist slogans -everyone says they deserve to have their voices heard and they are just upset......
Tea-Party:
Another group of people get together, because they dont like the way they are being treated.....
Gather in groups, stand outside of the capitol and other government places, protest peacefully, do not cause a disturbance
Do not stop traffic, do not tear up anything around them even clean up their own trash, invite anyone of any race to join them. - Public calls them racist and and extreme
Anyone see a cerebral disconnect here?
originally posted by: TheTengriist
a reply to: Ceeker63
Trouble is the police are protesting for their "right" to strangle black men on the street, while those you decry as "thugs" are protesing for their right to not be strangled on the street.
originally posted by: ManBehindTheMask
originally posted by: TheTengriist
a reply to: Ceeker63
Trouble is the police are protesting for their "right" to strangle black men on the street, while those you decry as "thugs" are protesing for their right to not be strangled on the street.
Ive not heard one police officer say anything of the sort........
When will the dishonesty stop? anyone in their right mind knows this is not true......
And anyone with a thimble full of intelligence knows that not all cops are bad, infact the majority arent......
If this blanket statement works for the cops, then why arent you guys using the same blanket statements when some of the protesters get out of line? Then I guess the whole lot should be dealt with too?
Hypocrisy and dishonesty will NOT fix this situation.......TRUTH, LOVE, and UNITY will
originally posted by: ManBehindTheMask
a reply to: amazing
No I watchd most of protests live , and in every single one there were racial insults towards white people being hurled......
and in every single one there were instances of someone doing something STUPID and getting arrested.....
There is a clear clear difference in the way these protests played out........
To deny that is the hight of dishonesty........
You dont even have to like the Teaparty, but whatever your views, there is one fact......they are actively making a change and gaining power .......and it wasnt because they were violent racist hudlums......
Their method worked........
This one of disruption, violence, destruction and racism will not.........
There is NO denying the amount of racial division coming out of these protests, and its not coming from anyone else but them.........
originally posted by: TopCat1
a reply to: Mumbotron
I know this to be true. Especially in downtown Santa Cruz, Ca where off-duty officers were actually caught on film and busted for it. But considering the amount of people/thugs in the area that would opportunisticly murder you and/or your children for twenty bucks, is there a chance their tactics were meant to bring out the worst criminals to the forefront so they can be apprehended? Not that I agree with this scenario, as it obviously would create victims of business owners by inciting a riot (not to mention rights violations)ut what IF the business owners were paid? And not only in insurance money? The cops who did it still got paid. And with bonuses probably. At least we got the bad guys? Or should we protest! (Sarcasm) I'm totally down with thug removal. Even if it involves entrapment. We need to seperate the bad seeds. I'd donate my storefront to this cause if it prevented innocent victims from robberies beatings and worse.