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I fly the “Thin Blue line” flag everyday
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The trouble is you all want 100% perfection but the reality is no one is perfect we all carry prejudice with us and we will have hormones pumping through our blood and make us make mistakes in judgment. Yes some of us are bad people. It's unfortunate and that's why there's something called training
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What amazes me is that people write 10 paragraphs and expect everyone to read it.
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You would pull out your camera because it is well documented that people of color are stopped more frequently than whites. My nephew-in-law is black, he is stopped at least once a month for driving while black. As soon as he shows his identification, he is a Federal Magistrate Judge, the officers start to back peddle. What would happen if he didn’t have Federal I.D.? I think the stop would last much longer, the car might be searched, and I don’t like to think that he would be treated more harshly. How many of you have been stopped for driving while white?
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The girl in the pink - why isn’t she on CNN ? Where is her mom?
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Because of the 98+% we do trust the police!! |
How do you know the officer stopped him because he was “walking while black”. Did you see the entire encounter? Did you find out why he was stopped? Did you get the same reports at briefing the officer got about someone wanted for committing a crime that matched his description? Did you read the reports where the “victim” provided that description? Do you know that minorities are 5 times as likely to be a victim of a violent crime? Did you know a member of the same minority group is the suspect in 87% of those crimes?
Have you ever walked down the street in a minority community? And if so have you ever seen a person and cross the street or thought he looks suspicious? Have you ever called 911 to report a suspicious person with no evidence they committed a crime but they “looked” suspicious to you? Have you had any human behavioral training to learn what people do when they are up to no good? Have you ever risked not coming home to your family and making your spouse a widow or your kids orphans so that someone you don’t even know can live another day ? You need to have some serious self reflection and realize what you said is full of prejudice. Most people who find fault in strangers do so because of the faults they find in themselves but just don’t want to recognize it. |
I had and continue to have a lot of family in law enforcement. They put up with a lot of crap from people on a daily basis. However, the following is true of the vast majority of LEOs in the country, especially in large urban areas:
"I have pulled dead, mangled bodies from cars. I have lied to people as they were dying. I said you are going to be fine as I held their hand and watched the life fade out. I have held dying babies. Bought lunch for people who were mentally ill and haven't eaten in a while. I have had people try to stab me. Fought with men trying to shoot me. I've been attacked by women while I was arresting their husband who had just severely beat them. I have held towels on bullet wounds. Done CPR when I knew it wouldn't help just to make family members feel better. I have torn down doors, fought in drug houses. Chased fugitives through the woods. I have been in high-speed car chases. Foot chases across an interstate during rush hour traffic. I have been in crashes. Been squeezing the trigger about to kill a man when they came to their senses and stopped. Waded through large angry crowds by myself. Drove like a madman to help a fellow officer. Let little kids who don't have much sit in my patrol car and pretend they are a cop for their birthday. I have taken a lot of people to jail. Given many breaks. Prayed for people I don't even know. Yes, and at times I have been "violent" when I had to be. I have been kind when I could. I admit I have driven to some dark place and cried by myself when I was overwhelmed. I have missed Christmas and other holidays more than I wanted to. Every cop I know has done all these things and more for lousy pay, exhausting hours, and a short life expectancy. We don't want your pity, I don't even ask for your respect. Just let us do our jobs without killing us." |
Because too many black and brown people are being killed when they are pulled over by the police...
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I have worked with police for years and have a thin blue line flag proudly displayed on my golf cart. I had a couple of women in TV asked me what it was for and I told them I support the police and one replied "Well we don't". This was long before the George Floyd incident.
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