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Cops 2: Pay No Attention to the Rioters Behind the Curtain

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Interesting site mapping black deaths at the hands of the popo. Depending on your life experience this indicates brave knights of justice defending law-biding citizens from The Element or innocent lives murdered by this century's Jim Crow. They report, you decide.
 
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How come there aren't any blacks being killed in the northern plains states and the pacific northwest? :confused:
 
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Meanwhile the mayor of Baltimore fired her police chief today.
 
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Firing the chief strikes me as making him a convenient scapegoat to avoid the actual issues at hand. Still, when homicides are up 48% in one year, it's hard to argue that the department's performance doesn't deserve to be questioned.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
FORTY EIGHT PERCENT IN A YEAR?

Jeeeeeebus.
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I have not looked up the actual stats, but I know there was an uptick after the riots, due to police not responding...as forcefully?...as before. Whether it was due to a purposeful slowdown, or criminals knowing they would not be hounded, that is up for debate. But crime definitely increased after the riots.
 
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Local ABC affiliate reported an 48% uptick in homicides in the past year during the evening newscast.

Local affiliates typically parrot the national news, so...
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
Local ABC affiliate reported an 48% uptick in homicides in the past year during the evening newscast.

Local affiliates typically parrot the national news, so...
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But, is that uptick after the riots, or in the last calendar year before the riots? Key stat.
 
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But, is that uptick after the riots, or in the last calendar year before the riots? Key stat.
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In questioning stats, I would first filter out anything "during the riots", then recalculate. It's a given that a riot should be treated as an incident, not normal operations.
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
In questioning stats, I would first filter out anything "during the riots", then recalculate. It's a given that a riot should be treated as an incident, not normal operations.
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I agree. I am using that as a turning point, so to speak. I would count before/after. Not during. After, there was a big uptick in crime. The question was, was it due to a purposeful slowdown, or a brashness of criminals, knowing the police wouldn't be so forward in practices?
 
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Brenthoven said:
The question was, was it due to a purposeful slowdown, or a brashness of criminals, knowing the police wouldn't be so forward in practices?
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My super-ego says the former, my id says the latter, and my adult brain says a mixture of both?
 
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I just realized that there have been more black-on-white murders in ND this year than white-on-black.
 
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Misbehavior by law enforcement is not limited to unwarranted use of force and outright corruption. There is a culture of arrogance that permeates far too many police departments in this country, arrogance that causes them to act as if they are above reproach or any sort of criticism. Any organization needs to be open to criticism. One that is funded entirely by public funds and is "entrusted" to do the people's business is required to hear and properly react to criticism even more so.

This linked article is a perfect example of how the South Bend Police Department operates on a regular basis when confronted with even a modicum of criticism. Like a bunch of spoiled children. As to the charges leveled at the police officers in the linked article, they were not made public at the time. The organizers of this event went quietly to the city, not to the press, and made their concerns known. It was only after the FOP (the world's worst union but one of the only ones that seems to get the support of the occasional right winger -- how 'bout that?) and its members changed their story that the organizers of Bike The Bend went to the press and the public. There were no lingering hard feelings between the organizers and the police or city prior to last year, no ongoing issues with how the event was policed, so this isn't some sort of t1t-for-tat retaliation. This incident is a shameful abuse of the power we give to police officers.

The saying used to be when seconds count the police are only minutes away. I guess sometimes they just don't bother to show up at all.
 
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