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US Police Kill More Civilians In March Than UK Police Killed In 100 Years

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Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,

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The following statistics seem impossible to believe. While I wonder how accurately the UK has been tracking these numbers historically, the enormous spread seems much too large to ignore, and is a national embarrassment that should be dealt with immediately.

From the Free Thought Project:

A new report by ThinkProgress.com unearthed disturbing figures when it came to the number of police-related deaths that occurred in America in the month of March alone.

 

Just last month, in the 31 days of March, police in the United States killed more people than the UK did in the entire 20th century. In fact, it was twice as many; police in the UK only killed 52 people during that 100 year period.

 

According to the report by ThinkProgess, in March alone, 111 people died during police encounters — 36 more than the previous month.

 

This high number in March increased the average for police killings from every 8.5 hours, to nearly 1 police killing every 6.5 hours in the US.

 

China, whose population is 4 and 1/2 times the size of the United States, recorded 12 killings by law enforcement officers in 2014.

On average, US police kill people at a rate 70 times higher than any of the other first world countries as they “protect and serve” the American citizens.

This is not what freedom looks like.

 

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Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:02 | 5972182 BullyBearish
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Fascism, not exceptionalism

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:06 | 5972204 1000yrdstare
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Just last month, in the 31 days of March, police in the United States killed more people than the UK did in the entire 20th century. In fact, it was twice as many; police in the UK only killed 52 people during that 100 year period.

 

 

What I want to know is:  Did they all resemble Huggy bear?

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:10 | 5972226 TerminalDebt
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UK police need to step up their game.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:14 | 5972249 nope-1004
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I used to love Adam-12.  Was a great show in the day.

 

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:16 | 5972266 Keyser
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Hill Street Blues for me... Ah, nostalgia, always better re-lived it seems... 

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:18 | 5972277 BKbroiler
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serve and projectile

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:23 | 5972291 y3maxx
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...How many American bankers were "suicided" in the last year compared to the previous 99?

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:34 | 5972377 NoDebt
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Not enough.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:43 | 5972424 Silky Johnson
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Fucking cops need to be put down!!!!!! With extreme prejudice!

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 16:11 | 5972564 Occident Mortal
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UK police don't kill anyone because UK police are not armed and neither are UK citizens. Our Police force hands out speeding tickets and marshal football matches.

If the bad guys are really bad guys (tooled up) we revert to our elite military forces who enjoy storming embassies, assassinating pension fraudsters on the high seas, scuttling drug runners, and just totally overpowering anyone they are pitched against on civvy street.

If you pull a firearm in public in the UK you are taking on the SAS and they generally laugh at you before emptying a full magazine into your corpse.

Our police have lots of punch ups but no shoot outs. Nobody here would trust those knuckleheads with guns.

Shoot outs just aren't very British.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 16:28 | 5972592 COSMOS
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All of the scum above are Runners from cops.

Easy to coordinate when they all have Obama phones.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 17:10 | 5972805 More Ammo
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Maybe your should visit another site daily...

Operated by the CATO Institute, one of the few I take at their word.

http://www.policemisconduct.net/

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 17:17 | 5972832 Four chan
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black criminality is everyones only problem.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 17:17 | 5972835 boogerbently
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"ThinkProgress" ???

What, they didn't have a Rachel Maddow survey to quote ?

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 17:02 | 5972775 nailgunnin4you
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as they “protect and serve” the American citizens.

 

1 out of 2 ain't bad ey?

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 17:17 | 5972833 nailgunnin4you
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A copkilling article on zerohedge. Brace yourselves folks the terrytoughcunt zerohedge army will be out in force with their inspiring call to own arms and do nothing with them as your vestigial wealth and liberties are taken away.

Thu, 04/09/2015 - 11:54 | 5975404 ZD1
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Meanwhile Islamic fanatics use knives and swords in London (aka Londonstan) to murder, mutilate and decapitate:

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2515493/Soldier-Lee-Rigby-murder...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/11400242/Teen...

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 22:19 | 5973815 Crash Overide
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STOP RESISTING!!!

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 23:46 | 5974095 weburke
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meth or crack 

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:21 | 5972295 Killer the Buzzard
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Reed and Malloy!

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 16:02 | 5972475 Freddie
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tnLbaIHUUg

Adam 12 was a Jack Webb show.  He tried to save Blue Boy.  Notice how this dumb shit is painted in UCLA colors.  Total f**kwit UCLA college ball team loving doper.

LOL!  Looked it up. Aszhole was a UCLA grad.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Burns_%28actor_and_historian%29

He died in Vietnam with Beaver, Eddie Haskell and Lumpy Rutherford from Leave it to Beaver.  Eddie Haskell aka Ken Osmond became Alice Cooper before he was killed at Khe Sahn in Vietnam.

Sad.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 16:13 | 5972568 Bastiat
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Ken Osmond did not die at Khe Sahn, nor was he Alice Cooper.  He is still alive.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Osmond

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 16:36 | 5972667 11b40
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What a load of bunk.  Alice Cooper is still alive and well, as is Ken Osmond, and they are 2 different people.

Michael Burns, who played Blue Boy, is alive and well raising horses in KY afer retiring as a History Prof.

Frank Bank played Lumpy, and later became a bond broker in L.A.

None of these dudes ever came close to Khe Sahn - never even went to Viet Nam, or served in the military, for that matter.

Wrong on all counts, Freddie.  You are slipping.

Urban legends[edit]

In the early 1970s, a story was widely reported that Osmond had become rock star Alice Cooper.[5]According to Cooper, the rumor began when a college newspaper editor asked him what kind of kid he was, to which Cooper replied "I was obnoxious, disgusting, a real Eddie Haskell"; however, the story ended up reporting that Cooper was the real Eddie Haskell.[5] Cooper would later tell the New Times, "It was the biggest rumor that ever came out about me. Finally, I got a T-shirt that said 'No, I am not Eddie Haskell'. But people still believed it."[5]

Another widely reported urban legend of the 1970s was that Osmond had grown up to become adult film star John Holmes.[15][16][17] The story apparently began when fan magazines falsely reported that Osmond had embarked on such a career.[18] The rumor was dispelled when a Los Angeles movie theater lit up its marquee advertising "Eddie Haskell of TV in 'Behind the Green Door' - X-rated", prompting Osmond himself, then an LAPD officer, to go into the theater to request that the manager of the theater pull the plug on the marquee.[18]

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:58 | 5972465 ebworthen
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Default response seems to be "take gun out of holster and commence firing".

Remember when they had two cops in a car? 

Common sense out the window.

Amurika!

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:19 | 5972281 localsavage
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Anyone who has ever watched COPS knows how worked up these guys get.  It is no wonder that they blow away so many people.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:38 | 5972347 Fun Facts
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The US police force training is now coming from Israel.

Go figure.

They have been taught how to break donkey skulls as an occupying force.

So the "police" need a new name. Reed and Malloy or even Barney Fife were police. These are dangrous, militarized, homicidal maniac roid rage summary execution squads who think they are at war with the american public [because this is how they've been trained].

US Law Enforcement Officials Train in Israel

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/164740

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:43 | 5972428 McMolotov
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If being fat and killing people were a sport, we'd definitely be the best player on the team. Murica is the fucking Michael Jordan of obesity and violence.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:52 | 5972472 Miffed Microbio...
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Yup, I've been invited to the Obesity Symposium to learn about the care and special needs of the obese patient. This is now a yearly event. I usually go to the Tuberculosis Symposium to learn about emerging XDR strains and challenges facing us due to proximity to the border. I'm always depressed afterward so I thought I'd give the Obesity symposium a shot this year. Maybe there would be some humor in it.

Miffed

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 16:28 | 5972596 Bastiat
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The good news is it's mostly preventable; the bad news is few people can change and most docs know much about feeding patients to the pharmacological hampster wheel and nothing of nutrition.  Check this out: http://nutritionfacts.org/video/diabetes-as-a-disease-of-fat-toxicity/

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 17:26 | 5972878 Fun Facts
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Staying away from GMO High Fructose Corn Syrup, otherwise known as slow poison is a good start.

Problem is, it's in almost everything at your local grocery store.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 18:33 | 5973128 El Vaquero
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Don't forget exercise. A lot of people could be a lot better off with just 20 minutes 3 times a week. 

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:46 | 5972441 BoPeople
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I still blame the cops for nor being smart enough to understand that they are being manipulated by the Zionists to be the enemy of the people and separate from them.

... people have to consent to becoming ignorant homicidal goons.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 16:41 | 5972682 sessinpo
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Shit, zionism has nothing to do with it. Get over it.

This is pure simple unethical behavior ziionist or not. You have a problem.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 16:51 | 5972729 Infinite QE
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Zionism is at the core of all the current ills. Get with it.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 17:30 | 5972890 Fun Facts
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“Our race is the Master Race. We are divine gods on this planet.

We are as different from the inferior races as they are from insects.

In fact, compared to our race, other races are beasts and animals, cattle at best.

Other races are considered as human excrement. Our destiny is to rule over the inferior races.

Our earthly kingdom will be ruled by our leader with a rod of iron.

The masses will lick our feet and serve us as our slaves.”

Menaheim Begin, 6th Prime Minister of Israel. speech to the Knesset (24 June 1982), quoted in “Begin and the ‘Beasts” Amnon Kapeliouk, in The New Statesman (25 June 1982);

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 19:59 | 5973417 Socratic Dog
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Unethical behaviour?  My, we're really letting loose with our potty mouth today aren't we?

Offhand, I'd suggest it's a little worse than "unethical".

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 17:27 | 5972881 N3mo
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Don't blame the cops. In order to become a LEO, your IQ cannot be above 100. That's policy. Had two friends that were denied jobs as LEO because their IQs were "too high."

It is vital that the organs of the National State be just intelligent enough to follow orders, but not intelligent enough to question their Corporate Council masters.

What they fail to realize is that they are being thrown under the bus as much as the people they are killing.

Corporate Council (attorneys) need to be held accountable. As in, Gitmo and Pound Them In The Ass prison.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 16:30 | 5972641 de3de8
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Barney Miller

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:44 | 5972278 Rainman
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Face it ! .... when po po mixed into the hood they gonna be lotsa killin . 

            < btw, are gangstas considered civilians ? >

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 17:18 | 5972840 More Ammo
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Are gangstas considered civilians?  You mean the ones with the shiny Badges that make them above the law or the ones that wear "colors" as a badge?  What is a cop if not a civilian, sure isn't Military, though "they" wished.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:57 | 5972498 NoVa
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yup - need to do some more folks over there in UK

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:12 | 5972233 COSMOS
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How many US citizens are killed by thugs

http://www.gnosticliberationfront.com/wichita_massacre.htm

Maybe the cops are killing more thugs we have than other places.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:22 | 5972301 TerminalDebt
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When you kill people that are running away doesn't that make you a thug too?

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:38 | 5972395 StupidEarthlings
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Im gonna go on ahead and say that almost ALL of them were NOT shot in the back.

Now go be a good media lapdog and eat it all up.

Jesus. .

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:22 | 5972305 oxide
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Neither the UK or China allows citizens to own guns. Last month's statistic includes a guy in San Jose Calif that shot and killed a cop before cops shot and killed him. The article is comparing apples and oranges.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 16:01 | 5972517 V in PA
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Must be 'emotional' downvotes you are getting, because what you just said is statistically, and logically, true. Compare like groups, or don't fucking compare at all.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 17:10 | 5972804 11b40
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But there is no place on earth like the USA.

This is a very divisive issue, even within families.  

To me, Southern born & bred who grew up hunting, fishing, and in a military family, guns are just a natural part of life.  With multiple handguns, rifles, and shotguns around the house, it has never even crossed my mind to be without them.

To my 44 year old son, L.A. based and in the entertainment biz, guns are hideous and he is all for gun control.

To me, guns represent safety, food, and a way of life.

To him, they only mean danger and fear.  His experiences living in San Francisco and Los Angeles for the past 20+ years have been much different than mine.

This is another one of life's dilemmas with no solution.  Urban vs rural is really what it comes down to in most cases, in my opinion.

Few jobs are more high stress than being a policeman.  There is potential danger in every encounter, and the adrenaline stays elevated.  It's not a job that everyone can handle, and I fear we have too many cops that have become jaded, or who never should have passed the psychological screening to begin with.  Having to deal with the worst parts of society eventually gets to you, and it is hard to maintain respect for those who don't have respect for you

However, shooting a non-violent suspect from a traffic stop in the back 8 times from a distance is murder, and things like this are happening far too often.  The entire crinimal justice system needs to be torn apart and re-built.  We need far fewer laws, much more strictly enforced.  Sentencing needs to come from the approach of how can the perp become a plus for society instead of being made a lifelong burden on the back of society, which is what we are doing to huge numbers of our population.  Too many people are doing time for things that shouldn't even be criminal.  Others who did commit crimes that were relatively minor are languishing in jail with decades long sentences.

Too bad it will probably get much worse.  

 

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 23:45 | 5974090 NeedtoSecede
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Which is just one more reason we should break the big clusterfuck into smaller republics. The place is just too damn big to be governed by 535 corrupt politicians and 9 morons in black robes.

Break this mother up and leave the farmers alone to do what farmers do. Break this mother up and let the city folk do what city folk do. Break this mother up and leave me the fuck alone!

And while we are at it bulldoze DC (especially The Eccles Bldg.), Ft. Meade and Langley. And if the dozer crews are still motivated, have them make a few passes up and down Wall St.

A guy can dream can't he?

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:26 | 5972313 Mr. Frosty
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Demographics are destiny. Until recently the UK was 99% White Christian. Once segregation ended, US cities became war zones, so the police needed to become "soldiers".

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:39 | 5972401 gadzooks
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What i want to know is how many cops where killed in february?

behavioral reseach on adaptation to massive corruption.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 16:54 | 5972745 Kirk2NCC1701
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It's only target practice until they aim higher on the totem pole. 

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:07 | 5972210 NoDebt
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I'm humming the theme from 'CHiPs' in my head right now.  Oh, where are you when we need you, Ponch and John?

 

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:12 | 5972238 COSMOS
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Ponch and Jon were tough on crime...

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:10 | 5972224 dcohen
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Fasuxceptionalism

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:28 | 5972331 tarsubil
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A Tale of Two Cities makes it sound like UK police used to be a lot like today's American police. Hmmm.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:30 | 5972340 Perimetr
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Washington has taken action!!!

 

All such statistics are now classified.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 16:31 | 5972649 Luc X. Ifer
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Yup, Gestapo 2.0 or Militia 2.0 no more Citizens Police. Just trigger-happy psychopaths ejaculating in their pants due to the extreme pleasure of giving death and taking life of another being like them.
Low confident, low self esteem inferiority complexed lunatics getting to satisfy their thirst for blood by playing paramilitary servant forces of the Boyars 2.0.  

 

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 16:32 | 5972650 Luc X. Ifer
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2x

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 19:11 | 5973237 NEKO
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"They hate our freedoms" -the biggest joke of the millennium.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 20:00 | 5973423 Promethus
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Exceptional fascism! 

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 23:07 | 5973960 blowing winter
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I'm making over $7k a month working part time. I kept hearing other people tell me how much money they can make online so I decided to look into it. Well, it was all true and has totally changed my life. This is what I do... www.globe-report.com

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:03 | 5972187 hungrydweller
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The transformation occurred when lowlifes started carrying Uzzis instead of switchblades.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:08 | 5972213 pods
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Cops don't carry Uzis, duh.

Only the best (HK) for them, paid for by us.

pods

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:03 | 5972189 dimwitted economist
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Whatcha gonna do... Whatcha gonna do... when the popo man be's coming afters yous... LOL!!!

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:06 | 5972202 grunk
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I KNEW they had quotas!

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:13 | 5972248 COSMOS
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In my opinion they arent meeting them...

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:19 | 5972283 pods
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You do realize not all of them are black, right?

pods

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:21 | 5972296 COSMOS
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I do, crime knows no color, we need a few guys on wall st dispatched also.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:24 | 5972308 pods
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And summary execution is not only a "crime" but goes against the highest law in the land.

So, are you saying we must break the law to uphold the law?

pods

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:28 | 5972334 Dr. Engali
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I was for executions before I was against them.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:30 | 5972341 COSMOS
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Break what law, those rats on Wall St are stealing left and right, where are the laws?

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:42 | 5972420 pods
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" nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;"

I'll give you a hint, it is the amendment between 4 and 6.

pods

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 16:19 | 5972601 joe6px
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I am always amazed at how many mini-tyrants there are running around.  They have the answer until they are on the other side of a bigger, stronger tyrant.  I still believe in the document you quote. It will be interesting if we can return to some form of it after things go sporty.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:21 | 5972298 Mr. Frosty
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Without the ethnic gangs, there would be no justification for a police state. Our elites need gangbangers and terrorists

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 20:14 | 5973460 HardAssets
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Bullsit. They are redefining all sorts into 'terry-ists' now.

Among them are Christians against abortion, vets, & those who believe in the US Constitution for starters..

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 22:18 | 5973811 Oldwood
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Its called divide and concur. It works in the ME, Ukraine, Europe and even in urban America. And it always those in the middle who get crushed.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:03 | 5972190 cigarEngineer
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Informationliberation is a good blog that follows this topic

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:05 | 5972193 grunk
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Police are never wrong.

If you don't believe me, just ask one.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:18 | 5972274 Bunghole
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Or Cosmos

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:30 | 5972343 COSMOS
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How did you get a pic of my ass lol...

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:48 | 5972451 Amish Hacker
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Provided by NSA database in Utah. You're welcome.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:05 | 5972195 European American
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It's not politically correct to kill violent criminals in the UK.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:12 | 5972240 TerminalDebt
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Street sellers and child support dodgers need to be taken out

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:05 | 5972196 Stoploss
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It has become apparent that the younger the cop is the more likely he is to shoot first and ask questions later...

 

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:07 | 5972206 kowalli
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they are trained better by the school.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:11 | 5972231 MaxMax
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The cops don't have guns for your protection. 

And in the incident in South Carolina, some cops think they can shoot you if you piss them off.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 22:28 | 5973837 Oldwood
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Everyone, from the bottom to the top, feels justified, because those who seek power will tell us so. Even Obama feels he does not need to follow the law, that his "justice" outweighs all others. Cops are taught to kill and told that everyone is a threat. They send them out into the street loaded and on edge, with feelings of superiority and authority that are dangerous to cross. This will only get worse as those who feel victimized by this will continue to act out, resist in common traffic stops, largely because they are lead to believe that they should stand up against it...by the very same people (those in our federal government) who are paying, supplying, training and supporting the police. There are lessons to be learned here...that likely will not be heeded, first the cops MUST be punished for this bullshit, and second, the stupidest thing you can do in this life is resist or fight with a cop...its just stupid. You may think you are right, but find you are dead right.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:05 | 5972198 reTARD
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At one time they use to be called "peace officers."

Thu, 04/09/2015 - 01:06 | 5974261 JuliaS
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Piss-off!-cer.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:07 | 5972207 Fix It Again Timmy
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Total Insanity!....

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:23 | 5972208 LawsofPhysics
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When Nixon killed the last tie between the FRN and physical, my grandmother said, "well that's it, you have maybe 30 years before these corrupt fuedal families turn America into a third world shithole."

Amazing insight.  Going from Adam 12 to Afghanistan.  If your police or military need to cover their faces like terrorists, well, they probably are.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:24 | 5972309 WhackoWarner
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My mother said much the same thing.  She was a survivor of WWII, immigrant from war zone Europe,  Said it was only a matter of time before "they" came after everything disguised as state protectors.  Lose all property and freedom rights.  Back to fear, loss and enforced camps.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:31 | 5972333 LawsofPhysics
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The problem for them is the fact that we have so many veterans (thanks to constant wars) in business and many people who still recognize the second amandement for what it really is.  The oligarchs big mistake IMO was to switch to "polite" wars with minimal casualties.  Plenty of people in American society willing to sacrifice for the right goals with experience in weapons and tactics.

interesting times.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 17:40 | 5972931 More Ammo
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My Dad told me the same thing. He was dead 20 years before I could see that he was right.  Stupid damn kid I was...

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:36 | 5972378 Mercury
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The advantage has also shifted from defense to offense in military and quasi-military conflicts.

During the American Civil War General Lonstreet foresaw that advancing technology would soon give defense an overwhelming advantage on the field of battle but unfortunately this insight went unheeded until it was too late and millions of soldiers had been mowed down by machine guns, poison gas and other modern marvels of destruction during WWI.

These days anyone can get their hands on high powered automatic weapons, surveillance equipment, telecommunications and other tech that gives an asymmetrical advantage to offense.  It's hard to operate a police action under those conditions generally and the overewhelm-with-firepower-and-military gear reaction/precaution on behalf of the police can end in disaster in specific circumstances.

It would help if most of all if more of the populace were on the same page culturally and otherwise (this isn't a problem in Japan) but that ship has sailed...

 

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:39 | 5972399 LawsofPhysics
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Yes, precisely what the Chinese are banking on.  They already own California and will simply let the rest of the country tear itself apart before buying it on th cheap.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 16:23 | 5972618 Bastiat
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Your grandmother was an exceptional woman.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:48 | 5972215 Mercury
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When did this...become this?

 

Beginning after the Watts Riots in 1966 and especially after 9/11/01: 

http://www.amazon.com/Rise-Warrior-Cop-Militarization-Americas/dp/161039...

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:09 | 5972223 Oswald did it
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USA!! USA!! USA!!

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:11 | 5972230 jakesdad
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the china #s are interesting - ooh and # from prc is obviously subject to manipulation (if not outright fabrication) for propaganda purposes but otoh given an unarmed population accustomed to totalitarian rule makes it not entirely implausible.  whatever the truth w/china the us #s are staggering and remind me what a complete JOKE that cop who tried to get cop reporting removed from was is!  yeah, they need to be worried about us knowing where they are - right...

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:11 | 5972232 Dr. Engali
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To serve and protect became to rule and to punish.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:50 | 5972464 Amish Hacker
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Observe and collect.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:12 | 5972235 Jack Daniels Esq
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British Bobbies are pussies, is why - 'Melica

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:12 | 5972237 HamRove
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Thousands of state laws are passed every year to criminalize the public. Most of the laws are "behavior" laws, and we all know you can't legislate behavior. Never works.

So the laws criminalize us sometimes for a good reason, but usually not and we need to address the fact that non-violent offenders of the state should never serve jail time with violent criminals.

"No Victim, no crime" and the state cannot be the victim. That is the way of Common Law. Unfortunately we have Police State.

Stuff like this story....totally inexcusable.

 

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:21 | 5972239 dcohen
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To uphold the law, they must be above the law.

They protect us from those who hate us for our freedom!

They protect us from domestic threats and terrorists.

They defend our freedom and the constitution.

Long live the Republic, long live USA.

God Bless America.

The land of the free and home of the retard.

 

(the voters will now be confused)

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:13 | 5972241 Omen IV
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there are countless books on the profile of the SS - Gestapo -  in the 40's - They were recruited for their Psychopath profile - all came together for a common purpose

 

same with US Cops today - natural born killers look for opportunities to shoot with no provocation preferably so they cans see if they can get away with it plus one cop lies and the other cop swears to the lie needs the same Psycho profile for the system to work effectively

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:13 | 5972243 john milton
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donut men just hate your freedom

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:13 | 5972244 CL Spec
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UK police is too busy covering up their pedo filth.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:13 | 5972245 Ralph Spoilsport
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Nobody took those Adam-12 guys seriously. At one point, the cop cars were provided by AMC and everybody knows real cops don't drive Matadors.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr38/641641264/?rb=1

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 22:06 | 5973788 Abbie Normal
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Beg to differ -- the town I grew up in, the police cars were Matadors and Ambassadors.  Until they were replaced with Ford Customs.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:23 | 5972246 Felix da Kat
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Bullshit. Police work is video-provable now. Until I-phones, such videos were unheard of. So how the hell do you know Mr. Krieger, that British police killed so few going back 100 years ? You also forget that inmost other countries, it is very easy for the police to lie about the mysterious ways in which someone may have died during an encounter. True, Officer Slager's act appears blatant and murderous, but still, good-cops outnumber bad-cops 100:1. Your story is police-fear-mongering and shameful.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 18:37 | 5973148 Five8Charlie
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100:1? Not on this planet.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:14 | 5972253 headhunt
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When the acceptable public norms of the 50's slowly disintegrated into the acceptable norms of today is when you wind up with a Police force armed like the military.

The 'norms' of today are Fucked up - with a capital 'F'

OK to lie, cheat, steal in every walk of life and some in our country think that is the way life should be led.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:14 | 5972254 Conax
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Practice makes perfect. They need to keep their killing instincts pure.

Restraint? That's for cops that don't care that they might not make it home tonight.

They also make those scary dogs pay a heavy price for being dogs.

 

I remember when they wanted to issue them those non-lethal tasers, everyone went along because it would mean less shooting.

Wrong again.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:15 | 5972258 alexcojones
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Murica resembles the war zone the elites WANT it to be.

All done on purpose.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:16 | 5972262 yrad
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If accurate, those are some really sick numbers. Heads back in the sand, sheeple, or we WILL KILL YOU!

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 16:45 | 5972267 Frank N. Beans
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It's the old "good cop, bad cop" routine.  Right now they are in the bad cop phase.  As soon as morale improves, they will be good cops again.

 

EDIT:  /sarc

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:17 | 5972269 docmac324
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That's why we have a TON of TV cop shows.  It's the only place where you have a chance of winning I.E. "justice".

 

Real world = my ass.  Reference George Carlin.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:19 | 5972286 docmac324
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The UK has Bond for Christ's sake, there's your difference right there.

 

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 16:24 | 5972620 Bastiat
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And Sherlock.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:21 | 5972292 Enceladus
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Bullshit just ask the people of Ireland about the black and tans. 

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:24 | 5972302 q99x2
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When did this become this?

Answer: When the banksters from the TBTF came in to the Oval Office to meet with George Jr. to demand a check for 785  billion dollars. At that time it was mentioned that the ATMs would not be working with 12 hours and martial law would have to be implemented. The check was cut and massive printing began as a means to buy time to build up a military to be used against the United States of America citizens. The banksters engaged in massive fraud and money printing to also build up the DHS and create the FEMA camps. The police were militarized. Nothing was ever done against the TBTF banks because they were already doomed in 2008 and nothing could or will be done. Instead Jade Helm and other military exercises are underway for when the Federal Reserve and other central bank's monetary system implodes.

If you want to live probably a good idea to stop Goldman Sachs and the central bank monetary system. If not then wait for China and Russia to nuke as the US and EU revolutions get underway.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:22 | 5972303 buzzsaw99
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at least half of them probably had it coming

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:24 | 5972307 PirateOfBaltimore
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I'd be curious to see a comparison of police killed by civilians in each country. 

 

like are cops in America trigger happy for a reason, or are they just fucksticks?

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:27 | 5972325 inevitablecollapse
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there's no 'or', they are trigger-happy fucksticks

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 16:51 | 5972727 dvfco
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Fucksticks - my favorite new word.  Thanks Baltimore Pirate.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:25 | 5972311 Biggles2015
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Ahhhh, this article is a complete lie. UK police kill about 120 unarmed civilans each year in the UK. Just google "deaths in police custody IPCC UK".  Oh, not one police officer is ever arrested nor charged with a crime in relation to these deaths. Perhpas its because they're all freemasons I wonder? Google "Operation Tiberius metropolitan police" to see this as an established fact. 

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:55 | 5972488 Learn more and ...
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Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:27 | 5972316 grunk
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Car 54, Where are you?

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:28 | 5972335 try308
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Could you please you another source instead of a progreesive group that is funded by George Soros Think Progress is biased in its research

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:29 | 5972338 gcjohns1971
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Not sure this analysis works.

Prefering the information of one government over another is exactly and precisely prefering the lies of one liar to those of another.

Firstly, there is greatly differing methodology.  Secondly, THEY LIE!

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:31 | 5972351 silverer
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Maybe, but this stuff does hit the papers, so it's hard to cover up when 15 citizens show up within the first couple of minutes.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:29 | 5972339 Trojan House
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Some cops kill folks.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:43 | 5972425 the grateful un...
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follow this logic: the problem is white cops killing young black men, so we need more black cops, because black on black murder is much higher than any other racial group therefore if a black cop kills a young black man there is no problem.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:41 | 5972388 Pancho de Villa
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Carajo! Locos Gringos! When one of my scouts crossed the border he almost not come back! 

 

No to worry... Muy temprano I lead El Ejercito del Norte when we invade and help restore order en Estados Unidos!

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:39 | 5972398 silverer
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Not a peep out of Congress.  I guess they think it's OK.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 16:44 | 5972692 sessinpo
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Well this is a judicial situation, not legislative. But I guess that is over your head.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:40 | 5972407 gadzooks
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What i want to know is how many cops where killed in february?

behavioral reseach on adaptation to massive corruption.

Thu, 04/09/2015 - 00:39 | 5974219 GeoffreyT
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Being a pig is among the safest job there is: the on-the-job death rate (excluding vehicle accidents) is below the all-employments average.

 

Less than 1 pig a week dies nation-wide as a result of violence on the job - given that there are over half a million pigs (of various varieties) on the streets, it makes being a pig less risky than being a teenage girl.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:43 | 5972416 kchrisc
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I see treason. Paying the banksters is the reason. But don't fret, soon it will be guillotine season.

The banksters need to repay us.

 

Eat your heart out Walt Whitman.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:42 | 5972417 Dr. Engali
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Two words...: think progress.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:45 | 5972427 TrumpXVI
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I AM getting just a bit tired of hearing this "Protect & Serve" bullshit repeated again and again and again.  This is emphatically NOT any official part of the purpose of the police.  "Protect and Serve" was simply the Unofficial motto adopted by the Los Angeles police department who had it painted on their patrol cars.  But it is parroted over and over as if it is some kind of legal doctrine.

The purpose of the police is to uphold the interests of the STATE in enforcing the laws of the STATE.  They are NOT personal bodyguards of the general public.  This whole crazy belief is now ingrained in the stupid minds of the Liberals and it ISN'T true!!!

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 17:04 | 5972786 joe6px
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Oh, they will "protect and serve" the shit outa anyone they care to!

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 19:32 | 5973318 kchrisc
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Serve treason in the protection of tyranny.

The banksters need to repay us.

 

They seem to forget that they and their families live amongst us.

Thu, 04/09/2015 - 00:35 | 5974214 GeoffreyT
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The appropriate rebuttal to anyone who claims that the pigs exist to 'protect and serve' is...

"South v Maryland [59 US 396 (1856)] is still canonical, you fucking ignoramus. Cite law that proves it wrong, or shut the fuck up."

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:45 | 5972431 voxpopuli
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looks like Americans are more naughty than brits, I would say.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 16:13 | 5972566 2muchtax
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Looks like the Brits dumped a few million of Obama's sons on us that commit 300% more violent crimes than the rest of us.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:46 | 5972436 DeliciousSteak
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In Europe people mysteriously die in holding cells, seemingly for no reason at all. The papers usually mention it in passing but no one really pays attention. I suppose American cops have a lot to learn.

Wed, 04/08/2015 - 15:50 | 5972463 graftvshost
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...and that _never_ happens in America.

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