posted June 21, 2020 07:52 PM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
No, what’s stopping President Trump is that he wants to let America see what happens when you leave the left in control.

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Yes, he said so at the rally yesterday.

posted June 22, 2020 01:06 AM            

- Increase funding, because the following requires it
- Increase pay for officers
- Increase the number of officers
- Vet new members
- Increase training from a handful of hours a year to several hours a week
- Cross train officers in de-escalation techniques
- Provide robust mental health wellness options for officers, especially those who have been on the force a long time
- Foster police-community relations through community events

posted June 22, 2020 01:37 PM            

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Originally posted by Blind writer:
Death by the hand of police has been trending downward for a few years. No one talks about that.

- Increase funding, because the following requires it
- Increase pay for officers
- Increase the number of officers
- Vet new members
- Increase training from a handful of hours a year to several hours a week
- Cross train officers in de-escalation techniques
- Provide robust mental health wellness options for officers, especially those who have been on the force a long time
- Foster police-community relations through community events

There’s a lot of things that can be done, but those are my modest suggestions.

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posted June 22, 2020 06:17 PM            

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Originally posted by nordicsoul:
I would add that training should include thorough sub-cultures awareness not the type of "feel guilty about being white", but the one that helps every police officer to UNDERSTAND their own biases.

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I meant hand to hand combat training, such as jiujitsu. I don’t agree with a ban on chokeholds. When used by a trained person, they are the safest way to incapacitate someone, bar none. I have been choked out, and it’s exactly like falling asleep. You wake up quickly, wondering if you can hit the snooze button and catch five more minutes before work. It’s harmless, and should be taught to every officer who is on the streets. France just reversed their ban on chokeholds, and rightfully so. It’s less lethal than tasers, which are already a less lethal means of incapacitation.

“Subculture” is nonsense, because race is not a factor in police brutality - it’s population density and class. The community is equally accountable for treating police encounters with professionalism. No one likes getting pulled over by a cop. Most of the time, the encounters are NOT positive, or leave folks with warm, fuzzy feelings. It’s protocol, though. It’s uncomfortable. It cuts into a person’s day, might make them late to an engagement. It might result in an unexpected expense and ticket. But as law abiding citizens, we are all accountable for our behavior. People need to correctly pick their fights. Think a cop encounter is unfair? Then address it to a judge. Resisting arrest should not be rewarded or apologized for, and certainly should not be grounds for martyrdom.

posted June 23, 2020 04:30 PM            

Two years ago, President Trump was ridiculed for predicting the Woke Taliban would not stop with the destruction of Confederate statues.

Do you remember when National Review's Rich Lowry reassured us we were stupid alarmists for fearing the Woke Taliban would target the Founding Fathers as soon as they were done with Confederate statues? Remember when Lowry told us this:

Conservatives tend to come down the same way. They reflexively oppose politically correct campaigns to track down and destroy anything giving offense. They fear where the slippery slope of a campaign of woke iconoclasm will lead, first it's Jefferson Davis, then Thomas Jefferson, finally George Washington. They value tradition, and Confederate statues have been part of the landscape of American cities for decades now, and they worry we are trashing part of our history.

This impulse, though, is a mistake.

It shouldn't be too difficult for you to remember that. Lowery published it four days ago.

Not four years ago.

Not four months ago.

Not four weeks ago.

He wrote that four days ago, on June 17....

posted June 23, 2020 08:24 PM            

“I have authorized the Federal Government to arrest anyone who vandalizes or destroys any monument, statue or other such Federal property in the U.S. with up to 10 years in prison, per the Veteran’s Memorial Preservation Act, or such other laws that may be pertinent....

....This action is taken effective immediately, but may also be used retroactively for destruction or vandalism already caused. There will be no exceptions!”

posted July 06, 2020 12:55 PM            

Pulling down statues? It’s a tradition that dates back to U.S. independence
Enthusiasm for the American Revolution led colonists to burn, disfigure, and deface any symbol of Britain and its hated king.

posted July 06, 2020 01:59 PM            

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Pulling down statues? It’s a tradition that dates back to U.S. independence
Enthusiasm for the American Revolution led colonists to burn, disfigure, and deface any symbol of Britain and its hated king.

(And, of course, to waste that tea.)

Quite a difference between tearing down statues of a foreign enemy and tearing down statues of American historical figures.

Oh, by the way.
Can you tell us why the statues of the mass murderer, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin is still standing in Seattle, Washington, Atlantic City, New Jersey and New York City, Lenin who enslaved the whole nation of Russia...and imprisoned millions in gulags? Go for it.

And let's not forget the bust of Josef Stalin in Bedford, Virginia. Another mass murderer of Russian citizens. Between Lenin and Stalin about 70,000,000...70 million Russian citizens were murdered...for disagreeing with their Communist masters.

Now that you know, I'm sure you'll want to rush to Seattle, Atlantic City, NY City and Bedford, Virginia and tear them down. Make it a party and take BLM and Antifa with you.

posted July 06, 2020 06:30 PM            

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Originally posted by Blind writer:

Police should be held to a high standard. And they are making strides toward that. Body cams have made a difference, and as I mentioned before, the death-by-cop incidents were already trending downward. But what we need is more funding, not less, and it’s insane to think they should be abolished. I can’t believe city councils are deciding these things without a citywide vote. Prominent democrat representatives are parroting the defund idea. They’re betraying their constituents, and demoralizing the police nationwide. We’re already seeing crime skyrocket.

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