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Earlier this month, Philadelphia police launched an investigation into a public database of social media posts by officers that included Confederate imagery, anti-Muslim sentiments, violent rhetoric and racist comments.
72 officers off the street in Philly is bound to result in more people getting robbed, raped or killed but hey, that's a small price to pay to reduce offensive posts on Facebook.
It is a secondary question. The much better question, a tough love question, is how do we stop minorities from committing crimes? It is very important, and you should consider it if for no other reason, than because they mostly commit crimes against each other.
Black on black violence kills far, far, far more than anything police are doing. Minorities mostly rape, rob, and abuse other minorities. The source of minority misery is minority behavior.
As far as how we stop "racists" from becoming cops, we aren't going to without turning this into an Orwellian society that actively looks for thought crime. Neither cops, nor anyone else, should be judged on personal beliefs, which are PERSONAL, but on BEHAVIOR.
If we are going to judge others on beliefs, then we would have to hard-target those Muslims that you are so concerned about, who openly profess a religion that says "kill the infidel who is beside you," "strike the head and hands form the unbeliever," and "fight the infidel until the end of time."
Worry about minority behavior rather than the private feelings of cops, and the problem goes away overnight.
It is a secondary question. The much better question, a tough love question, is how do we stop minorities from committing crimes? It is very important, and you should consider it if for no other reason, than because they mostly commit crimes against each other.
Black on black violence kills far, far, far more than anything police are doing. Minorities mostly rape, rob, and abuse other minorities. The source of minority misery is minority behavior.
As far as how we stop "racists" from becoming cops, we aren't going to without turning this into an Orwellian society that actively looks for thought crime. Neither cops, nor anyone else, should be judged on personal beliefs, which are PERSONAL, but on BEHAVIOR.
If we are going to judge others on beliefs, then we would have to hard-target those Muslims that you are so concerned about, who openly profess a religion that says "kill the infidel who is beside you," "strike the head and hands form the unbeliever," and "fight the infidel until the end of time."
Worry about minority behavior rather than the private feelings of cops, and the problem goes away overnight.
Actually the bolded is not true. Minority violent crime targets whites and other minorities in roughly equal numbers.
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When whites commit violence they target other whites 82.4 percent of the time, blacks 3.6 percent of the time, and Hispanics 7.8 percent of the time. In other words, white violence is directed overwhelmingly at other whites. When blacks commit violence only a minority — 40.9 percent — of their victims are black. Whites are 38.6 percent and Hispanics are 14.5 percent. Hispanic assailants also attack their own group less often than they attack others. Their victims are: Hispanics — 40.1 percent, whites — 50.7 percent, and blacks — 4.7 percent.
72 officers off the street in Philly is bound to result in more people getting robbed, raped or killed but hey, that's a small price to pay to reduce offensive posts on Facebook.
Doubt it.
If they were black and caught in similar circumstances, you’d hardly be expressing such a sentiment.
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Originally Posted by cachibatches
It is a secondary question. The much better question, a tough love question, is how do we stop minorities from committing crimes? It is very important, and you should consider it if for no other reason, than because they mostly commit crimes against each other.
Black on black violence kills far, far, far more than anything police are doing. Minorities mostly rape, rob, and abuse other minorities. The source of minority misery is minority behavior.
As far as how we stop "racists" from becoming cops, we aren't going to without turning this into an Orwellian society that actively looks for thought crime. Neither cops, nor anyone else, should be judged on personal beliefs, which are PERSONAL, but on BEHAVIOR.
If we are going to judge others on beliefs, then we would have to hard-target those Muslims that you are so concerned about, who openly profess a religion that says "kill the infidel who is beside you," "strike the head and hands form the unbeliever," and "fight the infidel until the end of time."
Worry about minority behavior rather than the private feelings of cops, and the problem goes away overnight.
That’s asinine. There has never been a world without bad guys. Cops sign up to deal with bad guys. That’s their whole raison d’etre. They’re paid handsomely with great benefits and lavish retirement goodies. If they only had to police nursery schools all day, that would be the case. And if we lived in a utopia, we wouldn’t need cops.
Minority behavior hasn’t a damn thing to do with the OP’s question. The question is how do we prevent sociopaths from becoming cops, and how do we get lunatics off the force once they’ve been hired.
You know...like when a white man is crawling down a hallway and begging a cop not to shoot him and the cop shoots him anyway. Or when a black man is sitting in his car after being pulled over for having a wide nose and looking like a robbery suspect, and is gunned down in his seat over nothing. Or maybe when a cop shoots a man in the back while he’s running and the cop throws a taser on his body and claims that the guy tried to take his taser. Speaking of tasers, how about shooting a guy with a gun in an interrogation room when you actually meant to tase him instead. And speaking of Philadelphia, how about cops planting drugs on black men and sending them to prison for years only to find out later that all the arrests were fallacious...causing a judge to have to free dozens of men.
But let’s skip over all that and turn the thread into an anti African American screed.
One of the problems with police in America is that they often don't understand or have zero connection to the neighborhoods they are policing. I doubt you'd see these type of posts if they were truly dedicated to understanding the some of the issues in these places.
One of the problems with police in America is that they often don't understand or have zero connection to the neighborhoods they are policing. I doubt you'd see these type of posts if they were truly dedicated to understanding the some of the issues in these places.
Most cops are TOTALLY disconnected to the areas they police. The exception is probably small towns.
Many Big city cops just see the job as a place to whip ass on people all day and then go home. The last incident in St Louis where the cops thought they were beating up a “regular black guy” only to learn later that he was an undercover cop made that clear. Especially when their text messages to each other came out.
Every time I have gotten a ticket I was quiet sure it was an act of discrimination
The color of the face and hands inside the devil blue uniform and behind the satanic looking badge was of little importance in my astute assessment of his real motive for giving me a citation just bek I ran a red light
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Most cops are TOTALLY disconnected to the areas they police. The exception is probably small towns.
Many Big city cops just see the job as a place to whip ass on people all day and then go home. The last incident in St Louis where the cops thought they were beating up a “regular black guy” only to learn later that he was an undercover cop made that clear. Especially when their text messages to each other came out.
Give it up already. The vast majority of cops go out and do an amazing job with little to no fanfare. Funny I grew up in a suburb. Worked in a city. Didn't go out and whip people. What an ignorant statement!
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