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Author Topic: Tyre Nichols  (Read 4772 times)

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Re: Tyre Nichols
« Reply #50 on: January 29, 2023, 10:29:10 AM »
These 5 cops were inexcusably incompetent criminals and abusive.   The insinuations I have read are that this is not that unusual, the race of these cops is irrelevant.  So it's not about how many cops we have but whether they are capable and competent and do not engage in ruthless, criminal behavior.

Yes.

I spent years playing ball with and against cops in Kenosha - a lot of whom are still friends. I noticed that most fell into one of two categories.

One was made up of those who wanted to be public servants, even who felt a calling to “protect and serve”. The other group was wannabe tough guys who saw cops as enforcers. It’s this second group that cases problems.

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« Reply #51 on: January 29, 2023, 11:09:01 AM »
We have more full time law enforcement officers now than we did a decade ago. Yes it is down from its peak, but that's not due to "defunding." Its due to the same factors hitting every workforce across the economy today. People are retiring and there are less people around to take their place.



What's happened is people, in general, are not being promoted on merit any longer, hey?
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« Reply #52 on: January 29, 2023, 11:10:12 AM »
We’ve spent decades vilifying public servants for political points and we can’t fill those positions you say?

Why are you talking about teachers in this thread?

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Re: Tyre Nichols
« Reply #53 on: January 29, 2023, 11:19:00 AM »


What's happened is people, in general, are not being promoted on merit any longer, hey?


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Re: Tyre Nichols
« Reply #54 on: January 29, 2023, 11:20:26 AM »


What's happened is people, in general, are not being promoted on merit any longer, hey?

What are you talking about?
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Re: Tyre Nichols
« Reply #55 on: January 29, 2023, 11:22:33 AM »
C'mon man, are you so entrenched in education that you can't see the forest for the trees, hey?
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« Reply #56 on: January 29, 2023, 11:33:44 AM »
What are you talking about?

Women. Blacks. Hispanics.

Only mediocre white guys deserve promotions.

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« Reply #57 on: January 29, 2023, 11:37:20 AM »
C'mon man, are you so entrenched in education that you can't see the forest for the trees, hey?

You’re in your own little world.
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« Reply #58 on: January 29, 2023, 11:41:44 AM »
Do you want your heart surgeon to be one of the best and brightest or do you want your heart surgeon to merely be a statistic, hey?
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« Reply #59 on: January 29, 2023, 11:44:15 AM »
Do you want your heart surgeon to be one of the best and brightest or do you want your heart surgeon to merely be a statistic, hey?

Gotta give you your props. You proudly don’t even try to hide it anymore.

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« Reply #60 on: January 29, 2023, 12:00:18 PM »
You’re in your own little world.
Well, you know, he thought Rush Limbaugh was brilliant, so...
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« Reply #61 on: January 29, 2023, 12:14:51 PM »
Do you want your heart surgeon to be one of the best and brightest or do you want your heart surgeon to merely be a statistic, hey?

By whatever measure you want, this country has never been a true meritocracy

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« Reply #62 on: January 29, 2023, 12:30:09 PM »
No one has answered my question. Oh, for thee, but not for me, aina?
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Re: Tyre Nichols
« Reply #63 on: January 29, 2023, 12:48:59 PM »


What's happened is people, in general, are not being promoted on merit any longer, hey?

I actually thought you meant police unions are a huge part of the problem, and I was going to agree wholeheartedly.

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« Reply #64 on: January 29, 2023, 01:55:58 PM »
It's absolutely true that blacks are more likely to be victims of police violence.  I'm not sure anyone is disputing that.

Actually, dentists right here in this thread dispute that.

There is systemic racism in law enforcement. On a percentage basis, Black people are more likely to be harassed, beaten and killed by cops. If a Black person and a white person commit the exact same crime, the Black person is more likely to spend time in prison. Once imprisoned, the Black person is less likely to be able to appeal his or her case as successfully as white people who were convicted of the same crime. White people don't routinely get stopped for Driving While Caucasian. White parents don't have to sit their 14-year-old sons down and warn them what could happen to them if they're ever detained by police.

The system is rigged. That's what systemic racism is.

And I don't know the solution either, Muggs. But a good start would be people at least acknowledging the problem (as you're trying to do) rather than contending that everything is the same whether you're "blue, black, green, or red" despite decades and decades worth of statistics showing that to be 100% false.

It might be nice if the knee-jerk reaction didn't include references to antifa and Al Sharpton, but that's asking too much from the aggrieved white folks who just can't catch a break in America.
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« Reply #65 on: January 29, 2023, 02:07:06 PM »
hardy-you don't know jack! "the system"?  kinda like climate change  you guys come up with your b.s. and it's all crap you can't quite put your finger on, but just trust us...it's stuff that you guys can't quantitate and it never ever never goes away.  no amount of money is ever enough.  just keep it coming and you'll tell us when it's all better right

woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow

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Re: Tyre Nichols
« Reply #66 on: January 29, 2023, 02:58:45 PM »
C’mon, Hards. Do some quantatatin’.

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« Reply #67 on: January 31, 2023, 06:44:23 AM »
Two more Memphis cops have been suspended, including a white cop for unnecessarily tasering Nichols.

Videos also show numerous officers just standing around and/or milling about, watching their criminal buddies murder an unarmed, non-threatening person.

The culture of cops not intervening as their buddies commit heinous crimes against U.S. citizens -- especially people of color -- is alive and well and all part of the systemic racism in policing.
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« Reply #68 on: January 31, 2023, 09:05:25 AM »
Two more Memphis cops have been suspended, including a white cop for unnecessarily tasering Nichols.

Videos also show numerous officers just standing around and/or milling about, watching their criminal buddies murder an unarmed, non-threatening person.

The culture of cops not intervening as their buddies commit heinous crimes against U.S. citizens -- especially people of color -- is alive and well and all part of the systemic racism in policing.

The most disgusting part was the fist bumps congratulating each other for the murder.

Even if convicted, they will be getting off easily with the 2nd degree charge. Obviously it can’t be proven, but I believe that these thugs were predators on the prowl who were out that night to “get” someone.

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« Reply #69 on: January 31, 2023, 09:39:29 AM »
The most disgusting part was the fist bumps congratulating each other for the murder.

Even if convicted, they will be getting off easily with the 2nd degree charge. Obviously it can’t be proven, but I believe that these thugs were predators on the prowl who were out that night to “get” someone.

You think they went out that night looking for someone to murder?

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« Reply #70 on: January 31, 2023, 11:27:28 AM »
You think they went out that night looking for someone to murder?

It's just part of the job.

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« Reply #71 on: January 31, 2023, 11:30:30 AM »
You think they went out that night looking for someone to murder?

Yes I do.

I also realize there is no way to prove it. Hence, 2nd degree murder charges.

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Re: Tyre Nichols
« Reply #72 on: January 31, 2023, 12:05:44 PM »
It's just part of the job.

Good lord.   ::) ::)

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« Reply #73 on: January 31, 2023, 12:43:19 PM »
Good lord.   ::) ::)

Clearly a joke.  Thought you'd see that.

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Re: Tyre Nichols
« Reply #74 on: January 31, 2023, 01:47:01 PM »
If anybody knows jokes that don't land, it is Ziggy.
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