Black Lives Matter. Still

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#2049

everything about those murders is just horrible.

No one from the city government was criminally charged in the attack. The only surviving adult MOVE member, Ramona Africa, was charged and convicted on charges of riot and conspiracy; she served seven years in prison

at least with waco there was the theory that the davidians set the fires themselves, or that it was an accident due to the tear gas – the fbi didn’t deliberately bomb them, stall putting the fires out, and then shoot people who were trying to save themselves.

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#2050

I’d like to report a murder…

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#2051

Ouch. Burn! And checkmate.

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#2053

that was amazing. plus this comment there

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#2054

They’ll turn to per capita statistics. Montana’s low population will make the lie complete.

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#2055

And, you know, when you say “per capita,” there’s many per capitas. It’s, like, per capita relative to what? But you can look at just about any category, and we’re really at the top, meaning positive on a per capita basis, too. They’ve done a great job.

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#2056

Here’s some aloe for that sweet, sweet, burn:

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Also, what is the correlation between extractive industries like mining and logging and the “right” to statehood? I’d like to hear what rhode island and other states have to say to the gentleman from Wyoming…

JFC, if this were in a satire article I would cringe and say it was over the top, but we just lived through it…

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#2058

What the actual FUCK:

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#2061

Holy fucking fuck.

I work in a largely white male field, and I can tell anyone who wants to hear that (not all) older white men take the gold medal for “victim mentality.” Any meeting I’ve facilitated, and there have been plenty, the whiniest, least willing to look for solutions but most willing to point out problems or make excuses for why shit couldn’t get done group is older white men.
I did not know getting into this that I would essentially be baby sitting for a fair part of my work time.
The list of questions these students were asked to respond to is reprehensible. Like, throw up in my mouth reprehensible. :rage:

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#2062

Another traffic stop turned into an assault. The survivors have to keep hitting municipalities in the wallet until the whole driver fails to immediately pull over = police chase followed by use of excessive force pattern is eliminated.

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#2063

Another problem solved by defunding police. If they aren’t burdened with traffic enforcement, then this scenario, and the ones like it, go away.

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#2065

Gotta figure out a better revenue stream for municipalities who can’t make do without those sweet, sweet traffic ticket dollars.

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#2066

How about, I don’t know, I’m spitballing here…Taxes?

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#2067

they don’t really even need the money i think. it’s more just pure and simple corruption.

the towns are incorporated basically for the purpose of pulling over drivers and extracting money. the town council and the police get most of the cash ( including civil forfeitures ) while the locals get a few nice things in return – say a community center or a park – as a bribe.

as an additional benefit, you usually get cops who play nice with the mayor’s friends and who are willing to harass anybody the mayor doesn’t like.

jersey might be the worst – pine valley for instance has 12 residents and 6 full time police – but i remember reading the twin cities have a large number of jurisdictions you have to cross. each one looking to give someone a ticket.

to fix racial profiling and all the bad by design apples you have to fix it in each and every town – which is basically impossible. the structure has to change. give all traffic tickets to the state, and those police would disappear overnight.

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#2068

No kidding, right?

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