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Watch As NYPD Officers Turn Their Backs On NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio

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Just over two weeks ago, as NYC was turmoiling in protests following the Eric Garner chokehold death and the subsequent acquittal of the police officer involved, none other than NYC's mayor Bill de Blasio - a person whose job is to seek to impartially preserve the peace at all costs - tried to score populist points by disparaging none other than the NY Police Department.

This is how the NY Post summarized things, granted with a dose of hyperbole:

Determined not to let a crisis go to waste, the mayor has spent the last two days cranking up the volume and the vitriol of his anti-cop agenda. Predictably, he trots out his son, Dante, to put a personal spin on police-black relations, saying he is fearful the biracial teen will end up in a confrontation with a cop.

 

Imagine that. The city is in turmoil over the Staten Island case and the mayor throws gasoline on the fire by painting the entire police force as a bunch of white racist brutes. Has he no shame?

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We need a mayor to stand up with and for us,” police union head Pat Lynch said yesterday. He said his members feel as if de Blasio is “throwing them under the bus.”

It got worse. Demonstrating just how frayed the relationship between the NYC mayor's office is and the city's law enforcement had gotten, the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association issued a statement for the use of police officers requesting that Mayor de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito not attend their funerals. Here is the text of PBA's request, courtesy of Truthrevolt:

I, as a New York City police officer, request that Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito refrain from attending my funeral services in the event that I am killed in the line of duty.

 

Due to Mayor de Blasio and Speaker Mark-Viverito’s consistent refusal to show police officers the support and respect they deserve, I believe that their attendance at the funeral of a fallen New York City police officer is an insult to that officer’s memory and sacrifice.

Which leads us to today, and the latest nonsenical murder, in which a lone crazed gunman, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, executed in cold blood and in broad daylight two NYPD officers as "revenge" for Eric Garner and Michael Brown. In other words, vigilante justice which, according to some, was encouraged by the mayor himself. One such person was former New York Governor George Pataki who in a tweet moments ago, blamed the murder of officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos on the "divisive anti-cop rhetoric" of mayor de Blasio and outgoing attorney general Eric Holder.

So just more politics and attempts to score political talking points on the back of yet another human tragedy? Yes, but nothing compared to the reception that de Blasio got earlier today when on his way to the press conference to address the execution-style shooting of two NYPD officers, all the present police officers very visibly and demonstratively turned their back on him.

 

Dear mayor Bill, a piece of advice: if you can hire the guy who is building the moat around the White House, you probably should for a comparably treatment around city hall (and/or your personal residence). Because if you ever need to dial 911, don't be surprised when it goes straight to voicemail.

 

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Sun, 12/21/2014 - 15:12 | 5578561 BillyPilgrim
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According to the CIA Factbook: Dutch 80.7%, EU 5%, Indonesian 2.4%, Turkish 2.2%, Surinamese 2%, Moroccan 2%, Caribbean 0.8%, other 4.8%

Not so bad I think. Plus, I dont really care about immigrants, let em come, the more the merrier! Who cares if its not just whiteys anymore? Those 50s days are gone forever anyway, no use in holding on.

At least nowadays I can get some nice food around here.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 22:16 | 5579848 Tompooz
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"Those 50s days are gone forever anyway, no use in holding on".

True. You cannot go back to the days that cops were still remembered for being accomplices of occupying Nazi's and their powers circumscribed accordingly.

In the Netherlands now the danger of sliding towards a police state is not so much in the police force but more in the mentality of overcrowded and overstressed people calling for "ban this" and "ban that" and believing in the "security" scam.

 

 

 

 

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 19:54 | 5579398 rejected
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Agreed the u.s has a higher rate of gun deaths than Netherlands,,, but considering a population of 17 million in the Netherlands to over 300 million in the u.s along with over 300 million guns I'd say the u.s is doing pretty well. 

Still the rate per 100,000 is much lower in the Netherlands. 

Sadly the u.s has a 10 per 100,000 gun deaths per year but 6 of those are suicides. Easier to shoot yourself than hari kari, I suppose... 

Now the problem that rears its head is how many of those 3 per 100,000 supposed homicides done in defense of ones life or property. The u.s and state governments purposely skew these figures where it is next to impossible to figure anything out. Also these same governments refuse to collect data on how many crimes/assaults were prevented by guns.

Now for assaults, the Netherlands far exceed the us. I suggest that is due to the ownership of self defense weapons. See an article here on ZH that also attacks our ownership of weapons.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-12-19/gun-violence-america-6-uncomfor...

 

And finally.... May I ask what business is it of yours? You don't live here... It would be nice if foreign nationals would mind their own business. If you don't mind being a victim,,, fine with me, But, leave me out of your agenda!

Also,,, The Netherlands doesn't seem to mind poking the Bear (Russia) while America has it's back,,, risking american lives....

Lots of guns involved in wars... Yes?

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 00:03 | 5577205 VWAndy
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We are so getting played. Black vs white, cops vs everybody, gov vs people. Somebody really wants us all to start killing each other.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 00:07 | 5577220 thedrickster
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I don't think anyone is playing anything, what you are witnessing is the devolution of a society/culture.

The multiculturalists exist in an echo chamber completely devoid of RW consequences. Time to supress the libertarian instincts for a bit and understand that western civ itself is in grave danger.

The Enlightenment is nothing without suitably enlightened Peoples.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 00:09 | 5577229 holdbuysell
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I'm thinking there are globalists looking at this board game and feeling quite content with how their pieces are positioned.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 01:37 | 5577397 Amish Hacker
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They don't want peace, they want quiet.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 00:09 | 5577231 Government need...
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Perhaps by going full cannibal we could rid ourselves of some nuisances.  I wonder how Goldman Sacks banker tastes. . .

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 00:20 | 5577258 IndyPat
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like Kosher chickenshit.

Just a guess.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 00:22 | 5577262 VWAndy
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It is as planned.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 01:27 | 5577382 monkeyboy
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There are enlightened people???

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 02:42 | 5577460 Suisse
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The dregs of society are getting out of control, their disruptions have become a much more frequent occurance since Obama was elected. There have been many Black issues since Obama's election and nonstop Black issues the past few years. Many of the same protesters were participating in the occupy movement.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 09:58 | 5577783 Ban KKiller
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Yes, those black banksters are a worry.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 00:08 | 5577221 holdbuysell
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Yup, the system is becoming overloaded on numerous fronts (immigration, ebola, debt, medical insurance, race to name a few).

If I missed any, please add.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 00:09 | 5577230 lakecity55
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Zionist Subversion.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 04:39 | 5577535 Rock On Roger
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zion amen

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 15:02 | 5578533 Counterpunch
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Do you mean 'Zionist' or do you mean 'Jewish'?

Not the same....  not attacking, just wondering.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 19:20 | 5579267 Big Corked Boots
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It's called Cloward-Piven, and it's working.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 00:09 | 5577225 Government need...
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Riiight.  Cuz the government is here to help!

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 00:10 | 5577228 lakecity55
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LC says Do Not Play their game!

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 00:44 | 5577306 noben
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Hmm... If they wanted chaos, just any kind of chaos, all they'd have to do is cut of welfare payments.

Nah, if they want chaos, it's a very specific type and on their time line. Until then, they're just priming the pump.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 01:00 | 5577341 Oldwood
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Power through chaos. Same as it has ever been. 

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 02:42 | 5577458 Keyboard Kommando
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That would be the same evil, Satanic tribe that controls Wall St, the media and intimidates Congress and the Senate! One we REALLY don't need!

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 00:09 | 5577224 lakecity55
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He is an old-style Commie. He was put there to fuck stuff like this up.

Geez, read his history. He would have been happy to lay down in dirty snow so Lenin could walk over him and keep his galoshes clean.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 00:08 | 5577226 Buster Cherry
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well now, let the streetlamp decorating contest begin!

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 00:15 | 5577246 max2205
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Cops should get a nice raise in 2015

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 00:19 | 5577253 williambanzai7
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A functioning police state needs no police.--William S Burroughs

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 00:23 | 5577265 VWAndy
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Spot on.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 10:44 | 5577847 Urban Roman
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What about a malfunctioning one?

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 00:40 | 5577295 Son of Captain Nemo
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Bill de Blasio

The same Mayor who timed his comments for the New York City Coalition for Accountability Now -High Rise Building Safety Initiative for the November 2014 elections as a referedum to place on the ballot calling out the organizers of NYCCAN two months before the elections when he knew they had the requisite number of signatures as being unpatriotic and disrespectful to the memories of the fallen on 9/11...

And after he knew that this was NYCCANs second attempt at getting the government to open a new investgation into the collapse of Building 7 only to be thrown out by the courts (a second time) before the November election took place!

Yeah that son of a bitch!!!

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 04:23 | 5577526 Rock On Roger
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It is really tough when buildings fall down in sympathy of  each other.

 

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 00:43 | 5577301 stant
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Well I just put back the hen house on our old home place. Time to hunker down here in fly over country

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 10:29 | 5577824 shovelhead
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Yup.

I marvel at the dysfunction that the city slickers wallow around in daily. Out here in Flyoverville, cops are generally nice and polite to the well armed citizenry.

Some years back we had a new cop hire who got a bit too high handed with folks while indulging in his enthusiasm for law enforcement. This continued until he punched out and arrested a high school kid who told him to 'get lost' because a few of them were hanging out on private property with no complaints.

The next City Council meeting was filled with folks that explained to the police chief that either this guy was gone or both of them would be gone.

No problems anymore.

A testimony to minimalist gov. and active and engaged citizens.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 00:43 | 5577302 kchrisc
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Remind me of what it is called when the pols' tools of violence turn on their masters?!

The banksters need to repay us.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 00:49 | 5577319 Seasmoke
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Karma ..

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 04:21 | 5577524 Rock On Roger
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Aren't you a subject and not a citizen?

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 05:22 | 5577557 kchrisc
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It is recommended to change out propaganda memes about every every six months to year.

While I am committed to being "An American, not US subject," it use as a propagandistic meme, and thought provoking tool, had run its course.

I am now using a meme that has a veiled truth, and implicit call to action within it: "The banksters need to repay us."

Not immediately as thought provoking, or visceral, as "An American, not US subject," but a more subtle thought catalyst via the implicit call to action. I'm trying to link debt, repayment, and the banksters' plundering schemes together--Make them one and the same in the mind.

We will see.

The banksters need to repay us.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 10:37 | 5577831 shovelhead
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Ok, I get it.

Kind of like the Sham Wow guy of dissent.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 10:49 | 5577851 Urban Roman
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I liked the old one better.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 12:49 | 5578125 Tall Tom
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So do I. So if you like it then I am sure that he will not object if you use it.

 

 

 

 

An American, not a US Subject.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 19:34 | 5579016 kchrisc
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Use it, even take credit for it. That is its purpose.

Get people thinking. Get people waking. Get people fighting.

The banksters need to repay us.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 07:57 | 5577663 dreadnaught
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ha! we are not even stockholders! let alone serfs

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 08:13 | 5577682 negative rates
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Huh, it's your money or your life here, and they aint givin up the money.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 00:45 | 5577311 Billy Shears
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NYC Police dept. is CORRUPT to the core. A union? Please! The police unions are among the most corrupt and criminal organization in the .gov world, they hold every municipality hostage to ever increaseing wages and pensions, taxpayers (you know, the ones they swear to protect and serve) be damned! And the taxpayer, i.e. citizens, are treated like a second-class citizen in any encounter w/ "law enforcement." See this:

http://legalinsurrection.com/2014/12/76-year-old-man-tasered-by-cop-over...

The police are insane! I would fire all the NYC cops and start fresh but first get rid of the criminal union; bucnh of deputized thugs and we are all worse off for it.

 

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 00:52 | 5577324 Government need...
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Looks like 2 cops got fired this evening.  Rumor had it a few pink slips were found near their bodies.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 10:43 | 5577843 surf0766
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Yes hire the Latin Kings to police you city.. Makes perfect sense.. You think all those officers of color are racist too??  Freakn idiot..

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 01:13 | 5577364 BrokusDickusMaximus
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I have a feeling a lot of cops are rethinking their career choice. I have another thought that members of the FSA might think that it is open season on da' po-po. Ya'll be careful and play purty now, ya' hea!

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 02:03 | 5577433 czarangelus
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The cops and the FSA are mutually reinforcing entities.

We live in Hell.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 02:02 | 5577431 czarangelus
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The horrors have been set upon the human race everywhere it lives. It's only now that the jackboot is coming to America. But what could we do? Against the evils of the state we are mere men... we have not become gods.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 02:26 | 5577446 lynnybee
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here's what happened in my corner of the world today; a mass  "die-in"  in the pet aisle of the BEAVERCREEK WALMART (Dayton, Ohio area) :   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC5_ivvvrf8

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 04:17 | 5577522 Rock On Roger
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You're either with us or against us.

 

I hate walmart as much as teevee.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 10:56 | 5577871 Realname
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Im in 100% aggrement with that statement. Pile up all the tvs in all the walmarts and burn the shit down to the ground.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 12:24 | 5578054 Winston of Oceania
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I mean some books are actually written versions of a movie or television series. BURN EM ALL!

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 12:23 | 5578055 Winston of Oceania
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Books too, I've read many shitty books so why take chances...

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 12:22 | 5578052 Winston of Oceania
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So where do you buy your "shit from china"?

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 16:22 | 5578767 tarabel
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Is that a Simpsons cartoon avatar you use?

I see your point but can't help thinking about the anomaly involved.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 02:30 | 5577449 lynnybee
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little Dayton, Ohio; DON'T SHOOT!  HANDS UP ! :   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anKellBePbQ  

 

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 02:56 | 5577473 pocomotion
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PANTS UP,  DON'T LOOT!

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 03:00 | 5577475 czarangelus
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Ever been molested by a cop?

No wonder darkies in this country wear their shorts down low. It makes it easier for the pigs to squeeze their testicles when they're being stopped and frisked.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 04:19 | 5577523 Leraconteur
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Cops are not there for your protection, thus Blasio should have a gun to handle intruders and the stray man in blue.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 05:38 | 5577573 smackdog
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So true but now isn't it interesting they're being thrown under the bus?  First the rest of us, any sacred institution, the military and now the police.  I think the police were pretty smug in their position and their pension but maybe that's not in O-Hole's long term plan.  No, he doesn't want anyone having anywhere to hide, any sense of community.  Oh, the rich will keep getting richer, we know that.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 04:46 | 5577536 Victor999
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There was a time when such a reaction by policwe officers would result in huge public symapthy.  No more.  A militarised police force that does not hesitate to show its power and authority on innocent civilians is no longer a force deserving of honor but of disdain.  Police officers have abused their public status as defenders of the public interest, and have now become perceived as to what they have truly become - defenders of the 1% surrounded by the Great Unwashed enemy - the tax-paying public.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 10:59 | 5577878 Realname
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Exactly...just another quill for your thinking cap... http://www.thedailysheeple.com/nypds-cop-union-we-have-become-a-wartime-...

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 13:04 | 5578163 Tall Tom
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The NYPD has declared a state of war?

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 13:54 | 5578296 IndyPat
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JHC! Stop calling yourself a fucking civilian!

They ride in armored cars and carry military rifles, yet...you willingly refer to yourself as a civilian.

Why not just refer to yourself as collateral? Fodder? That's essentially what you are doing when you say we are civilians.
Talk about Stockholm Motherfucking Syndrome.

Words mean things. So do uniforms.

You are a citizen. Not a refugee, subject, vassal or a damn civilian.

Right now, all of us can be armed, vocal and pissed off citizens.
The world is watching.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 04:50 | 5577538 Atomizer
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Good job NYPD. Now use your tools to exile the top heavy corruption within. Think as if it were a homicide case. You will find the mole within. Winks.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 05:15 | 5577554 GardenWeasel
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If you want respect, be respectable. Simple as that.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 05:32 | 5577563 smackdog
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This is what Obama wanted.  He wants cops getting killed, he wants race riots, he wants our society and financial system to fall apart.  He stirred this mess up so he could go on one of his luxurious vacations.  Start a race war and then go off and have a slurpy or snowcone.  How many times do we have to watch the same picture, over and over, until we get it?  He is the one who militarized the local police.  He is the one who has to evesdrop and track everything we do.  He's the one who needs to change everyone's attitudes so they're all the same.  He's the one who censors the press. It's the same thing Hitler did.  This is all just smoke and mirrors to confuse and set people against each other so the rich can continue running off with the people's life savings.  Whatever is bad for us, like a virus, he injects us with it.   He must be planning to replace local police now with his own jackboots so he's making them a target.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 06:53 | 5577616 BillyPilgrim
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Police have been militarized since at least the 90s. Youve been spied on since forever. Your press has not been free ever. It isnt at all like Hitler did, read a book.

"The president wants the country to fall apart because he hates America" Dumbest shit Ive ever heard.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 07:55 | 5577660 dreadnaught
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In the 1960s, the CIA had COINTELPRO....spying on anyone to the left of Atilla the Hun....they never stopped...they also had OPERATION NORTHWOODS....suddenly 911 being an *inside job* seems to make sense

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 15:04 | 5578541 Counterpunch
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You think Obama's will be done?  I tend to think he, and recent presidents, are basically puppets and little more.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 07:18 | 5577627 muleskinner
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Out here in the outback where nobody knows where it is, I have seen three bald eagles, four moose, pheasant, grouse, partridge, geese, ducks, coyotes, fox, deer, buffalo, mink, even llamas.  Of course, horses, donkeys, thousands of cattle, fish in the river, plenty of grain in the bins.

No real fear of not having something for dinner at any given time.

On the other hand, New York City is three hours away from food shortages should it all go to hell in a handbasket.  At the very least, quit killing each other.  Something that needs some attention for it to stop, not continue.

It's Christmas, it is time for peace on earth, for Christ's sake.

 

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 10:50 | 5577854 shovelhead
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Don't eat the bald eagles.

That's an MRAP offense.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 07:47 | 5577654 Infinite QE
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He's already stated that his job is to defend Israel. New Yorkers are just as fecked now as with Bloomturd.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 14:51 | 5578499 lakecity55
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The many changes of name of MaoBlasio fail to hide his Zionist bolshevik true identity.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 08:20 | 5577686 overmedicatedun...
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Miriam Carey..look her up - I asked my congressman has there been any legal action against her killers- he's looking into it, still waiting.

Her case is a true example of murder by police, to protect congress and presidents, they kill unarmed young black women who did what? oh she took wrong turn and fled militarized police responce trying to save herself and her child from thugs who happen to be police and SS (secret service) officers.

HER case is the one that should have caused out cry, yet nothing. Her case is the one that should be in the national spotlight, yet they burried her story, wonder why?

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 08:55 | 5577706 I am a Man I am...
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lmao you can't attend my funeral, like they really want to attend any funeral 

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 08:56 | 5577707 Wahooo
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At some point, Citizens in every community will form small groups and meet with small groups of law enforcement to hash out rules of engagement and behavior based on previous law - the Constitution. And these groups will ignore everything else - political process, local state and federal politicians, union rules and the like. You can't get to peaceful existence and cooperation within the current structure of our politics. It just can't happen.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 09:43 | 5577760 pcrs
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Schizm in the crooks department

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 09:58 | 5577784 Lostinfortwalton
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So the shooter goes from Atlanta to Baltimore, where he shoots his girlfriend, and then goes to New York? He gets money for these travels how? And apparently Clapper was a little slow on the eavesdropping bit. A few billion more for the Clapper is in order. And maybe a few Abrams tanks for the NYPD.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 10:06 | 5577792 GoingLoonie
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First let's get a few things straight: 1. A school teacher has greater odds of being killed through violence than a policeman does.  2.  It is far more likely this idiot, who does not want attendance at his funeral, will kill rather then be killed by anyone.  3.  These cops do not just treat blacks badly, they do it to everyone.  Now to the point.

 Modern police have no intention to "protect and serve."  Their modern day motto should be:  "Harrass, degrade and belittle-If that does not work, just shoot the citizen, throw down a gun and call it self defense."

Five cops in New York killing a pudgy big fat man, that they knew was harmless for selling singlets of cigarretes?

They should all five be prosecuted for murder.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 12:12 | 5578022 Winston of Oceania
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 A school teacher has greater odds of being killed through violence than a policeman does.

Sorry but I call bullshit on that one! http://www.nleomf.org/facts/enforcement/

  • There are more than 900,000 sworn law enforcement officers now serving in the United States, which is the highest figure ever. About 12 percent of those are female.
  • According to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports, an estimated 1.2 million violent crimes occurred nationwide in 2011, a four percent decrease from 2010.
  • Crime fighting has taken its toll. Since the first recorded police death in 1791, there have been over 20,000 law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. Currently, there are 20,267 names engraved on the walls of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.
  • A total of 1,501 law enforcement officers died in the line of duty during the past 10 years, an average of one death every 58 hours or 150 per year. There were 100 law enforcement officers killed in 2013.
  • On average, over the last decade, there have been 58,261 assaults against law enforcement each year, resulting in 15,658 injuries.
  • The 1920s were the deadliest decade in law enforcement history, when a total of 2,390 officers died, or an average of almost 239 each year. The deadliest year in law enforcement history was 1930, when 297 officers were killed. That figure dropped dramatically in the 1990s, to an average of 162 per year.
  • The deadliest day in law enforcement history was September 11, 2001, when 72 officers were killed while responding to the terrorist attacks on America.
  • New York City has lost more officers in the line of duty than any other department, with 697 deaths. Texas has lost 1,675 officers, more than any other state. The state with the fewest deaths is Vermont, with 22.
  • There are 1,081 federal officers listed on the Memorial, as well as 622 correctional officers and 32 military law enforcement officers.
  • There are 275 female officers listed on the Memorial; four female officers were killed in 2013.
  • During the past ten years, more incidents that resulted in felonious fatalities occurred on Thursday than any other day of the week. The fewest number of felonious incidents occurred on Tuesday.
Sun, 12/21/2014 - 12:31 | 5578081 Counterpunch
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You're more likely to be killed by a cop than by a terrorist.


Significantly more likely.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 12:47 | 5578123 mototard
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If you quit robbing banks, beating your wife and selling crack on the street corner, your chances of getting shot go down significantly.

 

Just a thought.....

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 13:18 | 5578202 Counterpunch
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Certainly. And once you cease those shootable offenses, you are still more likely to be killed by a cop than a terrorist.

Just a statistical truth....

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 18:06 | 5579079 GoingLoonie
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Not true.  Just stand up for your rights when one stops you next time.  Then you will understand.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 18:12 | 5579089 GoingLoonie
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What does any of that bullshit have to do with the statement.  I stand by it. A school teacher has greater odds of being killed through violence than a policeman does. 

And the teacher does not get paid half as much, or have the perks.  I challenge you to disprove it.  Sandy Hook, Va Tech, alone probably prove it by themselves.


Sun, 12/21/2014 - 10:16 | 5577799 GreatUncle
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No more than the state of a society when you have a politicised police force anywhere in the world.

Go and look for comparison in police forces around the world and realise the democratic police force representing the people is vanishing being replaced by enforcers for the gangsters.

Whatever happened to the concept it's a fair cop officer?

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 10:20 | 5577806 Seasmoke
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hmm, seems to me a LONE WOLF is much more dangerous than a few thousand people protesting .......that's why I will always be a TimberWolf. 

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 10:56 | 5577874 shovelhead
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Are you one of those weird 'furry' people?

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 10:26 | 5577818 1stepcloser
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Glad the NSA prevented this..WTFever

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 13:44 | 5578262 Tall Tom
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He just posted his plan on Social Media...

 

At times I think that the NSA and DHS is just playing a game of BLUFF. Yet I already know that is not their intent in the first place. It never was.

 

We have known for quite some time that the information is not being collected for protection. There are other reasons for cataloging the vast amount of data that they are garnering without warrants.

 

It is for identifying people whom will dissent and it is there to jail these dissenters when it becomes worse as it will.

 

Just how much information have i posted on ZH?

 

And I am still here...

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 10:30 | 5577825 Dingleberry
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Pieces of shit race bating media and politiicians.

This is the result.

 

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 10:41 | 5577836 homiegot
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This is what happens when a left-leaning marxist is elected to office. New Yorkers are clueless.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 11:03 | 5577891 capltd
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So are you saying the police department is a tool of a right-wing fascist state?

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 13:21 | 5578210 Realname
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Does is make any difference if its a left-wing fascist state?

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 10:44 | 5577844 nodoctor
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The cops are the hoaxers. They sent out a letter saying that DeBlasio wouldn't be welcome at funerals then a few days later the first revenge killing. 9/11. Sandy Hook. Boston Marathon. It has been the first responders every time.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 11:00 | 5577846 Millivanilli
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Life on the streets.

The Hunted and the Hated: An Inside Look at the NYPD's Stop-and-Frisk Policy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rWtDMPaRD8


Sun, 12/21/2014 - 11:23 | 5577929 Mi Naem
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Thanks Milli, I hadn't seen that video for a while. 

Relevant balance to the current events. 

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 10:52 | 5577862 johnjkiii
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Anyone who looks at the history of organized police forces knows that cops have always been thugs hired to keep other thugs in line. Most try to do a good job of it but being human they are never purged of human nature. De-blowjob is nothing new in politics either, nor is Obozo or Mr. & Mrs. Cliton or any repugican you care to name. But then there's hope. Hope that the next A-hole we vote for will stop pandering to her cronies, stop stealing from the public purse or stop doing what most politicians are good at. Great srategy. It makes it easy to whine & complain when it doesn't work out.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 11:00 | 5577881 Solarman
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That is such bullshit.  My dad was a cop for 30 years.  Most of these guys go out of their way not to do what you say, and many have died protecting you.

 

America has violence in their inner city because we continually pour in new unskilled labor and the only way they make a buck is by committing crimes.

 

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 11:10 | 5577901 safe as milk
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yes and when a bully cop kills a harmless man on a street corner because he finds him annoying, it destroys the good faith that cops like your father spend years building up in an instant.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 12:03 | 5578008 Winston of Oceania
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End the stupid fucking war on drugs and it goes away in three months just like prohibition and the gang violence of the thirties. Tell your Dad thanks for me if he's still around.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 12:50 | 5578126 johnjkiii
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Too much common sense in that remark

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 12:44 | 5578114 johnjkiii
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As I said, "most of them try to do a good job". Your father may have been one of those. That does not change the history nor does it change the political landscape in which we live. Cops are human and as such are subject to human failings as well as successes. If the NYPD was the wonderful home of perfect civil servants, using guns would not be as prevalent there as it is. Most politicians begin their careers with high hopes only to be bludgeoned by reality & becoming greedy, crony serving parasites. The fault lies with the voters who have choices and we who live with those choices. Hence NY has de-blowjob, the US has Obozo & the Booshes & the Clitons. The world tolerates the Jessy Jerksons & Al the tax dodger as well along with the whole swampful of outlandish selfserving cranks & pests, too many to mention here. "We have seen the enemy & he is us." (Walt Kelly)

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 15:20 | 5578585 Urban Roman
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If he was a good cop, why didn't he out the bad cops so they could be prosecuted and removed from the force?

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 10:56 | 5577872 buzzsaw99
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this, as wall street parties with bonuses out the wazoo. lololol

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 10:56 | 5577873 capltd
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Apparently no one is allowed to disagree with the way the NYC police department conducts itself.  Serve and protect the police department only.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 11:06 | 5577886 safe as milk
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the ny post is nothing but an expensive megaphone for a bitter old man named murdoch. pataki is an old fart who couldn't get elected to dog catcher. anyone who watches the eric garner video and thinks the cop shouldn't have been indicted for at least reckless endangerment is blind. the cops have gone too far. we need to reign them in and our mayor knows it.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 11:15 | 5577909 papaswamp
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I'm sure others have said this...LE has been caught between 2 worlds. One that requires them to be heavily armed in order to protect themseves and exercise their duty, and another where the heavily armed/tactics would be monumentally excessive. The difficulty is telling which situation they will be confronting. Lack of funding, training and good intel basically set them up for eventual failure. Majority do an excellent job given said lack of funds etc.. But its when they dont, the reaction and backlash can be epic.

As wealth,education and jobs for the majority continue to degrade, the sheeple will be looking for someone to lash out against. The first level representative of power for government is the police officer. I believe this type of event will continue to escalate as the real situation continues to degrade. Government will react slowly then pass a flurry of every restrictive laws on freedom. This circle of violence and reaction will get worse.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 11:59 | 5577995 Winston of Oceania
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It's not really a lack of funds but too much heavy arms and technology in place of training in POLICING. When the community feels no affinity for you it is because you are seen as an overlord. Start having cops walk a beat in two's at first, the SAME beat for their entire tenure on the streets. Get to know people and they will open up to you, now nobody see's anything and crimes go unsolved.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 18:13 | 5579094 Ass Burger
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And police the neighborhoods they live in.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 11:16 | 5577912 capltd
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So many ZeroHedge readers are STILL clueless as to the divide-and-conquer strategy the corporatocracy uses against them after so many articles clearly describe it.  Apparently the media's right vs left, black vs white koolade is just too sweet to resist!  They keep drinking and drinking until they spew the same stuff all over their commentary.  It's pathetic.  Consider yourselves hopelessly conquered.  You deserve every bit of what you're complaining about.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 11:16 | 5577913 godiva chocolate
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Is the US getting its own "colored revolution".  Perhaps foreign countries should meddle to stir up more trouble and give US a taste of its own medicine?

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 11:56 | 5577985 Winston of Oceania
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Bring it on pussy.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 12:34 | 5578087 Counterpunch
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The American people are occupied by a hostile government which increasingly turns to storm trooper tactics to maintain its kleptocratic, warmongering power.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 14:46 | 5578485 lakecity55
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The ZOG.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 11:19 | 5577920 shovelhead
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I suppose this nutcase's girlfriend was a cop too?

So, we have Mr. Crazyguy who wants to go out in a blaze of publicity by jumping on the current bandwagon of blacks and cops and all the armchair sociologists are trying to draw a 'big picture issue' that only reflects their own personal angst.

What if these two cops weren't gun wielding maniacs and were instead the first responders to an Amber Alert that caught the guy who kidnapped your child before he could harm her?

Would you be so happy that these cops are dead?

 

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 11:32 | 5577938 Mi Naem
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Evidently, the side of NYC police cars say ( see https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=7rWtDMPaRD8#t=724 )

Courtesy

Professionalism

Respect

so they couldn't really be hunting folks down just to hassle them for a long-shot bust, right? 

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 16:14 | 5578751 silentboom
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and no cpr for garner, they just left him laying there like a dead animal.

Mon, 12/22/2014 - 05:47 | 5580388 One Eyed Jack
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He wasn't one?

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 11:36 | 5577950 americanspirit
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I haven't gone near New York except to fly through JFK for more than 30 years. The reason is simple. There is a psychic dome over that city and the material that makes up the dome is collective psychosis. When I used to drive into NYC, many years ago, I could actually feel that wall of insanity as it came closer and finally enveloped me as I went through the tunnel or over the bridge. Once inside the dome I felt totally immersed in an environment of rage, fear, greed, anger, hopelessness, and pure evil. I never stayed a moment longer than I had to (those were the days when I had a publisher and an agent in NYC and had to go there a couple of times a year.)

For the sake of all mankind this city should disappear from the face of the earth. There is nothing good about the place, nothing at all.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 12:09 | 5578014 djsmps
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I enjoyed New York thirty years ago. It had an edge. Then it became Disneyfied.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 12:20 | 5578047 Counterpunch
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I, for one, enjoy the 90% less dogshit everywhere.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 16:12 | 5578746 silentboom
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Actually most of that was human.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 14:50 | 5578496 MrButtoMcFarty
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That's not insanity per say. That's humanity.

Wiping out NYC is in the interest of mankind?

What kind of sick fuck shit is that exactly?

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 11:49 | 5577970 NewAmericaNow
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Stomtroopers requesting the Emperor not attend the Send off.

Sorry I was always partial to the Jedi side. May the force be with us.

http://newamerica-now.blogspot.com/

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 11:53 | 5577981 Winston of Oceania
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Fuck you.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 12:08 | 5578015 Infinite QE
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I am greatly surprised that DeBlasio wasn't over in israel showing his allegiances. Again.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 15:12 | 5578562 Counterpunch
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Will there be a single serious candidate for US President who does not have that photo op at the wailing wall?

Are there that many Evangelicals in the US?

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 12:11 | 5578018 TrustbutVerify
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So, let's count the anti-law enforcement politicians and bureaucrats we so often see and have heard so much from in regard to their anti-law enforcement positions...DeBlasio...Eric Holder...Oh...and our illustrious president...Obama...and many more public figures...Sharpton, and his ilk.  

Let's not forget all the news agencies, (ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, NYT, LA Times, Washington Post, PBS, NPR, on and on and on.) that have supported the positions of these for decades.  And their sympathizers...the individuals that support and vote for them, and listen to their news broadcasts and buy their newspapers. 

This situation's been coming on for decades.  Anyone that spoke out against this cabal, again, for decades, has been demonized immediately in a coordinated attack by all of the above.  

 

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 12:18 | 5578041 Counterpunch
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Essentially, the police union is upset the mayor believes, or pretends to, that the reach of the 1st Amendment extends to the island of Manhattan.

I do agree with the police that they are not, in fact, targeting young blacks.

They are targeting all of us.

We are occupied - have you forgotten how put down we are?

 

 

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 12:19 | 5578045 Ecosutra
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Are you all seeing massive amounts of suicides in the military?
Exponential PTSD cases are not because of a war in which casualties are overbearing mental health. It's from a mental beat down and these solders come home to take up occupation in our justice system. So we have a pattern of abuse inside our military filtering out into our streets. I've heard many cases and researched far too much mental abuse in the military and we are facing it when they come home. I want a police force that is local and is involved with a community, not a soldier whose being job placed in some far away city away from his hometown. I want honor and respect in my justice system but I know from experience the DOJ doesn't want community, they want us living in fear for the corporations and money. If you can't find love within freedom you really have lost the plot. If you want a strong police force without community, you're most likely one of the privledged who loves his big truck and guns or domination over another. You're not into communion and finding a higher frequency and most likely will never let your ego join with another if it doesn't involve you copulating.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 12:24 | 5578062 Counterpunch
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Great post. 

Yes, vets and the field trips to Israel as well as militarization since 9/11 generally all add up to a large minority of cops who more or less feel like they are an occupation force, and they simply crave the excitement.

Every call that 15 years ago would have been answered by one black and white and a pair of calm cops is now 3 cars, a supervisor, and tactical gear.  Reaching too soon for your wallet is risking your life.

And there's the small day to day petty power trips of cops - yelling, ordering, demanding ID without PC.  This is a minority.  I'd estimate 75% are good people doing their best.

But there's a large minority that have no business having body armor and sniper rifles, let alone badge and gun. 

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 13:13 | 5578193 azcynic
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Bully in school with fists, Bully in a foreign land with a gun, Bully from out of town now in your town with a badge!!!

Mon, 12/22/2014 - 05:42 | 5580386 One Eyed Jack
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Pussy in moms basement with a computer with an uninformed opinion= you.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 12:26 | 5578069 Bill of Rights
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Yearning for a scene from the movie " gangs of New York "

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 12:40 | 5578100 mototard
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The video is disturbing, but the scary thing in this article is the twitter statement from the Governor of the State of New York.  He directly and openly accuses the Attorney General of the USA and the Mayor of New York of anti-police behaviour.

These three indivuals are all in the chain of command for various law enforcement functions at the national, state and civic level.

Things are bad indeed if there is this kind of disrespect and hatred of each other on display during a time of crisis.

 

 

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 14:45 | 5578476 lakecity55
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MaoBlasio is in the thick of the Marxist-Zionist scheme to wreck the US along with Holder and the Gay president.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 12:39 | 5578102 OneTinTrooper
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It is still a sad day in america when the best discussion I can find is among the misfits of this blogspace.  I refuse to turn on my panel for anything but football (and after the ganes are already started so as to avoid seeing further bullcrap as they walk on the field).

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 12:52 | 5578131 Monty Burns
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Sun, 12/21/2014 - 12:50 | 5578132 Monty Burns
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"I refuse to turn on my panel for anything but football (and after the ganes are already started so as to avoid seeing further bullcrap as they walk on the field)."

Great minds think alike. Sport is the only thing I watch on TV and at that I pre-recrd it so as to excise the bullshit commentary and ads.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 15:49 | 5578672 Shitgum Suicide
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Do yourselves a favor and stop paying for cable or any other provider.
Listening to games on line or the radio is far more enjoyable and it focuses you on the game.
That way you won't had to spend the money on technology that takes out the commercials when you have time to sift through a game.
Teevee is shit and so is the NFL. The NFL IS SO GREEDY THAT YOU CAN't even listen to it on the radio as I found out last coue of years and so I said fuck you NFL and their all rights reserved shit.
It pays way too much $ for athletes whose characters are questionable at best.
You want a real sport try listening to or watching hockey.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 16:26 | 5578794 IndianaJohn
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Ball-banger sports are basic negro worship.

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 12:41 | 5578105 Josey Montana
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It doesn't matter which "side" you champion ... this is the consequence of a zero-tolerance state cracking down on the degenerate society it created against the laws of God and Man. 

Dr Frankenstein, meet your monster.  Frankenstein's monster, meet your maker.

Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.  Matthew xxvi:52

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 12:50 | 5578130 Arthur Schopenhauer
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It's the goldern president!

Bang the president!!!

Bang The President

 

Mon, 12/22/2014 - 05:38 | 5580381 One Eyed Jack
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I thought that was what Reggie Love does for work?

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 13:24 | 5578213 Tachyon5321
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Obama and Eric Holder started a race war that is killing our police officers. Everyone should turn their back on them...

Sun, 12/21/2014 - 13:24 | 5578221 himaroid
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So fun to watch.

They only have each other left to fuck over.

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