Heard about that on the radio. Does seem rather sketchy, yes. and the Federal Department of Justice is taking a look at the matter.

*hugs* I care hon.

*hug*

It really is sad to see how much of a stranglehold the police have in this country.

ba dum, tish.

... yeah now that I'm reading it the next day, that is way more punny then was intended. I didn't mean to make light of your feelings on the current state of tension between the police and the black community. I hope you never face any police abuse in your life pyro. [or any other kind of abuse.]

Not offended. If anything, the pun was terribly, terribly apt.

People be stupid...simple as that.

If only it were. If only education could solve that.

FWIW, I'm listening and I care. Something needs to change.

Appreciated.

That made me so fucking pissed off! I can't believe the way this world is failing... People care just not enough.

There does seem to be a general lack of empathy involved.

While we're at it, can we get blacks to stop killing other blacks?

...for real?

"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable" ~JFK

This kind of thing saddens me, not just for the lack of justice, but for the overall lack of what police should be doing, protecting and serving. There's no reason for things to be this way aside of a power trip, and that shit isn't acceptable. We need more accountability in the police and justice system.

*hugs on Pyro*

Here here. *hug*

history repeats

*hugs...

V.

No one will be able to comprehend the sorrow the family is going through... My heart goes out to them. Our love is with you Garners!

The thing that scares me most is one after another, cops are killing people, and the vast majority of them say "The police didn't do anything wrong." "If it was a WHITE man who got killed no one would care!" or like former mayor Guiliani "Obama needs to talk less about training police to do their jobs properly and more about training black people to stop killing other black people." It's all about racism and nothing at all about the fact that each time this happens and no on says anything negative about it, the more people are basically giving police permission to kill people whenever they feel like it, with little or no provocation.

There was recently a group of police who claimed that by telling them they couldn't kill ANYONE at ANY TIME for ANY REASON.. even NO REASON AT ALL... was violating their rights under the Constitution. They actually attempted to file a lawsuit to gain this right, though it was shot down. Can you imagine what would happen if this case had won? Police would have a legal precedent to kill people at will with or without cause anytime they felt like it. And yet the people and the courts keep supporting their actions, illegal or not, saying "it was in the line of duty".

And then there's the home invasions. Raids on innocent people's homes in the dead of night for no reason, then when people are hurt and property destroyed it was a "mistake" and they refuse to pay for anything. Recently they raided some man's home, smacked two children with rifle butts, broke a bunch of stuff... and then said, "Sorry, it was supposed to be that house two blocks down" and left. In another case, they broke into a mans house at 5am, all in black, guns and all. This man was a licensed gun owner and when he woke up to a bunch of black clad men in his bedroom with him and his wife in bed at 5am, he ended up shooting 4 of them. Now he's on trial for murder. Yeah, you break into MY house at 5am without saying who you are, get shot by me, then tell ME i'm breaking the law.

The police are fast moving towards being more like Judge Dredd than Robocop, if you know what I mean, and it's horrifying that they seem to be picking on blacks, and being given free passes to break the law.

its time to start firing the judges and cops who allow this farce...its time to put these unfeeling uncaring psychotic monsters hiding under the cover of a blue badge and a fancy gun. A far as those cops who tried to claim the right to kill anyone at anytime for any reason...fire them...fire them all, no severance pay, no retirement fund...no nothing...well, except a consecutive 10x life sentence in a super-max prison, or until death whichever comes first.

as far as Eric garner is concerned, they probably had another prosecutor in the cops pocket to get him off with an annoying day in court.

its time to address the sins of the ruling class, its time to clap them all in irons for there hands are drenched in the blood of tyranny, and the people of america demand recompense!

I'm actually not for the cops and judges being fired, put in prison, sent to Hell, or any of that other stuff... UNTIL they are proven guilty.

I simply want the powers that be to look at what's going on fairly and accurately, and not just say, "Well, it was a law enforcement official, so it's legal."

I want the officers themselves to live up to the image they're supposed to be putting out, and NOT lie and sneak and do underhanded things. Be honest; own up to their faults.

I want the people to both stop turning a blind eye to the things these police are doing, and stop overreacting and blaming everything ON the police. Some officers are good people. Others need to be watched, penalized and perhaps dismissed. Don't simply assume it's all of one or all of another.

If these things were being done, any death that was in question would be looked into. No officer would lie to cover their ass. A lot fewer people would even get killed in a suspicious way to begin with. And until that happens, we're all just gonna have to find some way to get through to everyone what needs fixing.